Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal: Diversity

Volume number: 13

Issue number: 9

eISSN: 1424-2818

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090399

Publisher: MDPI

Abstract: 
Striking geographic variation in male advertisement calls was observed in frogs formerly referred to as Limnonectes doriae and L. limborgi, respectively. Subsequent analyses of mtDNA and external morphological data brought supporting evidence for the recognition of these populations as distinct species. We describe two new frog species of the genus Limnonectes (i.e., L. bagoensis sp. nov. and L. bagoyoma sp. nov.) from Myanmar. Limnonectes bagoensis sp. nov. is closely related to L. doriae whereas L. bagoyoma sp. nov. is closely related to L. limborgi. Results of this integrative study provide evidence for the presence of additional undescribed species in these species complexes but due to the lack of bioacoustical data, we consider these additional diverging populations as candidate species that need further study to resolve their respective taxonomic status. Both new species are distributed in Lower Myanmar. Limnonectes doriae is restricted to southern Myanmar along the Malayan Peninsula whereas L. limborgi is known to occur in eastern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand. The remaining populations formerly referred to as either L. doriae or L. limborgi are considered representatives of various candidate species that await further study. We further provide a de novo draft genome of the respective holotypes of L. bagoensis sp. nov. and L. bagoyoma sp. nov. based on short-read sequencing technology to 25-fold coverage.

Harvard Citation style: Koehler, G., Zwitzers, B., Than, N., Gupta, D., Janke, A., Pauls, S., et al. (2021) Bioacoustics Reveal Hidden Diversity in Frogs: Two New Species of the Genus Limnonectes from Myanmar (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae), Diversity, 13(9), Article 399. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090399

APA Citation style: Koehler, G., Zwitzers, B., Than, N., Gupta, D., Janke, A., Pauls, S., & Thammachoti, P. (2021). Bioacoustics Reveal Hidden Diversity in Frogs: Two New Species of the Genus Limnonectes from Myanmar (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae). Diversity. 13(9), Article 399. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090399