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Issue: Vol. 2426 No. 1: 14 Apr. 2010
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2010-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2426.1.5
Page range: 65–67
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 1

Invalidity of Hynobius yunanicus and molecular phylogeny of Hynobius salamander from continental China (Urodela, Hynobiidae)

Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Chengdu Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Natural History Museum of Guangxi, Nanning 530012, China
College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
College of Natural Sciences, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, South Korea
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Amphibia Urodela Hynobiidae

Abstract

Based on morphological and molecular analyses, Xiong et al. (2007) synonymized Hynobius yunanicus Chen et al. with Pachyhynobius shangchengensis Fei et al., both from continental China. Their study, however, was not substantial enough in that morphology of types of neither species was compared, only a partial mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) sequence was employed, and data for H. chinensis was lacking. In order to reassess their conclusion, we morphologically examined type specimens of both species, and compared their complete cyt b (1141 bp) sequences, together with all the six recognized continental Hynobius species and some congeners from Japan and South Korea.

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