Title: Taxonomic Relationship between<i>Tylototriton daweishanensis</i>Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and<i>T. yangi</i>Hou, Li and Lu, 2012 (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)
Abstract:We assessed taxonomic relationship of Tylototriton daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and T. yangi Hou, Li and Lu, 2012 using mitochondrial DNA sequence data and found them to be as clos...We assessed taxonomic relationship of Tylototriton daweishanensis Zhao, Rao, Liu, Li and Yuan, 2012 and T. yangi Hou, Li and Lu, 2012 using mitochondrial DNA sequence data and found them to be as closely related as to be regarded as conspecific. This result, together with available morphological information, strongly indicates that T. daweishanensis is a junior synonym of T. yangi.Read More