A new species of Crocodile Newt, genus Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the mountains of Kachin State, northern Myanmar

A new species of Crocodile Newt, genus Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the mountains of Kachin State, northern Myanmar

We describe a new species of the genus Tylototriton from Ingyin Taung Mt., Mohnyin Township, Kachin State, Myanmar, based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is assigned to the subgenus Tylototriton s. str. and is clearly distinct from all known congeners by the following charac...

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Main Authors: Than Zaw, Paw Lay, Parinya Pawangkhanant, JVladislav A. Gorin, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Press, PR China 2019-05-01
Series:Zoological Research
Subjects:
Tylototriton kachinorum sp. nov.
mtDNA genealogy
ND2
16S rRNA
Shan
Biogeography
Endemism
Taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract3937.shtml

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