title: Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar.
abstract: Phylogenetic reconstructions derived from DNA sequence data play a central role in documenting the number of species in a complex. Such analyses are pointing to the existence of many cryptic species, especially in poorly understood groups such as the genus Limnonectes, and the L. kuhlii species complex in particular. To understand the Limnonectes frogs of China, we reconstruct the major matrilineal genealogy of Limnonectes from China and Southeast Asia based on 12S rRNA, tRNAValand 16S rRNA gene sequences. Based on new data we recognize five species of Limnonectes in China including L. bannaensis, L. fujianensis, L. fragilis, L. taylori (new record), and a new species from southern China and Myanmar. Phylogenetically, the new species is more closely related to the clade comprising L. taylori, L. megastomias, L. isanensis, L. nguyenorum, and L. jarujini from Thailand than to other Chinese species. This study supports previous findings of sympatric members of a species complex that are not each other's closest relatives.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Division of Fishery, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Chatmongkon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suwannapoom
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Division of Fishery, School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Zhi-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jin-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Continuing Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, Henan, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hai-Peng
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: College of life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 570100, Hainan, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Li-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Truong Son
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Truong Q
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7561, USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jaqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, James Madison University, 951 Carrier Dr., Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Mcleod
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China; Email: chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002681:China; D002965:Classification; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D002052:Myanmar; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity