A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
A new, very small-sized species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> is described from western Rwanda. The new species occurs locally endemic in Nyungwe Forest and Cyamudongo Forest, where it inhabits the leaf litter of montane forests between 1800 and 2200 m a.s.l. It differs from all other members o...
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| description | A new, very small-sized species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> is described from western Rwanda. The new species occurs locally endemic in Nyungwe Forest and Cyamudongo Forest, where it inhabits the leaf litter of montane forests between 1800 and 2200 m a.s.l. It differs from all other members of the genus by a unique combination of morphological characters, including size (SVL of adult males 16.0–16.5 mm), skin texture, length of hindlimbs, and ventral colour pattern; by characteristics of its advertisement call that consists of a single note lasting 17.4 ± 6.4 [11–32] ms and has a dominant frequency of 5861 ± 188 [5531–6029] Hz; and also in the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene that differs from available homologous sequences of other species of the genus by an uncorrected p-distance of at least 4.6%. Details of the natural history as well as two additional call types are described. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab388cd1b7574f41b6f6732dc5c7fe1c2023-11-19T16:15:07ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182023-10-011510110410.3390/d15101104A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, RwandaJ. Maximilian Dehling0Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften, Abteilung Biologie, Universität Koblenz, Universitätsstraße 1, D-56070 Koblenz, GermanyA new, very small-sized species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> is described from western Rwanda. The new species occurs locally endemic in Nyungwe Forest and Cyamudongo Forest, where it inhabits the leaf litter of montane forests between 1800 and 2200 m a.s.l. It differs from all other members of the genus by a unique combination of morphological characters, including size (SVL of adult males 16.0–16.5 mm), skin texture, length of hindlimbs, and ventral colour pattern; by characteristics of its advertisement call that consists of a single note lasting 17.4 ± 6.4 [11–32] ms and has a dominant frequency of 5861 ± 188 [5531–6029] Hz; and also in the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene that differs from available homologous sequences of other species of the genus by an uncorrected p-distance of at least 4.6%. Details of the natural history as well as two additional call types are described.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/10/1104amphibiansdiversitybioacousticsphylogenetics<i>Arthroleptis schubotzi</i>Nyungwe Forest |
| spellingShingle | J. Maximilian Dehling A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda Diversity amphibians diversity bioacoustics phylogenetics <i>Arthroleptis schubotzi</i> Nyungwe Forest |
| title | A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda |
| title_full | A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda |
| title_fullStr | A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda |
| title_short | A New Miniature Species of <i>Arthroleptis</i> (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda |
| title_sort | new miniature species of i arthroleptis i anura arthroleptidae from nyungwe national park rwanda |
| topic | amphibians diversity bioacoustics phylogenetics <i>Arthroleptis schubotzi</i> Nyungwe Forest |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/10/1104 |
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