Confirmation of Nishikawa, Matsui & Nguyen, 2013 in China, with discussion on the relationship between Anderson, 1871 and Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza & Murdoch, 2019 (Caudata, Salamandridae).

作者信息

Liu Shuo, Hou Mian, Rao Dingqi

机构信息

Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.

College of Continuing (Online) Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China College of Continuing (Online) Education, Sichuan Normal University Chengdu China.

出版信息

Biodivers Data J. 2022 May 19;10:e82707. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82707. eCollection 2022.

BACKGROUND

The distribution of the Ziegler's Crocodile Newt Nishikawa, Matsui & Nguyen, 2013 in China has been controversial. This species was originally recorded uncertainly from Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. Subsequently, this species was recorded from Yunnan and Guangdong provinces, China. Thereafter, the record from Guangdong was denied and the record from Yunnan was questioned.

NEW INFORMATION

Two specimens of Anderson, 1871 were collected from Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, in 2020. Phylogenetically, the sequences of these two specimens clustered with the sequences of (including the holotype) from its type locality with strong support, and morphologically agree well with the original description of . We confirm the record of in China and present detailed collection site and morphological description of the specimens from China. In addition, we found that Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Espinoza & Murdoch, 2019 may be the synonym of Anderson, 1871. We discussed the relationship between and .