A new species of Crocodile Newt, genus Tylototriton(Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the mountains of Kachin State, northern Myanmar

作     者：Than Zaw Paw Lay Parinya Pawangkhanant Vladislav A.Gorin Nikolay A.Poyarkov,Jr 

作者机构：Zoology DepartmentMohnyin Degree CollegeMohnyinKachin StateMyanmar Flora and Fauna InternationalLon Ton VillageIndawgyiKachin StateMyanmar Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat UniversityHiran RuchiThon BuriBangkok 10600Thailand Department of Vertebrate ZoologyBiological FacultyLomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow 119234Russia Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological CenterNghia DoCau GiayHanoiVietnam 

出 版 物：《Zoological Research》 (动物学研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第40卷第3期

页      面：151-174页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 

基　　金：partially supported by the Russian Science Foundation(19-14-00050) 

主　　题：Tylototriton kachinorum sp.nov. mtDNA genealogy ND2 16S rRNA Shan Biogeography Endemism Taxonomy 

摘      要：We describe a new species of the genus Tylototriton from Ingyin Taung Mt.,Mohnyin Township,Kachin State,Myanmar,based on morphological and molecular *** new species is assigned to the subgenus Tylototriton *** is clearly distinct from all known congeners by the following characters:medium body size;thin,long tail,lacking lateral grooves;rough skin;truncate snout;wide,protruding supratemporal bony ridges on head,beginning at anterior corner of orbit;weak,almost indistinct sagittal ridge;long,thin limbs,broadly overlapping when adpressed along body;distinct,wide,non-segmented vertebral ridge;13 or 14 rib nodules;brown to darkbrown background coloration with dull orange-brown to yellowish-brown markings on labial regions,parotoids,rib nodules,whole limbs,vent,and ventral tail *** also briefly discuss biogeography and species diversity of the genus Tylototriton in Myanmar.