A new species of the genus Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Tay Nguyen Plateau, central Vietnamстатья
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Аннотация:A new species of small tree frog primary montane tropical forests in central Vietnam, Tay Nguyen Plateau, is described based on morphological, molecular and acoustic evidence. The Golden Bug-Eyed Frog, Theloderma auratum sp. nov. is distinguishable from its congeners and other small rhacophorid species on the basis of a combination of the following morphological attributes: (1) absence of bony ridges on head; (2) completely smooth skin lacking calcified warts or asperities; (3) pointed elongated tapering snout; (4) vocal opening in males absent; (5) absence of vomerine teeth; (6) males of small body size (SVL 21.8–26.4 mm); (7) head longer than wide; ED/SVL ratio 13%–15%; ESL/SVL ratio 16%–20%; (8) small tympanum (TD/EL ratio 50%–60%) with few tiny tubercles; (9) supratympanic fold absent; (10) ventral surfaces completely smooth; (11) webbing between fingers absent; (12) outer and inner metacarpal tubercles present, supernumerary metacarpal tubercle single, medial, oval in shape; (13) toes half-webbed: I 2—2¼ II 1½—¾2 III 2—3¼ IV 3—½1 V; (14) inner metatarsal tubercle present, oval; outer metatarsal tubercle absent; (15) iris bicolored; (16) dorsal surfaces golden-yellow with sparse golden-orange speckling or reticulations and few small dark-brown spots; (17) lateral sides of head and body with wide dark reddish-brown to black lateral stripes, clearly separated from lighter dorsal coloration by a straight contrasting edge; (18) ventral surfaces of body, throat and chest greyish-blue with indistinct brown confluent blotches; (19) upper eyelids with few (3–5) very small flat reddish superciliary tuberlces; (20) limbs dorsally reddish-brown, ventrally brown with small bluish-white speckles. The new species is also distinct from all congeners in sequences of 12S rRNA to 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA fragment (uncorrected genetic distance p > 8.9%). Advertisment call and tadpole morphology of the new species is described. Our molecular data showed that Theloderma auratum sp. nov. is a sister species of Th. palliatum from Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam.