title: A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) from southeastern Tibet, China.
abstract: A new species of the genus Amolops Cope, 1865 is described from Nyingchi, southeastern Tibet, China, based on morphological and molecular data. The new species, Amolops nyingchiensis sp. nov. is assigned to the Amolops monticola group based on its skin smooth, dorsolateral fold distinct, lateral side of head black, upper lip stripe white extending to the shoulder. Amolops nyingchiensis sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of Amolops by the following combination of characters: (1) medium body size, SVL 48.5-58.3 mm in males, and 57.6-70.7 mm in females; (2) tympanum distinct, slightly larger than one third of the eye diameter; (3) a small tooth-like projection on anteromedial edge of mandible; (4) the absence of white spine on dorsal surface of body; (5) the presence of circummarginal groove on all fingers; (6) the presence of vomerine teeth; (7) background coloration of dorsal surface brown, lateral body gray with yellow; (8) the presence of transverse bands on the dorsal limbs; (9) the presence of nuptial pad on the first finger in males; (10) the absence of vocal sac in males. Taxonomic status of the populations that were previously identified to A. monticola from Tibet is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China; Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73072-7029, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: North China Electric Power University Science and Technology College, Baoding Hebei 071051, China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China; Tibet University, Lhasa Tibet 850000, China.
authors.forename: Da-Hu
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forestry Survey, Plan and Research of Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa Tibet 850000, China.
authors.forename: Wu-Lin
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Sichuan 610041, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Imaging Biodiversity Expedition, Beijing 100107, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China. chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055669:Ecological and Environmental Phenomena; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010858:Pigmentation; D011898:Ranidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D018609:Tibet
keywords: Amolops monticola group; Amolops nyingchiensis sp. nov.; DNA barcoding; Tibet
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