Published December 21, 2017 | Version v1

A new species of Rana from the Dabie Mountains in eastern China (Anura, Ranidae)

  • 1. Anhui University, Hefei, China
  • 2. Jiangsu second normal University, Nanjing, China
  • 3. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing, China

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A new species Rana dabieshanensis sp. n. is described from the Dabie Mountains in Anhui Province, China, based on morphological character differences and molecular analyses. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of diagnostic characters. The results of phylogenetic analyses (based on 12s rRNA, 16s rRNA, ND2, Cyt b, RAG1, BDNF and Tyr) and genetic distances (based on Cyt b) indicate that the new species belongs to the Rana longicrus group, and is placed as the sister taxon to R. hanluica.

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