Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs
Author
Richards, Stephen J.
0000-0002-0251-3884
Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
steve.richards@samuseum.sa.gov.au
Author
Donnellan, Stephen C.
Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
Author
Oliver, Paul M.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Brisbane, Queensland 4121, and Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101 Australia.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-04-05
5263
2
151
190
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.1
journal article
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TABLE 2. Average net genetic distances (dA) between new Litoria species described herein and near relatives, based on data from the mitochondrial ND4 gene and flanking tRNA. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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| 1 L. daraiensis sp. nov. | - | | | | | | | | |
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| 2 L. gracilis sp. nov. | 0.08 | - | | | | | | | |
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| 3 L. nigropunctata | 0.17 | 0.15 | - | | | | | | |
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| 4 L. singadanae | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.22 | - | | | | | |
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| 5 L. naispela sp. nov. | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.07 | - | | | | |
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| 6 L. richardsi | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.17 | - | | | |
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| 7 L. majikthise | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.20 | - | | |
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| 8 L. haematogaster sp. nov. | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.08 | - | |
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| 9 L. lisae sp. nov. | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.14 | - |
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