A new species of genus Hoplobatrachus (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the coastal belt of Bangladesh

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Hasan, Mahmudul, Kuramoto, Mitsuru, Islam, Mohammed Mafizul, Alam, Mohammad Shafiqul, Khan, Mukhlesur Rahman, Sumida, Masayuki (2012): A new species of genus Hoplobatrachus (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the coastal belt of Bangladesh. Zootaxa 3312: 45-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281063

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A new cryptic species of the genus Hoplobatrachus from Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh is described and compared with its relevant congeners both in morphology and mitochondrial gene sequences. The new species differs from its close relative H. tigerinus in having a distinct broad black band from the eye, through the nostrils, to the anterior edge of the upper jaw, another black band along the lateral margin of the upper jaw, and a narrow inter-orbital distance relative to eyelid width and inter-nostril distance. Advertisement calls of the new species are similar to those of H. tigerinus but differ in dominant frequency and number of pulses. Based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, this species was proved to genetically divergent from H. tigerinus at 3.2% for the 16S rRNA gene and 14.2% for the Cytb gene. The known distribution range of the new species is restricted to the southeastern corner of Bangladesh and it seems to be endemic in this coastal belt.

Key words: Hoplobatrachus litoralis sp. nov., Dicroglossidae, Morphology, Advertisement call, Mitochondrial DNA, Bangladesh

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