First record of Theloderma pyaukkya Dever, 2017 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) in China, with range extension of Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912) to Yunnan

• Main Authors: Li-Na Du, Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Guo-Hua Yu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Press, PR China 2020-09-01
• Series: Zoological Research
• Subjects: new record; theloderma pyaukkya; theloderma moloch; yunnan
• Online Access: http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.083
• ISSN: 2095-8137

Theloderma pyaukkya is recorded for the first time in China based on a specimen collected from western Yunnan. Morphologically, the specimen shows good agreement with the original description of T. pyaukkya, and phylogenetically is clustered with the type specimens and holotype of T. pyaukkya from Kachin State (northern Myanmar) with strong support. The taxonomic status of T. pyaukkya from Chin State (western Myanmar) needs further examination. In addition, Theloderma moloch is also recorded in Yunnan for the first time. This brings the number of Theloderma species recorded in Yunnan, China, to seven, namely, T. albopunctatum, T. baibungense, T. bicolor, T. gordoni, T. moloch, T. pyaukkya, and T. rhododiscus.