We assessed taxonomic relationship of Tylototriton daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and T. yangi Hou, Li and Lu, 2012 using mitochondrial DNA sequence data and found them to be as closely related as to be regarded as conspecific. This result, together with available morphological information, strongly indicates that T. daweishanensis is a junior synonym of T. yangi.
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1 February 2015
Taxonomic Relationship between Tylototriton daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and T. yangi Hou, Li and Lu, 2012 (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)
Kanto Nishikawa,
Ding-Qi Rao,
Masafumi Matsui,
Koshiro Eto
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Current Herpetology
Vol. 34 • No. 1
February 2015
Vol. 34 • No. 1
February 2015
China
molecular phylogeny
Specific status
synonymy
Tylototriton