From a lost world: an integrative phylogenetic analysis of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Lissamphibia: Anura: Bufonidae), with the description of a new species
While the island of Borneo is considered a global biodiversity hotspot, the species richness in many groups remains unknown and appears underestimated. During herpetological surveys carried out in the interior of Sarawak, East Malaysia, several individuals of a small species of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka 1870 were collected on the Usun Apau plateau and in the Gunung Hose mountain range (Ansonia sp. Usun Apau). An integrative taxonomic approach comprising phylogenetic (2.4 kb mitochondrial rDNA fragment, Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood, > 5.1 % to its closest relative) and morphometric analyses (25 measurements, multivariate ratio analysis and linear discriminant analysis), as well as morphological comparisons support the status of this operational taxonomic unit as a separate taxon at species level. The obtained phylogenetic hypothesis corroborates the two major clades within Ansonia found in previous studies. Within Clade One Ansonia sp. Usun Apau and the enigmatic Ansonia torrentis are part of a monophyletic group of the Bornean species Ansonia hanitschi, Ansonia minuta, Ansonia platysoma, Ansonia spinulifer, Ansonia vidua, and two additional undescribed taxa. This subclade must be considered as the result of an on-island radiation in the complex evolution of Ansonia. The new species is formally described including the identification of diagnostic morphometric traits. Ansonia sp. Usun Apau is endemic to two isolated mountain ridges in central Sarawak and must be considered as a new element of the unique diversity of the Bornean amphibian fauna that is potentially threatened by habitat loss at least in parts of its range.
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La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92515 USALa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Wood, Perry L., Jr.
Crismer, L. Lee
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Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Inst Environm & Dev LESTARI, Bangi 43600, Selangor Darul, MalaysiaLa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Crismer, L. Lee
Ahmad, Norhayati
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Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Inst Environm & Dev LESTARI, Bangi 43600, Selangor Darul, Malaysia
Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fac Sci & Technol, Bangi 43600, Selangor Darul, MalaysiaLa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Ahmad, Norhayati
Senawi, Juliana
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Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Inst Environm & Dev LESTARI, Bangi 43600, Selangor Darul, MalaysiaLa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
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La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USALa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Davis, Hayden R.
Grismer, L. Lee
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La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USALa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Grismer, L. Lee
Klabacka, Randy L.
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Brigham Young Univ, Dept Biol, 150 East Bulldog Blvd, Provo, UT 84602 USALa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Klabacka, Randy L.
Muin, Mohd Abdul
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Usm 11800, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaLa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Muin, Mohd Abdul
Quah, Evan S. H.
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Usm 11800, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaLa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Quah, Evan S. H.
Anuar, Shahrul
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Usm 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Univ Sains Malaysia, Ctr Marine & Coastal Studies, Usm 11800, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaLa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
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Wood, Perry L., Jr.
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Brigham Young Univ, Dept Biol, 150 East Bulldog Blvd, Provo, UT 84602 USALa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
Wood, Perry L., Jr.
Sites, Jack W.
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Brigham Young Univ, Dept Biol, 150 East Bulldog Blvd, Provo, UT 84602 USALa Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USA
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Brigham Young Univ, Dept Biol, Provo, UT 84602 USAUniv Kansas, Biodivers Inst, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
Wood, Perry L., Jr.
Anuar, Shahrul
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Univ Sains Malaysia, Ctr Marine & Coastal Studies, Minden 11800, Penang, MalaysiaUniv Kansas, Biodivers Inst, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
Anuar, Shahrul
Muin, Mohd Abdul
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Ctr Drug Res, George Town 11800, MalaysiaUniv Kansas, Biodivers Inst, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
Muin, Mohd Abdul
Quah, Evan S. H.
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, MalaysiaUniv Kansas, Biodivers Inst, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
Quah, Evan S. H.
Sumarli, Alexandra X. Y.
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La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92515 USAUniv Kansas, Biodivers Inst, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
Sumarli, Alexandra X. Y.
Grismer, L. Lee
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La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Herpetol Lab, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92505 USA
San Diego Nat Hist Museum, Dept Herpetol, POB 121390, San Diego, CA 92112 USAUniv Phayao, Sch Agr & Nat Resoutres, Phayao 56000, Thailand
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Univ Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Herpetol Lab, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USAUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Quah, Evan S. H.
Grismer, L. Lee
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La Sierra Univ, Dept Biol, Herpetol Lab, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92515 USAUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Grismer, L. Lee
Wood, Perry L., Jr.
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Auburn Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
Auburn Univ, Museum Nat Hist, Auburn, AL 36849 USAUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Wood, Perry L., Jr.
Thura, Myint Kyaw
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Myanmar Environm Sustainable Conservat, Yangon, MyanmarUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Thura, Myint Kyaw
Oaks, Jamie R.
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Auburn Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
Auburn Univ, Museum Nat Hist, Auburn, AL 36849 USAUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Oaks, Jamie R.
Lin, Aung
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Fauna & Flora Int, 35,3rd Floor,Myay Ni Gone Market St, Yangon, MyanmarUniv Sains Malaysia, Sch Biol Sci, Minden 11800, Penang, Malaysia