A New Newt of the Genus Cynops (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guangdong, China

作者:Yuan, Zhiyong; Jiang, Ke; Ding, Limin; Zhang, Liang; Che, Jing*
来源:Asian Herpetological Research, 2013, 4(2): 116-123.
DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2013.00116

摘要

We describe a new species of the genus Cynops from northeastern Guangdong, China. This new species is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of morphological and molecular characters. In morphology, it is chracterized by distinctive irregular bluish grey spots on the dorsum from head to tail; irregular, bright orange blotches on venter, chin, underside of axillae, limbs, cloaca; one bright orange stripe in the middle of venter; and ventral tail orange red. Analyses of mitochondrial DNA data indicate that this new species forms one highly diverged lineage within the Chinese group of Cynops.