Abstract

Specimens of a rare rhacophorid frog of the genus Theloderma were collected from Hmuifang, Mizoram, India. Based on their morphology and molecular analysis (16S rRNA), the specimens were identified as Theloderma moloch, a rare species previously recorded only from the Himalayan foothills of India and China. The present record significantly extends the known range of the species and is a first record for the state of Mizoram and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. The uncorrected p-distance between the specimen from Mizoram, NE India and the specimen from Arunachal Pradesh, India (KU169993) and Tibet, China (KU243081) are 0.0% and 1.2% respectively.

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  • ISSN 0975-6175/(online) 2229-6026. 2017 The Mizo Academy of Sciences

  • Specimens of a rare rhacophorid frog of the genus Theloderma were collected from Hmuifang

  • the specimens were identified as Theloderma moloch

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ISSN (print) 0975-6175/(online) 2229-6026. 2017 The Mizo Academy of Sciences. CC BY-SA 4.0 International. Received 14 August 2017 Accepted 08 September 2017

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