{"title":"Morphological and molecular data warrant the description of a new species of the genus <i>Scutiger</i> (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Central Himalaya.","authors":"Sylvia Hofmann, Daniel Jablonski, Joachim Schmidt","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1210.127106","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent phylogenetic studies in Himalayan lazy toads of the genus <i>Scutiger</i> Theobald, 1868 revealed the presence of genetically deeply divergent lineages. The taxonomy of <i>S.nepalensis</i> sensu lato was re-assessed based on museum material considering molecular and morphological data. The results strongly support the recognition of a new species, <i>S.kanjiroba</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> distributed along the Nepalese Kanjiroba massif. It is further shown that <i>S.sikimmensis</i> has an apparently much more restricted distribution range than previously thought. The frequent misidentification of <i>Scutiger</i> across large areas of the Himalaya-Tibet area highlights the significance of careful taxonomic evaluation of collection material and the need for the direct morphological comparison of closely related species when describing new species.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369495/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1210.127106","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Recent phylogenetic studies in Himalayan lazy toads of the genus Scutiger Theobald, 1868 revealed the presence of genetically deeply divergent lineages. The taxonomy of S.nepalensis sensu lato was re-assessed based on museum material considering molecular and morphological data. The results strongly support the recognition of a new species, S.kanjirobasp. nov. distributed along the Nepalese Kanjiroba massif. It is further shown that S.sikimmensis has an apparently much more restricted distribution range than previously thought. The frequent misidentification of Scutiger across large areas of the Himalaya-Tibet area highlights the significance of careful taxonomic evaluation of collection material and the need for the direct morphological comparison of closely related species when describing new species.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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