1. PLoS One
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Jia-Tang Li, Jin-Long Ren, Kyongsin Ri, Yikweon Jang, Yoonjung Yi, Amaël Borzée, Ming Feng Chuang, Mi Sook Min, Tu Yong Nam, Shinhyeok Chae, Kevin R. Messenger, Yoonhyuk Bae, Desiree Andersen, Yucheol Shin, Jordy Groffen, Ye Inn Kim, Junghwa An, Taejoon Kwon, Siti N. Othman, and Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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0106 biological sciences ,Life Cycles ,Population Dynamics ,01 natural sciences ,Geographical locations ,Mathematical and Statistical Techniques ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Clade ,Musculoskeletal System ,Phylogeny ,Data Management ,0303 health sciences ,Principal Component Analysis ,Multidisciplinary ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Ecology ,Feet ,Statistics ,Paleogenetics ,Eukaryota ,New Species Reports ,Phylogenetic Analysis ,Tadpole ,Phylogenetics ,Larva ,Vertebrates ,Physical Sciences ,Medicine ,Frogs ,Legs ,Mainland ,Anatomy ,Anura ,Research Article ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Asia ,Science ,Oceans and Seas ,Niche ,Research and Analysis Methods ,010603 evolutionary biology ,Amphibians ,03 medical and health sciences ,South Korea ,Genetics ,Animals ,Evolutionary Systematics ,Statistical Methods ,China ,030304 developmental biology ,Taxonomy ,geography ,Evolutionary Biology ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Toes ,biology.organism_classification ,Body Limbs ,Multivariate Analysis ,Animal Migration ,People and places ,Mountain range ,Tadpoles ,Mathematics ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
While comparatively few amphibian species have been described on the North East Asian mainland in the last decades, several species have been the subject of taxonomical debates in relation to the Yellow sea. Here, we sampledDryophytessp. treefrogs from the Republic of Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China to clarify the status of this clade around the Yellow sea and determine the impact of sea level change on treefrogs' phylogenetic relationships. Based on genetics, call properties, adult morphology, tadpole morphology and niche modelling, we determined the segregated status species ofD.suweonensisandD.immaculatus. We then proceeded to describe a new treefrog species,D.flaviventrissp. nov., from the central lowlands of the Republic of Korea. The new species is geographically segregated fromD.suweonensisby the Chilgap mountain range and known to occur only in the area of Buyeo, Nonsan and Iksan in the Republic of Korea. While the Yellow sea is the principal element to the current isolation of the three clades, the paleorivers of the Yellow sea basin are likely to have been the major factor for the divergences within this clade. We recommend conducting rapid conservation assessments as these species are present on very narrow and declining ranges. Conservation Research grant from The Biodiversity Foundation; National Research Foundation of KoreaNational Research Foundation of Korea [2017R1A2B2003579]; National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) - Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea [NIBR201803101] This work was supported by a Conservation Research grant from The Biodiversity Foundation to AB, a research grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (2017R1A2B2003579) to YJ, and by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR201803101) to MSM and TK.
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- 2020