01821nas a2200277   4500008004100000245010900041210006900150260001600219300000800235490000700243520084100250653002301091653001701114653001701131653002501148653002001173653001401193100002801207700002001235700002801255700002301283700002601306700002601332700002801358856015701386       2019                        eng d00aA New Cryptic Species of the Adenomera andreae Clade from Southwestern Amazonia (Anura, Leptodactylidae)0 aNew Cryptic Species of the Adenomera andreae Clade from Southwes  cJan-09-2019  a2330 v753 a<p>We describe a new Amazonian species of Adenomera that corresponds to one of the acoustic signals and morphs from Tambopata National Reserve (Adenomera &lsquo;&lsquo;Forest Call I&rsquo;&rsquo;) and to a confirmed candidate species (Adenomera sp. E) in the most recently published phylogeny for the genus. The new species is distinguished from all 19 described congeners by its unique advertisement call, consisting of a single multipulsed note, formed by 22&ndash;35 partly fused pulses (greatest pulse number recorded for the genus among species with partly fused notes). The new species is further distinguished from most congeners in having toe tips expanded into small discs. Its distribution is associated with the Amazonian region encompassing western Brazil (state of Acre), southeastern Peru, and north-central Bolivia.</p>
10aAmazon rain forest10abioacoustics10abiodiversity10aintegrative taxonomy10aLeptodactylinae10aTambopata1 aDe Carvalho, Thiago, R.1 aAngulo, Ariadne1 aKokubum, Marcelo, N. C.1 aBarrera, Diego, A.1 aDe Souza, Moisés, B.1 aHaddad, Célio, F. B.1 aGiaretta, Ariovaldo, A.  uhttps://bioone.org/journals/herpetologica/volume-75/issue-3/D-18-00049/A-New-Cryptic-Species-of-the-Adenomera-andreae-Clade-from/10.1655/D-18-00049.full02910nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245019000055210006900245260001600314300000800330490000900338520196500347653001502312653001702327653001002344653002502354653002402379653002902403653001602432653002202448653001802470100001702488700001602505856012302521       2017                        eng d  a1175-532600aDescription of four new species of Burrowing Frogs in the Fejervarya rufescens complex (Dicroglossidae) with notes on morphological affinities of Fejervarya species in the Western Ghats0 aDescription of four new species of Burrowing Frogs in the Fejerv  cAug-06-2018  a4510 v42773 a<p>The Rufescent Burrowing Frog, Fejervarya rufescens, is thought to have a wide distribution across the Western Ghats in Peninsular India. This locally abundant but secretive species has a short breeding period, making it a challenging subject for field studies. We sampled 16 populations of frogs morphologically similar to F. rufescens in order to understand the variation among populations found across the Western Ghats. Our study shows significant morphological and genetic differences among the sampled populations, suggesting that F. &lsquo;rufescens&rsquo; is a complex of several undescribed species. Using evidence from morphology and genetics, we confirm the presence of five distinct species in this group and formally describe four as new. The new species were delineated using a phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes (16S, COI and Cytb) and a haplotype network of a nuclear gene (Rag1). Hereafter, the distribution of F. rufescens is restricted to the state of Karnataka and adjoining regions of northern Kerala. Three new species (Fejervarya kadar sp. nov., Fejervarya manoharani sp. nov. and Fejervarya neilcoxi sp. nov.) are from regions south of Palghat gap in the state of Kerala, and one (Fejervarya cepfi sp. nov.) from the northern Western Ghats state of Maharashtra. These findings indicate that Fejervarya frogs of the Western Ghats are more diverse than currently known. Our results will also have implications on the conservation status of F. rufescens, which was previously categorized as Least Concern based on its presumed wide geographical distribution. Furthermore, in order to facilitate a better taxonomic understanding of this region&rsquo;s fejervaryan frogs, we divide all the known Fejarvarya species of the Western Ghats into four major groups&mdash;Fejervarya nilagirica group, Fejervarya rufescens group, Fejervarya sahyadris group and Fejervarya syhadrensis group, based on their morphological affinities.</p>
10aamphibians10abioacoustics10aIndia10aintegrative taxonomy10amolecular phylogeny10amulti-gene DNA barcoding10anew species10aspecies diversity10aWestern Ghats1 aGarg, Sonali1 aBiju, S. D.  uhttps://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4277.4https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4277.4.1