We describe a new species of dicroglossid frog of the Fejervarya limnocharis complex from western Honshu, Japan Mainland. The new species, Fejervarya kawamurai, is genetically closer to F. sakishimensis than to F. limnocharis. It differs from F. sakishimensis by smaller tympanum, head, forelimb, hindlimb, foot, and tibia lengths, all relative to snout-vent length, and from F. multistriata by relatively shorter forelimb, hindlimb, foot, and tibia. From F. limnocharis and F. iskandari, it is differentiated by relatively smaller forelimb, hindlimb, foot, and tibia lengths. Taxonomic problems of Fejervarya populations occurring in Central Ryukyus, continental China, and Taiwan are discussed.
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1 December 2011
A New Species of the Fejervarya limnocharis Complex from Japan (Anura, Dicroglossidae)
Hon Tjong Djong,
Masafumi Matsui,
Mitsuru Kuramoto,
Midori Nishioka,
Masayuki Sumida
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Zoological Science
Vol. 28 • No. 12
December 2011
Vol. 28 • No. 12
December 2011
China
cryptic species
East Asia
Fejervarya
Japan Mainland
new species
Ryukyu