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来源类型 | Journal Article |
规范类型 | 其他 |
Integrative taxonomic approach for describing a new cryptic species of Bush Frog (Raorchestes: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India., | |
• Priti H., R.S. Roshmi, B. Ramya, H.S. Sudhira, G. Ravikanth, N.A. Aravind and K.V. Gururaja. | |
发表日期 | 2016 |
出处 | PLoS ONE 11(3): e0149382. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0149382 |
出版年 | 2016 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | A new cryptic species of bush frog Raorchestes honnametti sp. nov. is described from the south-eastern part of the Western Ghats, India. This newly described species belongs to the Charius clade and is morphologically similar to other clade members—R. charius and R. griet. Therefore, an integrative taxonomic approach based on molecular and bioacoustic analysis along with morphology was used to delimit the new species. Raorchestes honnametti sp. nov., is currently known only from Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, a part of Biligiri Rangaswamy horst mountain range (a mountain formed due movement of two faults) formed during the Late Quaternary period (1.8–2.58 Ma). Discovery of cryptic species from a highly speciose and well-studied genus Raorchestes hints at the possible existence of several more cryptic species in this genus. We discuss the possible reasons for crypsis and emphasize the need for continued systematic surveys of amphibians across the Western Ghats. |
主题 | Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning |
URL | https://www.atree.org/node/73 |
来源智库 | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (India) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/86049 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | • Priti H., R.S. Roshmi, B. Ramya, H.S. Sudhira, G. Ravikanth, N.A. Aravind and K.V. Gururaja.. Integrative taxonomic approach for describing a new cryptic species of Bush Frog (Raorchestes: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India.,. 2016. |
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