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Published January 28, 2016 | Version v1
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Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

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  • 1. University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2. Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, United States of America
  • 3. Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan
  • 4. National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

Description

Two new species of rhacophorid tree frog were identified in Taiwan. In both new taxa, derived reproductive characteristics of laying eggs in tree holes and oophagous tadpoles are shared with Kurixalus eiffingeri, but they are divergent from each other in molecular genetics, mating calls, and tadpole and adult morphology. The morphological characteristics and the molecular phylogenetic evidence support the hypothesis that the two new species, Kurixalus berylliniris sp. n. and Kurixalus wangi sp. n., are both monophyletic lineages.

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