Taxonomic Novelties and Revisions of Chinese Herpetofauna in 2015

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Taxonomic Novelties and Revisions of Chinese Herpetofauna in 2015
Kai WANG, Ke JIANG
Editor：Hongman CHEN； Reviewers：Dr.Yunming MO，Dr. Peng GUO
Published Online at www.AmphibiaChina.org
In the past year of 2015, there are 11 new species of herpetofauna (five species of amphibians,
six species of reptiles) described from the area of Greater China (including both Mainland China
and Taiwan). In addition, three species of herptiles have been recorded in Mainland China for the
first time, and taxonomy of two species of herptiles has been revised and updated.
Taxonomic Novelty
Amphibians
1. 荔浦臭蛙 Odorrana lipuensis Mo, Chen, Wu, Zhang, and Zhou, 2015
From Mo et al., 2015. Asian Herpetological Research, 6 (1): 14 (Fig. 2)

2. 费氏刘树蛙 Liuixalus feii Yang, Rao, and Wang, 2015
From Yang et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 3990 (2): 255 (Fig. 5)
3 封开臭蛙 Odorrana fengkaiensis Wang, Lau, Yang, Chen, Liu, Pang, and Liu, 2015
From Wang et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 3999 (2): 242 (Fig. 3)

From Qin et al., 2015. PloS ONE, 10 (8): 12 (Fig. 7)
5 十万大山刘树蛙 Liuixalus shiwandashan Li, Mo, Jiang, Xie, and Jiang, 2015
From Qin et al., 2015. PloS ONE, 10 (8): 7 (Fig. 2)
4 金秀刘树蛙 Liuixalus jinxiuensis Li, Mo, Jiang, Xie, and Jiang, 2015

Reptiles
1 广西壁虎 Gekko kwangsiensis Yang, 2015
From Yang, 2015. Zootaxa, 3936 (2): 291 (Fig. 2)
2 昌宁半叶趾虎 Hemiphyllodactylus changningensis Guo, Zhou, Yan, and Li, 2015
From Guo et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 3974 (3): 382 (Fig. 3)

3 嘉道理睑虎 Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum Yang and Chan, 2015
From Yang and Chan, 2015. Zootaxa. 3980 (1): 71 (Fig. 1)
4 广西睑虎 Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis Yang and Chan, 2015
From Yang and Chan, 2015. Zootaxa. 3980 (1): 77 (Fig. 4)

5 帆背攀蜥 Japalura vela Wang, Jiang, and Che, 2015
From Wang et al., 2015. Asian Herpetological Research, 6 (3): 161 (Fig. 1).
6 泰雅钝头蛇 Pareas atayal You, Poyarkov and Lin, 2015
From You et al., 2015. Zoologica Scripta, 44 (4): 356 (Fig. 4).

New Records of China
1 北圻臭蛙 Odorrana bacboensis Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov, and Ho, 2003（Recorded in
Yunnan and Guangxi Province）
From Wang et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 3999 (2): 248 (Fig. 5)
2 坡普竹叶青 Popeia popeiorum ( Smith, 1937 )（Recorded in Yunnan Province）
From Guo et al., 2015. Amphibia-Reptilia, 36: 274 (Fig. 3)

3 克氏腹链蛇 Amphiesma clerki Wall, 1925（Recorded in Yunnan Province）
From David et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 3919 (2): 383 (Fig. 6)
Taxonomic Revisions
1 Nishikawa et al. (2015) suggested that Tylototriton daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and
Yuan, 2012 is a junior synonym of Tylototriton yangi Hou, Zhang, Zhou, Li and Lu, 2012
Tylototriton yangi, from the Daweishan Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China. Photo by Kai WANG.

2 Zhong et al. (2015) suggested that Plagiopholis unipostocularis Zhao, Jiang and Huang,
1978 is a junior synonym of Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger, 1893.
From Zhong et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 4020 (2): 394 (Fig. 3)

Literatures Cited
David P, Agarwal I, Athreya R, Mathew R, Vogel G, Mistry VK. (2015). Revalidation of Natrix
clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron &
Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa, 3919 (2): 375–395.
Guo P, Liu Q, Zhong GH, Zhu F, Yan F, Tang T, Xiao R, Fang M, Wang P, Fu X. (2015). Cryptic
diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae).
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Guo WB, Zhou KY, Yan J, Li P. (2015). A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860
(Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 3974 (3): 377–390.
Mo YM, Chen WC, Wu HY, Zhang W, Zhou SC. (2015). A new species of Odorrana inhabiting
complete darkness in a karst cave in Guangxi, China. Asian Herpetological Research, 6 (1):
11–17.
Nishikawa K, Rao DQ, Matsui M, Eto K. (2015). Taxonomic relationship between Tylototriton
daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and T. yangi Hou, Li and Lu, 2012
(Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology, 34 (1): 67–74.
Qin SB, Mo YM, Jiang K, Cai B, Xie F, Jiang JP, Murphy RW, Li JT, Wang YZ. (2015). Two
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Wang K, Jiang K, Pan G, Hou M, Siler CD, Che J. (2015). A New Species of Japalura
(Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Upper Lancang (Mekong) Valley of Eastern Tibet,
China. Asian Herpetological Research, 6 (3): 159–168.

Wang YY, Lau MWN, Yang JH, Chen GL, Liu ZY, Pang H, Liu Y. (2015). A new species of the
genus Odorrana (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first record of Odorrana bacboensis from
China. Zootaxa, 3999 (2): 235–254.
Yang JH. (2015). A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae)
from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa, 3936 (2): 287–295.
Yang JH, Chan BPL. (2015). Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria:
Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa. 3980 (1): 67–80.
Yang JH, Rao DQ, Wang YY. (2015). A new species of the genus Liuixalus (Anura:
Rhacophoridae) from southern China. Zootaxa, 3990 (2): 247–258.
You CW, Poyarkov NA, Lin SM. (2015). Diversity of the snail-eating snakes Pareas (Serpentes,
Pareatidae) from Taiwan. Zoologica Scripta, 44 (4): 349–361.
Zhong GH, Chen WD, Liu Q, Zhu F, Peng PH, Guo P. (2015). Valid or not? Yunnan mountain
snake Plagiopholis unipostocularis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontinae). Zootaxa,
4020 (2): 390–396.