Intraspecific Polymorphism of Rice Frog,Fejervarya multistriata(Anura: Ranidae),in Lingnan,Huangshan,China

作     者：Diancheng YANG Lifang PENG Jingcheng XU Song HUANG 

作者机构：College of Life and Environment SciencesHuangshan University School of SciencesTibet University 

出 版 物：《Asian Herpetological Research》 (亚洲两栖爬行动物研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第18卷第1期

页      面：22-26页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071002[理学-动物学] 

基　　金：funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31071891,31471968) Natural Science Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province of China(No.KJ2014A244) the Zoology and Conservation Biology Research Innovation Group of Huangshan University 

主　　题：dorsal ground color middorsal stripe occipital rusty spot frequency body size 

摘      要：Many anuran species exhibit striking color and/or pattern polymorphisms. We sampled 599 adult rice frogs, Fejervarya multistriata, from a rice paddy in the periphery of the Lingnan Nature Reserve （Huangshan, Anhui）. We recognized ten morphs based on three relatively stable and distinct morphological characters： dorsal ground color （green or gray）, middorsal stripe （absence, wide, or narrow）, occipital rusty spot （absence or presence）. The grey individuals are more common and larger than the green individuals （frequency 88.1 vs. 11.9%, respectively） and （SVL 39.4-36.6 vs. 35.7-34.6 mm, respectively）. There is a higher proportion of individuals with a middorsal stripe （59.7%） while absence of the occipital rusty spot is more common in the population （82.3%）. We expect additional studies in different habitat types would help build our understanding of the relationship between color polymorphism and habitat, geography, and climate.