The Oriental Tiny Frog of the Genus Microhyla Tschudi, 1839 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) Revealed across Geographical Barriers of the Wallace Line

https://doi.org/10.22146/jtbb.64342

Rury Eprilurahman(1*), Vestidhia Yunisya Atmaja(2), Misbahul Munir(3), Amir Hamidy(4), Tuty Arisuryanti(5), Rosichon Ubaidillah(6)

(1) Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
(2) Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia
(3) Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
(4) Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Science, Indonesia
(5) Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
(6) Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Science, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


The frog genus Microhyla was considered as the South, East, and Southeast Asian frog species. Microhyla orientalis was described in 2013, distributed in Java and Bali, Indonesia. Thenceforth, it was known as the easternmost distribution of this genus within the oriental region, but recently this species was recorded from the Timor Island and Sulawesi on the Wallace regions. We applied molecular analysis to evaluate the taxonomic status  and the origin of the Wallacean population. Phylogenetic analysis using the partial 16S mitochondrial gene demonstrated that the Java, Timor and Sulawesi populations were not significantly different from the Bali population. This Wallacean population of M. orientalis was originated from Java and possibly it is accidentally distributed by humans through the expansion of agricultural activity.


Keywords


introduced species; microhyla; molecular markers; species confirmation; identification

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