A New Species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Barisal, Bangladesh

Abstract

A new species of the genus Euphlyctis is described from the Barisal district of Bangladesh and compared with its morphologically similar and geographically proximate congeners. The new species is highly divergent in comparison to other congeneric species on basis of sequence divergence in mitochondrial DNA gene sequences (ranging from 5.5% to 17.8% divergence). Euphlyctis kalasgramensis sp. nov. can be readily diagnosed by having the following combination of characters: snout-vent length (SVL) 30.44 – 37.88 mm, absence of mid-dorsal line, nostril–snout length 3% of SVL, nostril much closer to snout tip than eye, nostril–snout length 48% of distance from front of eyes to nostril, relative length of fingers (shortest to longest: 1 = 2 < 4 < 3), tibia length 59% of SVL, foot length 55% of SVL.

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

“…Although the Zakerana species may be tolerant towards urbanization, it remains unclear how many amphibian species and populations have been lost due to these developments. If the present study is indicative of the unrecognized diversity in Bangladesh, future efforts focused on amphibian systematics and taxonomy in this country are likely to lead to the discovery of many new species, as also indicated by recent descriptions of two other new species from this country [ 39 , 40 ].…”

“…[ 38 ] and Howlader et al . [ 39 , 40 ]; their landmark definitions are depicted graphically in S1 Fig . The measurements included: SVL (distance from tip of snout to vent); HL (head length; distance from tip of snout to the back of mandible); HW (head width; maximum width of the head at the posterior margin of mandible); MN (distance from back of mandible to nostril); SL (snout length; distance from anterior corner of eye to the tip of snout); MFE (distance from back of mandible to front of the eye); MBE (distance from back of mandible to back of the eye); IN (internarial distance); IOD (interorbital distance); EN (distance from front of eyes to the nostril); NS (nostril—snout length); EL (eye width); UEW (maximum width of upper eyelid); HAL (hand length; distance from proximal end of outer palmar metacarpal tubercle to tip of third finger); FAL (forearm length; distance from corner of elbow to proximal end of outer palmar metacarpal tubercle); THIGHL (thigh length; distance from vent to knee); TL (tibia length; distance from knee to heel); TFOL (length of tarsus and foot; distance from heel to tip of fourth finger); FOL (foot length; distance from proximal end of inner metatarsal tubercle to tip of fourth finger).…”

Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh

“…Taxonomic notes. Howlader et al (2015) described the congener E. kalasgramensis and showed genetic and/or morphological matches occurring to the north, west, and south of LNP. Surprisingly, our specimens aligned morphologically with Howlader et al's (2015) description of E. cyanophlyctis as opposed to E. kalasgramensis.…”

DNA barcoding reveals a new country record for three species of frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from India

“…Euphlyctis kalasgramensis was described from Kalasgram, Barisal, Bangladesh with a wide distribution in Bangladesh. 42 The species is also expected to occur in adjacent areas of India. 33,42 It was recently recorded form Punjab, Pakistan suggesting the distribution of this species is much wider than previously expected.…”

“…42 The species is also expected to occur in adjacent areas of India. 33,42 It was recently recorded form Punjab, Pakistan suggesting the distribution of this species is much wider than previously expected. 43 Euphlyctis kalasgramensis was included in the amphibian checklist of India, 34 but the authors did not mention any voucher sample or specific locality.…”