Two new species of torrent-breeding treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria) from hill forests on the southern edge of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera
Vertebrate Zoology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
74, С. 417 - 433
Опубликована: Июнь 28, 2024
Abstract
We
describe
two
new
species
of
torrent-breeding
Litoria
Tschudi,
1838
from
low-elevation
hill-forest
habitats
on
the
southern
fringe
Papua
New
Guinea’s
Central
Cordillera.
One
is
currently
known
only
Kikori
River
basin,
and
other
adjacent
Strickland
basins.
The
can
be
distinguished
all
by
aspects
morphology
advertisement
call
structure.
Both
are
below
500
m
a.s.l.
so
considered
less
likely
to
threatened
devastating
frog
pathogen
Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis
Longcore,
Pessier
&
Nichols,
1999
than
Melanesian
pelodryadid
frogs
occupying
higher,
cooler
habitats,
should
that
introduced
region.
hundred
ten
have
now
been
documented
a
near
doubling
total
recognised
when
first
field
guide
region
was
published
nearly
20
years
ago,
emphasising
rich
anuran
community
this
area.
Язык: Английский
A new species of treefrog (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) from the karstic South-fold Mountains of New Guinea
Zootaxa,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
5514(6), С. 559 - 576
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024
Despite
recent
advances
in
the
systematics
and
taxonomy
of
relictual
family
Scolebythidae,
type
genus
Scolebythus
Evans,
1963
remained
monospecific
for
more
than
sixty
years.
Here,
I
describe
illustrate
bekilyensis
sp.
nov.
from
a
female
specimen
collected
southern
Madagascar.
This
discovery
emphasizes
on
endemism
this
genus,
which
is
unique
within
Scolebythidae
being
restricted
to
one
biogeographic
realm,
suggests
that
potential
new
species
are
yet
be
discovered
megadiverse
region.
Язык: Английский