First record of <i>Theloderma pyaukkya</i> Dever, 2017 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in China, with range extension of <i>Theloderma moloch</i> (Annandale, 1912) to Yunnan

Li-Na Du; Shuo Liu; Mian Hou; Guo-Hua Yu

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Li-Na Du, Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Guo-Hua Yu. First record of Theloderma pyaukkya Dever, 2017 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in China, with range extension of Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912) to Yunnan. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(5): 576-580. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.083

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Li-Na Du, Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Guo-Hua Yu. First record of Theloderma pyaukkya Dever, 2017 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in China, with range extension of Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912) to Yunnan. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(5): 576-580. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.083

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First record of Theloderma pyaukkya Dever, 2017 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in China, with range extension of Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912) to Yunnan

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.083

Li-Na Du^{1, 2, #},
Shuo Liu^{3, #},
Mian Hou^{4
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Guo-Hua Yu^{1, 2
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Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
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Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
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Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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Institute of Continuing Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610068, China

#Authors contributed equally to this work

Funds: This work was supported by the Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education (ERESEP2020Z22), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University (19-A-01-06), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872212)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: turtlechina@126.com; yugh2018@126.com
Received Date: 2020-04-15
Accepted Date: 2020-06-18

Available Online: 2020-07-21

Publish Date: 2020-09-18

Abstract

Abstract

Theloderma pyaukkya is recorded for the first time in China based on a specimen collected from western Yunnan. Morphologically, the specimen shows good agreement with the original description of T. pyaukkya, and phylogenetically is clustered with the type specimens and holotype of T. pyaukkya from Kachin State (northern Myanmar) with strong support. The taxonomic status of T. pyaukkya from Chin State (western Myanmar) needs further examination. In addition, Theloderma moloch is also recorded in Yunnan for the first time. This brings the number of Theloderma species recorded in Yunnan, China, to seven, namely, T. albopunctatum, T. baibungense, T. bicolor, T. gordoni, T. moloch, T. pyaukkya, and T. rhododiscus.
- New record,
- Theloderma pyaukkya,
- Theloderma moloch,
- Yunnan

#Authors contributed equally to this work

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