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Issue: Vol. 5004 No. 1: 19 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.1.6
Page range: 151-166
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A new species of Torrent frog (Anura, Ranidae, Amolops) from the Coastal Hills of Southeastern China

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
Amolops daiyunensis group Amolops hongkongensis Amolops teochew sp. nov. biogeography chresonymy morphology phylogeny Amphibia

Abstract

The Amolops populations in the coastal hills in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian, China, were controversially recorded as A. hongkongensis or A. daiyunensis before. In this study, based on the morphological examination and phylogenetic analysis of the specimens from these areas, a new species, Amolops teochew sp. nov., is described. Amolops teochew sp. nov. can be distinguished reliably from A. hongkongensis and A. daiyunensis by a combination of characteristics morphologically and distinct divergences genetically. The description of the new species highlights the Amolops diversity in the limited hilly region of southeastern China, which is remarkably higher than that in the more extensive inland region of southeastern China.

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