Hidden species diversity in Sylvirana nigrovittata (Amphibia: Ranidae) highlights the importance of taxonomic revisions in biodiversity conservation.

摘要: Accurately delimiting species and their geographic ranges is imperative for conservation, especially in areas experiencing rapid habitat loss. Southeast Asia currently has one of the highest rates deforestation world, home to multiple biodiversity hotspots, majority its countries have developing economies with limited resources conservation. Thus, accurately particularly important this region. We examined genetic morphological variation widespread frog Sylvirana nigrovittata (and long-treated junior synonym S. mortenseni) goal clarifying taxonomic content range boundaries present evidence that current concept contains at least eight species, two which are each known from only localities, but mortenseni more geographically than realized. Five these described as new science.