Hidden in the Jungle of Vietnam: a New Species of (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain

Overview

Journal Zookeys

Date 2023 Feb 10

PMID 36762362

Authors

Cuong The Pham

Chung Van Hoang

Tien Quang Phan

Truong Quang Nguyen

Thomas Ziegler

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Abstract

A new species of is described from Ngoc Linh Mountain of the Kon Tum Massif in central Vietnam. The new species is morphologically distinguishable from its congeners on the basis of a combination of the following diagnostic characters: SVL 79.6-84.3 mm in males and 64.6-69.9 mm in females; head broader than long; vomerine teeth present; external vocal sacs absent; tympanum slightly visible; dorsum with lines of thick ridges and small round tubercles; flanks covered by oval and round tubercles; supratympanic fold present; dorsolateral fold absent; ventrolateral sides, ventral surface of arms, and all fingers with spines in males; the absence of spines on chest and belly in males; toes fully webbed to distal portion of terminal phalanx; in life, dorsum dark brown, chest and belly immaculate white. Phylogenetic analyses found that the genetic divergence of the new species and its congeners ranged from 4.2-5.1% (compared with ) to 7.6-8.1% (compared with ) in the 16S gene.

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﻿Hidden in the Jungle of Vietnam: a New Species of (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain

Hidden in the Jungle of Vietnam: a New Species of (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain