The validity of Rana bannanica Rao & Yang, 1997 (Anura, Ranidae)

One specimen of frog was collected from Mohan Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, which is the type locality of Rana bannanica Rao & Yang, 1997, currently considered as a junior synonym of Hylarana milleti (Smith, 1921). This specimen well agrees with the origi...

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Published inHerpetozoa (Wien) Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 11 - 20
Main Authors Liu, Shuo, Nguyen, Tan Van, Poyarkov, Nikolay A, Wang, Qiaoyan, Rao, Dingqi, Li, Song
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vienna Pensoft Publishers 11.01.2024
Subjects
Amphibians
Cytochrome
Museums
Pharmacy
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Rana bannanica
Synonymy
Taxonomy
Zoology
Myanmar
Vietnam
Thailand
Laos
China
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Summary:One specimen of frog was collected from Mohan Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, which is the type locality of Rana bannanica Rao & Yang, 1997, currently considered as a junior synonym of Hylarana milleti (Smith, 1921). This specimen well agrees with the original description of R. bannanica . In regard to morphology, R. bannanica and H. milleti are, indeed, very similar, but can still be distinguished from each other. Phylogenetic analysis, based on mitochondrial gene sequences, showed that this specimen and H. milleti are different species. Hence, we remove R. bannanica from the synonymy of H. milleti .
ISSN:1013-4425
2682-955X
DOI:10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e114263