{"id":984,"date":"2018-02-23T09:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T09:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/?p=984"},"modified":"2018-03-05T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T10:42:05","slug":"an-integrative-taxonomic-review-of-the-south-asian-microhylid-genus-uperodon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2018\/02\/23\/an-integrative-taxonomic-review-of-the-south-asian-microhylid-genus-uperodon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Integrative Taxonomic Review of the South Asian Microhylid Genus Uperodon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Sonali Garg, Gayani Senevirathne, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/academic-staff\/dr-nayana-wijayathilaka\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nayana Wijayathilaka<\/a>, Samadhan Phuge, Kaushik Deuti, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Madhava Meegaskumbura, SD Biju<\/p>\n<p>Journal: <a href=\"https:\/\/biotaxa.org\/Zootaxa\/article\/view\/zootaxa.4384.1.1\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Zootaxa<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Based on a recent molecular phylogenetic study, the South Asian microhylid genus\u00a0<em>Uperodon<\/em>\u00a0(subfamily Microhylinae) currently comprises of 12 valid species that are largely restricted to India and Sri Lanka. Considering the revised generic-level status of its various members, here we review the taxonomy of all known species in this genus and clarify their nomenclatural status and geographical distribution, by integrating evidence from genetics, adult and tadpole morphology, breeding ecology, and bioacoustics. Our molecular analyses of a mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene fragment combined with external and internal morphological studies also revealed a distinct new species in the genus. This species, formally described as\u00a0<em>Uperodon rohani<\/em>\u00a0sp. nov., is endemic to Sri Lanka and widely distributed at lower elevations in the island. For nomenclatural stability of various previously known members, the following actions are also undertaken: (1) redescription of the poorly-defined species\u00a0<em>Ramanella anamalaiensis<\/em>\u00a0Rao (=\u00a0<em>Uperodon anamalaiensis<\/em>) and\u00a0<em>Hylaedactylus montanus<\/em>\u00a0Jerdon (=\u00a0<em>Uperodon montanus<\/em>); (2) neotype designation for\u00a0<em>Ramanella anamalaiensis<\/em>\u00a0Rao (=\u00a0<em>Uperodon anamalaiensis<\/em>),\u00a0<em>Ramanella minor<\/em>\u00a0Rao,\u00a0<em>Ramanella mormorata<\/em>\u00a0Rao (=\u00a0<em>Uperodon mormorata<\/em>), and\u00a0<em>Ramanella triangularis rufeventris<\/em>Rao; (3) lectotype designation for\u00a0<em>Callula variegata<\/em>\u00a0Stoliczka (=\u00a0<em>Uperodon variegatus<\/em>); and (4) synonymization of\u00a0<em>Ramanella minor<\/em>\u00a0Rao with\u00a0<em>Uperodon anamalaiensis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/323358739_An_integrative_taxonomic_review_of_the_South_Asian_microhylid_genus_Uperodon?ev=prf_ov_fet_res&amp;_iepl%5BviewId%5D=7TSPM8NJPrF3Ps0wJl4vwxzZFqQPjfG8Q10Y&amp;_iepl%5Bcontexts%5D%5B0%5D=prfhpi&amp;_iepl%5Bdata%5D%5BstandardItemCount%5D=5&amp;_iepl%5Bdata%5D%5BuserSelectedItemCount%5D=5&amp;_iepl%5Bdata%5D%5BtopHighlightCount%5D=1&amp;_iepl%5Bdata%5D%5BtopHighlightIndex%5D=1&amp;_iepl%5Bdata%5D%5BfeaturedItem1of1%5D=1&amp;_iepl%5BtargetEntityId%5D=PB%3A323358739&amp;_iepl%5BinteractionType%5D=publicationTitle\" target=\"_blank\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-985\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/02\/Uperodon_rohani.jpg\" alt=\"uperodon_rohani\" width=\"960\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/02\/Uperodon_rohani.jpg 960w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/02\/Uperodon_rohani-40x19.jpg 40w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/02\/Uperodon_rohani-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/02\/Uperodon_rohani-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Sonali Garg, Gayani Senevirathne, Nayana Wijayathilaka, Samadhan Phuge, Kaushik Deuti, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Madhava Meegaskumbura, SD Biju Journal: Zootaxa Based on a recent molecular phylogenetic study, the South Asian microhylid &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/2018\/02\/23\/an-integrative-taxonomic-review-of-the-south-asian-microhylid-genus-uperodon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Integrative Taxonomic Review of the South Asian Microhylid Genus Uperodon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/zoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}