Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia
We describe a new species of anuran in the species complex of Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838) from the Meratus Mountain Range of Borneo Island, Indonesia. Mitochondrial DNA analysis places the new species as a sister of L. cintalubang Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto, 2014. The new taxon differs from a...
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| author | Ade Damara Gonggoli Tomohiko Shimada Kanto Nishikawa Masafumi Matsui Thornton Larson Eric N. Smith Amir Hamidy |
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| description | We describe a new species of anuran in the species complex of Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838) from the Meratus Mountain Range of Borneo Island, Indonesia. Mitochondrial DNA analysis places the new species as a sister of L. cintalubang Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto, 2014. The new taxon differs from all other recognized species of L. kuhlii complex by a large genetic distance and a combination of morphological, bioacoustic, and larval characteristics. This discovery provides new insights into the taxonomic diversity of the L. kuhlii complex in Borneo, particularly within the Meratus Mountain Range, and highlights the importance of conserving this unique and understudied region. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dfcd12ce2de64d1fbcf22e14331937e22025-08-20T03:59:25ZengJapanese Society of Systematic ZoologySpecies Diversity1342-16702189-73012025-08-0130217719110.12782/specdiv.30.177Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, IndonesiaAde Damara Gonggoli0Tomohiko Shimada1Kanto Nishikawa2Masafumi MatsuiThornton Larson3Eric N. Smith4Amir Hamidy5Graduate Program of Animal Bioscience, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB UniversityFaculty of Education, Aichi University of EducationGraduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto UniversityDepartment of Natural Sciences, Sul Ross State UniversityThe Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center and Department of Biology, University of Texas at ArlingtonLaboratory of Herpetology, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Centre for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)We describe a new species of anuran in the species complex of Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838) from the Meratus Mountain Range of Borneo Island, Indonesia. Mitochondrial DNA analysis places the new species as a sister of L. cintalubang Matsui, Nishikawa, and Eto, 2014. The new taxon differs from all other recognized species of L. kuhlii complex by a large genetic distance and a combination of morphological, bioacoustic, and larval characteristics. This discovery provides new insights into the taxonomic diversity of the L. kuhlii complex in Borneo, particularly within the Meratus Mountain Range, and highlights the importance of conserving this unique and understudied region.limnonectesnew speciesmeratus mountain rangemitochondrial dnamolecular phylogeny |
| spellingShingle | Ade Damara Gonggoli Tomohiko Shimada Kanto Nishikawa Masafumi Matsui Thornton Larson Eric N. Smith Amir Hamidy Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia Species Diversity limnonectes new species meratus mountain range mitochondrial dna molecular phylogeny |
| title | Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia |
| title_full | Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia |
| title_short | Unveiling a New Species of Fanged Frog (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southeastern Borneo, Indonesia |
| title_sort | unveiling a new species of fanged frog amphibia anura dicroglossidae from southeastern borneo indonesia |
| topic | limnonectes new species meratus mountain range mitochondrial dna molecular phylogeny |
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