A New Species of Buergeria From the Southern Ryukyus and Northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)
A New Species of Buergeria From the Southern Ryukyus and Northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)
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DOI：
10.5358/hsj.39.160
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Tominaga, Atsushi
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作者：
Matsui, Masafumi;Tominaga, Atsushi
长时间以来，Buergeria japonica一直被认为是一个广泛分布于琉球群岛和台湾的单一种，现已证明它包括三个遗传分化的分支：（1）琉球北方和中部分支，（2）琉球南部和北方台湾分支，（3）台湾南部分支。台湾南部的分支已经从其他分支中分离出来，成为一个独立的物种。从遗传学证据来看，南琉球和北方台湾分支与北方和中琉球分支之间存在明显的异种关系。对八重山（琉球南部和台湾北方分支）和奄美大岛（B产地）的标本进行了形态学比较。日本（北方和琉球中部分支），证实了遗传差异，并证实了它们的独立物种地位。因此，我们将北方台湾和琉球南部的分支描述为B。周氏新种
Buergeria japonica, long thought to be a single species widely occurring on the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan, proved to include three genetically differentiated clades, (1) the Northern and Central Ryukyu, (2) the Southern Ryukyu and Northern Taiwan, and (3) the Southern Taiwan clades. The Southern Taiwan clade has already been split from the others as a distinct species. A distinct heterospecific relationship of the Southern Ryukyu and Northern Taiwan clade from the Northern and Central Ryukyu clade was also clear from genetic evidence. Morphological comparison between specimens from the Yaeyama (the Southern Ryukyu and Northern Taiwan clade) and Amamioshima, the type locality of B. japonica (the Northern and Central Ryukyu clade), confirmed genetic differences and corroborate their independent species status. Thus, we describe the Northern Taiwan and Southern Ryukyu clade as B. choui sp. nov.