@article {57546, title = {New species, diversity, systematics, and conservation assessment of the Puppet Toads of Sumatra (Anura: Bufonidae: Sigalegalephrynus)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Using a combination of morphological and molecular data we recognize three new species of Puppet Toad, Sigalegalephrynus Smart, Sarker, Arifin, Harvey, Sidik, Hamidy, Kurniawan \& Smith, a recently described genus endemic to the highland forests of Sumatra, Indonesia. Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences recovered a monophyletic relationship among all Puppet Toads, with two distinct evolutionary clades, a northern and a southern. The northern clade includes Sigalegalephrynus gayoluesensis sp. nov., and S. burnitelongensis sp. nov., and the southern clade includes S. harveyi sp. nov., S. mandailinguensis, and S. minangkabauensis. With the discovery of these three new species, Sigalegalephrynus contains more endemic species than any other genus of toad in Indonesia. We used maximum entropy, implemented in MaxEnt, to identify suitable habitats and occurrence probability of additional undescribed new species from the island. The most important predictors of Sigalegalephrynus distribution were elevation (64.5\%) and land cover (7.11\%). Based on the probability of presence, it is likely that there are many more species of the genus awaiting discovery in Sumatra. Our analysis, based on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species category and criteria, shows that all of the five species of Sigalegalephrynus are in great risk of extinction and should be placed into the Endangered (EN) category of IUCN Red List.

}, keywords = {Chordata, GeoCAT, Indonesia, IUCN Red List, MaxEnt, Niche modeling, Sigalegalephrynus burnitelongensis sp. nov., Sigalegalephrynus gayoluesensis sp. nov., Sigalegalephrynus harveyi sp. nov., Sigalegalephrynus mandailinguensis, Sigalegalephrynus minangkabauensis, Southeast Asia, Sunda Shelf}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4679.210.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.9}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4679.2https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4679.2.9}, author = {SARKER, GOUTAM C. and WOSTL, ELIJAH and THAMMACHOTI, PANUPONG and SIDIK, IRVAN and HAMIDY, AMIR and KURNIAWAN, NIA and SMITH, ERIC N.} } @article {57543, title = {A new species of~Megophrys Kuhl \& Van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Borneo allied to~M. nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Within Sundaland, the species diversity of the genus Megophrys is richest in Borneo, with some species restricted to the northern highlands of the island. On the basis of molecular, morphological and acoustic evidence, we describe a new species of large-sized Megophrys, once confused with M. nasuta. The new species Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from all its congeners by large genetic distance more than 6.11\% in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, much shorter rostral and orbital appendages, and unique advertisement call. This new species has been recorded from medium to high altitudes of mountain forest in southern and northernmost Borneo.

}, keywords = {Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov., molecular phylogeny, new species, Southeast Asia, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4679.110.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4679.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4679.1.1}, author = {MUNIR, MISBAHUL and HAMIDY, AMIR and Matsui, Masafumi and ISKANDAR, DJOKO T. and SIDIK, IRVAN and SHIMADA, TOMOHIKO} } @article {53525, title = {A new species of Landrevinae (Orthoptera) from the Philippines, with notes on Endodrelanva and Endolandrevus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae; Landrevini)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4544}, year = {2019}, month = {Nov-01-2019}, pages = {285}, abstract = {

Owing to the cryptic behavior and morphology of many Southeast Asian Landrevinae, new species are still being discovered in unexplored parts of the region. Here, we describe a new species: Endodrelanva siargaoensis sp. nov. We also recorded and describe the calling song of the new species. Owing to the morphological similarities between species of Endodrelanva Gorochov, 2000 and Endolandrevus Saussure, 1877, we also provide a short review of the two genera and list their characters for comparison.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, Biogeography, Grylloidea, Orthoptera, Southeast Asia, taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4544.210.11646/zootaxa.4544.2.8}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4544.2https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4544.2.8}, author = {TAN, MING KAI and GOROCHOV, ANDREJ V. and Jessica B. Baroga-Barbecho and YAP, SHERYL A.} } @article {51640, title = {The Vietnamese population of Megophrys kuatunensis (Amphibia: Megophryidae) represents a new species of Asian horned frog from Vietnam and southern China}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4344}, year = {2017}, month = {Aug-11-2017}, pages = {465}, abstract = {The Asian frog genus Megophrys is a diverse group of morphologically conserved, forest-dwelling frogs. The genus harbours highly localised species diversification and new species continue to be described on a regular basis. We examined the taxonomic status of a population of Megophrys frogs from the Hoang Lien Range in northern Vietnam and southern China previously identified as M. kuatunensis (subgenus Panophrys). Preliminary phylogenetic analyses using a fragment of 16S rDNA places the species in question within the Megophrys (subgenus Panophrys) species group, a primarily Chinese radiation within the genus. On the basis of morphological, molecular and bioacoustic data, we conclude that this population does not represent M. kuatunensis, or any known species in the genus. We herein describe this species of Megophrys as new. Known only from Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province in Vietnam and Jinping County, Yunnan Province in China, the new species is likely to be threatened by ongoing deforestation in the region. We provide an updated species description of M. kuatunensis based on type specimens, and suggest that M. kuatunensis is likely to be restricted to eastern China.}, keywords = {bioacoustics, cryptic species, Hoang Lien, Megophrys rubrimera sp. nov., Southeast Asia, tadpole}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4344.310.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.3}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4344.3}, author = {Tapley, Benjamin and Cutajar, Timothy and Mahoney, Stephen and Nguyen, Chung Thanh and Dau, Vinh Quang and Nguyen, Tao Thien and Luong, Hao Van and Rowley, Jodi J. L.} }