title: A new species of the Fejervarya limnocharis complex from Japan (Anura, Dicroglossidae).
abstract: We describe a new species of dicroglossid frog of the Fejervarya limnocharis complex from western Honshu, Japan Mainland. The new species, Fejervarya kawamurai, is genetically closer to F. sakishimensis than to F. limnocharis. It differs from F. sakishimensis by smaller tympanum, head, forelimb, hindlimb, foot, and tibia lengths, all relative to snout-vent length, and from F. multistriata by relatively shorter forelimb, hindlimb, foot, and tibia. From F. limnocharis and F. iskandari, it is differentiated by relatively smaller forelimb, hindlimb, foot, and tibia lengths. Taxonomic problems of Fejervarya populations occurring in Central Ryukyus, continental China, and Taiwan are discussed.
authors: Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
authors: Hon Tjong
authors: HT
authors: Djong
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Matsui
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Kuramoto
authors: Midori
authors: M
authors: Nishioka
authors: Masayuki
authors: M
authors: Sumida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013045:Species Specificity