A new species of the genus <i>Batrachuperus</i> (Urodela: Hynobiidae) from Southwestern China

Jian-Li Xiong; Wei Luo; Xiao-Mao Zeng

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.129

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Jian-Li Xiong, Wei Luo, Xiao-Mao Zeng. A new species of the genus Batrachuperus (Urodela: Hynobiidae) from Southwestern China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(5): 589-594. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.129

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Jian-Li Xiong, Wei Luo, Xiao-Mao Zeng. A new species of the genus Batrachuperus (Urodela: Hynobiidae) from Southwestern China. Zoological Research, 2020, 41(5): 589-594. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.129

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A new species of the genus Batrachuperus (Urodela: Hynobiidae) from Southwestern China

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.129

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College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
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Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China

Funds: This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471971 to J.L.X. and 31772439 to X.M.Z.) and Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) Program (2019QZKK0501 to X.M.Z.)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: zengxm@cib.ac.cn
Received Date: 2020-05-27
Accepted Date: 2020-08-10

Published Online: 2020-08-12

Publish Date: 2020-09-18

Abstract

Abstract

A new stream salamander species, Batrachuperus daochengensis sp. nov. , from southwestern China, is described herein based on morphological and molecular evidence. Molecular phylogeny derived from the mitochondrial gene together with previous nuclear data revealed that B. daochengensis sp. nov. is sister to B. yenyuanensis. The new species differs from all other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: brown horny epidermis on tips of fingers and toes absent; tubercles on palms and soles absent; costal grooves 12; dorsal brown, mottled with blackish spots; fingers 2-3-4-1 in order of decreasing length; tips of longest digits of fore- and hindlimbs largely separated by one to two costal spaces when adpressed towards each other along sides of body. The new species is currently known in the central and southern Shaluli Mountains in southwestern China.
- Batrachuperus daochengensis sp. nov.,
- Salamander,
- Taxonomy,
- Tibetan Plateau,
- New species

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