Cryptic Torrent Frogs of Myanmar: An Examination of the Amolops marmoratus Species Complex with the Resurrection of Amolops afghanus and the Identification of a New Species

Dever, Jennifer A.; Fuiten, Allison M.; Konu, Özlen; Wilkinson, Jeffery A.

doi:10.1643/ch-10-180

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“… marmoratus , and in a 16S clade with other individuals identified as A. marmoratus from Myanmar ( Dever et al 2012 ) in the Tanintharyi ( JF794450 ), Mon State ( JF794452 –56), and Shan State ( JF794470 ) and Thailand ( AB211486 , Matsui et al 2006 ). Our specimens were placed sister to one COI barcode for A.…”

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Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data

Mulcahy¹,

Lee²,

Losos³

et al. 2018

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Despite threats of species extinctions, taxonomic crises, and technological advances in genomics and natural history database informatics, we are still distant from cataloguing all of the species of life on earth. Amphibians and reptiles are no exceptions; in fact new species are described nearly every day and many species face possible extinction. The number of described species continues to climb as new areas of the world are explored and as species complexes are examined more thoroughly. The use of DNA barcoding provides a mechanism for rapidly estimating the number of species at a given site and has the potential to record all of the species of life on Earth. Though DNA barcoding has its caveats, it can be useful to estimate the number of species in a more systematic and efficient manner, to be followed in combination with more traditional, morphology-based identifications and species descriptions. Herein, we report the results of a voucher-based herpetological expedition to the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, enhanced with DNA barcode data. Our main surveys took place in the currently proposed Tanintharyi National Park. We combine our results with photographs and observational data from the Chaung-nauk-pyan forest reserve. Additionally, we provide the first checklist of amphibians and reptiles of the region, with species based on the literature and museum. Amphibians, anurans in particular, are one of the most poorly known groups of vertebrates in terms of taxonomy and the number of known species, particularly in Southeast Asia. Our rapid-assessment program combined with DNA barcoding and use of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) of voucher specimens reveals the depth of taxonomic diversity in the southern Tanintharyi herpetofauna even though only a third of the potential amphibians and reptiles were seen. A total of 51 putative species (one caecilian, 25 frogs, 13 lizards, 10 snakes, and two turtles) were detected, several of which represent potentially undescribed species. Several of these species were detected by DNA barcode data alone. Furthermore, five species were recorded for the first time in Myanmar, two amphibians (Ichthyophis cf. kohtaoensis and Chalcorana eschatia) and three snakes (Ahaetulla mycterizans, Boiga dendrophila, and Boiga drapiezii).

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“…Our specimens were placed in a 16S clade with other individuals from GenBank identified as A. panhai from Dawei, Tanintharyi, Myanmar ( JF794451 , Dever et al 2012 ) and Thailand ( AB211487 –8, Matsui et al 2006 ; KR827705 –6, Grosjean et al 2015b ). Our specimens were placed sister to two COI barcodes for A.…”

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confidence: 99%

Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data

Mulcahy¹,

Lee²,

Losos³

et al. 2018

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“…Many geographically widespread species of frogs in Southeast Asia have been shown to consist of complexes of cryptic species (Bain et al 2003;Stuart et al 2006;Inger et al 2009;Dever et al 2012), including Polypedates leucomystax (Matsui et al 1986;Narins et al 1998;Brown et al 2010;Kuraishi et al 2011;Kuraishi et al 2013). The common tree frog, Polypedates leucomystax, is an Asian rhacophorid frog, which is commonly found in nonforested and forested areas and has a wide geographic distribution throughout Southeast Asia, southern China and India (Liu 1950;Taylor 1962;Inger 1966;Dutta 1997;Brown et al 2010Ϳ.…”

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A new tree frog in the genus Polypedates (Anura: hacophoridae) from southern Thailand

Rujirawan

Stuart²,

Aowphol³

2013

Zootaxa

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We describe a new species of Southeast Asian rhacophorid frog belonging to the Polypedates leucomystax species complex from Songkhla Province, southern Thailand. Polypedates discantus sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of having the skin of the head not co-ossified with the skull; absent or indistinct white dots on the back of the thigh; paired-vocal sac openings; and a round tubercle on the tibiotarsal articulation. The new species is also distinguished from P. leucomystax and P. megacephalus in univariate and multivariate analyses of quantitative morphometric characters, and has uncorrected pairwise distances of 6.61-7.16% from its closest relative, P. leucomystax, in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene͘ The new species has four distinct male advertisement call types, consisting of one-note, two-note, three-note and staccato calls. The new species occurs syntopically with P. leucomystax at the type locality.

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“…Two sequences submitted to GenBank as A. indoburmanensis from Assam, India (KU589221) and Murlen, Mizoram, India (MN519705) also claded with the holotype of A. indoburmanensis with a genetic distance of 0.013 and 0.015 respectively ( Table 2). While reviewing the Amolops marmoratus species complex of Myanmar, Dever et al 32 described A. indoburmanensis from southern Myanmar; and is also expected to occur in northeast India. 32,33 Dinesh et al 34 included the species in their amphibian checklist of India, but did not mention any voucher sample or locality.…”

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DNA barcoding reveals a new country record for three species of frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from India

Lalronunga¹,

Vanramliana²,

Lalrinchhana³

et al. 2020

Sci Vis

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We present a first record for three species of frogs, viz. Amolops indoburmanensis, Euphlictys kalisgraminensis and Polypedates braueri in India based on DNA barcoding data. We also discussed on the records of Amolops spp. in Mizoram and delisted all previous recorded species, viz. A. afghanus, A. kaulbacki and A. marmoratus from the amphibian fauna of Mizoram until further research confirmed their presence, since the data were not sufficient enough for the confirmation of their occurrence and are likely based on misidentification of A. indoburmanensis.

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Cryptic Torrent Frogs of Myanmar: An Examination of the Amolops marmoratus Species Complex with the Resurrection of Amolops afghanus and the Identification of a New Species

Cited by 28 publications

References 38 publications

Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data

Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data

<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>A new tree frog in the genus <em>Polypedates</em> (Anura: hacophoridae) from southern Thailand</strong></p>

DNA barcoding reveals a new country record for three species of frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from India

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