A new species of <i>Micryletta</i> (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam

Nikolay A. Poyarkov; Tan Van Nguyen; Jian-Huan Yang; Vladislav A. Gorin

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.228

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Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Jian-Huan Yang, Vladislav A. Gorin. A new species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(6): 726-733. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.228

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Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Jian-Huan Yang, Vladislav A. Gorin. A new species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(6): 726-733. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.228

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A new species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.228

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Faculty of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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Laboratory of Tropical Ecology, Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Department of Species Conservation, Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
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Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China

Funds: This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (19-14-00050 to N.A.P.; molecular analysis); Russian Foundation of Basic Research to N.A.P. (19-34-90167; specimen examination and morphological analysis); Moscow State University Grant for Leading Scientific Schools “Depository of the Living Systems” in the framework of the MSU Development Program to N.A.P.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: n.poyarkov@gmail.com
Received Date: 2021-08-01
Accepted Date: 2021-09-29

Available Online: 2021-10-08

Publish Date: 2021-11-18

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We report a new species of the genus Micryletta from the montane evergreen forest in the Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park, Lam Dong Province, Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, based on molecular and morphological evidence. The new species is diagnosed by a combination of the following morphological characters: body size small (snout-vent length (SVL) 22.4 mm, single female); iris uniform black; snout nearly truncate in dorsal view, slightly rounded in profile; tibiotarsal articulation of adpressed limb reaching level of eye; dorsal surface smooth; supratympanic fold present, prominent; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; tips of toes very weakly dilated into small discs; finger webbing absent, toe webbing rudimentary; dorsal surfaces of head and body orange-red with small irregularly shaped dark-brown patches; dorsal surface of limbs pale dark brown with small reddish speckles; body flanks dark brown anteriorly fading to grayish brown posteriorly with brown spots in groin area; lateral sides of head immaculate blackish brown without white patches; coloration of ventral surfaces immaculate dark gray. The new species is divergent from all other congeners in 16S rRNA gene sequences (2.6%–5.8%). Following the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, we propose the new species be listed as Data Deficient (DD).
- Micryletta melanops sp. nov.,
- Taxonomy,
- Morphology,
- 16S rRNA,
- Bidoup–Nui Ba National Park,
- Lam Dong Province

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