ZooKeys 942: 141–158 (2020) A peer-reviewed open-access journal doi: 10.3897/zookeys.942.46928 RESEARCH ARTICLE https://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A new species of the Rana japonica group (Anura, Ranidae, Rana) from China, with a taxonomic proposal for the R. johnsi group Han Wan1,*, Zhi-Tong Lyu1,2,*, Shuo Qi1,3, Jian Zhao4, Pi-Peng Li3, Ying-Yong Wang1 1 State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China 2 School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China 3 In- stitute of herpetology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China 4 Shenzhen Shuanghuamu Biological Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 51800, China Corresponding author: Ying-Yong Wang (
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[email protected]) Academic editor: A. Crottini | Received 28 September 2019 | Accepted 6 May 2020 | Published 18 June 2020 http://zoobank.org/5184920F-C3AC-4133-B35F-6E0DB6F77BDE Citation: Wan H, Lyu Z-T, Qi S, Zhao J, Li P-P, Wang Y-Y (2020) A new species of the Rana japonica group (Anura, Ranidae, Rana) from China, with a taxonomic proposal for the R. johnsi group. ZooKeys 942: 141–158. https://doi. org/10.3897/zookeys.942.46928 Abstract Rana jiulingensis sp. nov., a new species from Hunan and Jiangxi, southeastern China, is described. The new species is assigned to the R. japonica group. The clade comprisingR. jiulingensis sp. nov. and R. dabie- shanensis from Anhui is the sister taxon of R. omeimontis from Sichuan. Rana jiulingensis sp.