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Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander

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  • M. S. Min

    (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)

  • S. Y. Yang

    (Inha University)

  • R. M. Bonett

    (University of California)

  • D. R. Vieites

    (University of California)

  • R. A. Brandon

    (Southern Illinois University)

  • D. B. Wake

    (University of California)

Abstract

Amphibians: a growing family It is widely thought that the major patterns of distribution of tetrapods are known. New species crop up from time to time, but typically in remote tropical regions, and only rarely are they novel lineages. Amphibians appear to be exceptions: a new frog species reported in Nature (425, 711–714; 2003) was so distinct that it was placed in a new family — though it was also from an understudied tropical region in India. But the discovery of a new salamander species in the North Temperate region comes as a major surprise. Found in South Korea, the new species resembles North American genera of the Plethodontidae family. The presence of plethodontids in Asia has many phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.

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  • M. S. Min & S. Y. Yang & R. M. Bonett & D. R. Vieites & R. A. Brandon & D. B. Wake, 2005. "Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander," Nature, Nature, vol. 435(7038), pages 87-90, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:435:y:2005:i:7038:d:10.1038_nature03474
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03474
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