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ArticlePloS one2016

A New Species of Frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) Discovered from the Mega City of Dhaka.

Mohammad Sajid Ali Howlader, Abhilash Nair, Juha Merilä

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Mohammad Sajid Ali HowladerEcological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Abhilash NairEcological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Juha MeriläEcological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a new species of frog of the genus Zakerana discovered from the urban core of Dhaka, Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Although the new species is morphologically similar to the geographically proximate congeners in the Bangladeshi cricket frog group, we show that it can be distinguished from all congeners on the basis of morphological characters, advertisement calls and variation in two mitochondrial DNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA). Apart from several diagnostic differences in body proportions, the new species differs from other Zakerana species in having a flattened snout (from ventral view) projecting over the lower jaw, and diagnostic trapezoid-shaped red markings on the vocal sac in males. Molecular genetic analyses show that the new species is highly divergent (3.1-20.1% sequence divergence) from all congeneric species, and forms a well-supported clade with its sister species, Zakerana asmati. The discovery of a new amphibian species from the urban core of Dhaka together with several recent descriptions of new amphibian species from Bangladesh may indicate that more amphibian species remain to be discovered from this country.

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AnimalsAnuraBangladeshCitiesDNA, MitochondrialFemaleGenes, MitochondrialGenetic VariationMalePhylogenyRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityDNA, MitochondrialRNA, RibosomalRNA, ribosomal, 12SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID26934699
PMCPMC4801011

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