Evaluation on systematics and estimation of a history forming species diversity of the urodelans from East Asia

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23770084
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Biodiversity/Systematics
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIKAWA Kanto 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10335292)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATSUI Masafumi 京都大学, 名誉教授 (40101240) ; JIANG Jianping 中国科学院, 成都生物学研究所, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 東アジア / 両生類 / 系統分類 / 種多様性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to evaluate systematics and estimate a history forming species diversity of the urodelans from East Asia, I visited and conducted surveys in East Asian countries and these adjacent countries, including Fujian, Chongqing Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Sichuan provinces of China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and Kazakhstan. By using voucher specimens and DNA tissues obtained in these surveys noted above, I conducted systematic analyses on molecular and morphological variation in the East Asian urodelans. In the last year, I visited major museums in Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany, for examining type specimens of the urodelans. Then, I solved taxonomic problems and could publish several paper to describe new species.

Free Research Field

動物系統分類学