A new species of the genus Tylototriton (Urodela, Salamandridae) from western Thailand.

ABSTRACT: We describe a new species of the newt genus Tylototriton from Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, Tak Province, western Thailand based on molecular and morphological evidence and named here as Tylototritonumphangensis sp. nov. The new species is assigned to the subgenus Tylototriton and differs from other species in having dark-brown to blackish-brown body and limbs, truncate snout, prominent antero-medial ends of the expansion of the dentary bones, laterally protruding quadrate regions, indistinct and small rib nodules, a well-segmented vertebral ridge, and rough dorsolateral bony ridges, which are steeper anterior, and curved medially at the posterior ends. The molecular data show that Tylototritonumphangensis sp. nov. differs from T.uyenoi sensu stricto

SUBMITTER: Pomchote P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626410 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature