A new species of <i>Amolops</i> (Anura: Ranidae) from northern Myanmar

Yu-Lu Gan; Tao Qin; Ye htet Lwin; Guo-Gang Li; Rui-Chang Quan; Shuo Liu; Guo-Hua Yu

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Yu-Lu Gan, Tao Qin, Ye htet Lwin, Guo-Gang Li, Rui-Chang Quan, Shuo Liu, Guo-Hua Yu. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from northern Myanmar. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(6): 734-740. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.125

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Yu-Lu Gan, Tao Qin, Ye htet Lwin, Guo-Gang Li, Rui-Chang Quan, Shuo Liu, Guo-Hua Yu. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from northern Myanmar. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(6): 734-740. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.125

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A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from northern Myanmar

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.125

Yu-Lu Gan^{1, 2, #},
Tao Qin^{3, #},
Ye htet Lwin^{3, 4, 5},
Guo-Gang Li^{3, 4},
Rui-Chang Quan^{3, 4},
Shuo Liu^{6
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Guo-Hua Yu^{1, 2
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1.
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
2.
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
3.
Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar
4.
Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China
5.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100000, China
6.
Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China

#Authors contributed equally to this work

Funds: This work was supported by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (Biodiversity Monitoring and Network Construction Along Lancang-Mekong River Basin Project), CAS-SEABRI (Y4ZK111B01), National Natural Science Foundation of China (32060114), Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education (ERESEP2020Z22), and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University (18-A-01-08 and 19-A-01-06)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: liushuo@mail.kiz.ac.cn; yugh2018@126.com
Received Date: 2020-05-21
Accepted Date: 2020-10-10

Published Online: 2020-10-13

Publish Date: 2020-11-18

Abstract

- Amolops putaoensis sp. nov.,
- Myanmar,
- New species

#Authors contributed equally to this work

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