来自莫桑比克东北部沿海地区的一种新的芦苇蛙（树蛙科：芦苇蛙属）。

A new Reed Frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius) from coastal northeastern Mozambique.

作者信息

Conradie Werner, Verburgt Luke, Portik Daniel M, Ohler Annemarie, Bwong Beryl A, Lawson Lucinda P

机构信息

Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), Humewood 6013, South Africa School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George 6530, South Africa.

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 13;4379(2):177-198. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.2.2.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4379.2.2

PMID:29689983

Abstract

A new species of African reed frog (genus Hyperolius Rapp, 1842) is described from the Coastal Forests of the Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot in northeastern Mozambique. It is currently only known from less than ten localities associated with the Mozambican coastal pans system, but may also occur in the southeastern corner of Tanzania. Phylogenetic reconstructions using the mitochondrial 16S marker revealed that it is the sister taxon of Hyperolius mitchelli (>5.6% 16S mtDNA sequence divergence) and forms part of a larger H. mitchelli complex with H. mitchelli and H. rubrovermiculatus. The new species is distinguished from other closely related Hyperolius species by genetic divergence, morphology, vocalisation, and dorsal colouration.

摘要

一种新的非洲芦苇蛙（Hyperolius属，拉普，1842年）是从莫桑比克东北部东非生物多样性热点地区的沿海森林中描述的。目前仅在与莫桑比克沿海洼地系统相关的不到十个地点被发现，但也可能出现在坦桑尼亚的东南角。使用线粒体16S标记的系统发育重建表明，它是米切尔芦苇蛙（>5.6% 16S线粒体DNA序列差异）的姐妹分类单元，并与米切尔芦苇蛙和红纹芦苇蛙构成一个更大的米切尔芦苇蛙复合体的一部分。该新物种通过遗传差异、形态、鸣声和背部颜色与其他近缘的芦苇蛙物种相区分。