[vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space]
A new species of Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Borneo allied to M. Nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)
Munir M.a,b, Hamidy A., Matsui M.a, Iskandar D.T.d, Sidik I., Shimada T.e
a Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
b Study Group of Wildlife and Habitat Conservation (Green Community), Department Biology, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Semarang State University, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
c Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong, Indonesia
d School of Life Science and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Labtex XI Building, West Java, 40132, Indonesia
e Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, Kariya, Aichi, 448-8542, Japan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Copyright © 2019 Magnolia PressWithin 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.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Animals,Anura,Borneo,Forests,Phylogeny,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov,Molecular phylogeny,New species,Southeast Asia,Taxonomy[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][{‘$’: ‘We are thankful to Miguel Vences and one anonymous reviewer for the constructive comments to improve the manuscript. We also thank Dwi Susanto and Jarot Arizona for collecting the specimens used for this study, Rury Epilurahman (Gajah Mada University) provided information and data from their expedition report in Kalimantan. We thank Alan Resetar and Rachel Grill (FMNH), who kindly provided information and photographs of M. ko-bayashii from their collection, Eric N. Smith (University of Texas at Arlington) and Mirza Dikari Kusrini (Forestry Faculty of Bogor Agricultural University) allowed us to examine specimens of M. nasuta from their collection. MiMu thanks to the Monbukagabusho for scholarship funding, Koshiro Eto, Kaede Kimura and Alamsyah Elang Nusa Herlambang for their companionship on Natuna. Field trip to Natuna Island was supported by JSPS research fund to Koshiro Eto (Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History). Fieldwork in Kalimantan during 2008–2009 was supported by Nagao Environmental Foundation to IS and molecular lab work was funded through Indonesian Fauna Barcoding Grant (DIPA Puslit Biologi LIPI 2016) to AH. The field survey by MM in Sarawak was made under research permits NPW.907.4.2 (III)-68 and NCCD.907.4.4(V)-93 from the Forest Department, Sarawak. He thanks the Sarawak Forestry Corporation and the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre for their encouragements and permission to conduct research and K. Nishikawa (Kyoto University) for field companionship. Field trip to Meratus Mountain Range in 2017, 2018 and 2019 were supported by JSPS research fund to TS (16K18600), thanks to Huda Wiradarma, Ahmad Nabil, Ari Ardiantoro, Muhamad Alif Fauzi and Ibuki Fukuyama for their help in the field. Field trips to Sumatra and travels to examine the type specimen in Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden were possible through a NSF grant to Eric Smith and Michael B. Harvey (DEB–1146324). We thank Tim van Berkel for the time to check the English manuscript.’}, {‘$’: ‘We are thankful to Miguel Vences and one anonymous reviewer for the constructive comments to improve the manuscript. We also thank Dwi Susanto and Jarot Arizona for collecting the specimens used for this study, Rury Epilurahman (Gajah Mada University) provided information and data from their expedition report in Kalimantan. We thank Alan Resetar and Rachel Grill (FMNH), who kindly provided information and photographs of M. kobayashii from their collection, Eric N. Smith (University of Texas at Arlington) and Mirza Dikari Kusrini (Forestry Faculty of Bogor Agricultural University) allowed us to examine specimens of M. nasuta from their collection. MiMu thanks to the Monbukagabusho for scholarship funding, Koshiro Eto, Kaede Kimura and Alamsyah Elang Nusa Herlambang for their companionship on Natuna. Field trip to Natuna Island was supported by JSPS research fund to Koshiro Eto (Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History). Fieldwork in Kalimantan during 2008?2009 was supported by Nagao Environmental Foundation to IS and molecular lab work was funded through Indonesian Fauna Barcoding Grant (DIPA Puslit Biologi LIPI 2016) to AH. The field survey by MM in Sarawak was made under research permits NPW.907.4.2 (III)-68 and NCCD.907.4.4(V)-93 from the Forest Department, Sarawak. He thanks the Sarawak Forestry Corporation and the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre for their encouragements and permission to conduct research and K. Nishikawa (Kyoto University) for field companionship. Field trip to Meratus Mountain Range in 2017, 2018 and 2019 were supported by JSPS research fund to TS (16K18600), thanks to Huda Wiradarma, Ahmad Nabil, Ari Ardiantoro, Muhamad Alif Fauzi and Ibuki Fukuyama for their help in the field. Field trips to Sumatra and travels to examine the type specimen in Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden were possible through a NSF grant to Eric Smith and Michael B. Harvey (DEB?1146324). We thank Tim van Berkel for the time to check the English manuscript.’}][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.1[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]