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

doi:10.5358/hsj.34.67

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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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Keywords: Specific status, Synonymy, Tylototriton, Molecular phylogeny, China

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2015 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 67-74

DOI https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.34.67

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Abstract

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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