New discoveries! These 4 new species are revealed for the first time!

Rana wuyiensis, Ephemeroptera spp.

Wuyishan Maonijia, Wuyishan Nuofu

Tridentatus, Polymorpha oleifera

Maybe you're seeing this for the first time.

They are our scientific researchers

In Wuyishan National Park

New species discovered!

Researchers went deep into the pristine area of ​​Wuyishan National Park for investigation. Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Hai

January 7

Fujian Provincial Government Information Office held

A survey of biological resources in Wuyishan National Park

Press Conference on Interim Results

According to the Deputy Director of the Fujian Forestry Bureau

Lin Yaqiu, Director of Wuyishan National Park Administration, introduced

To further understand the biological resources

Verify the effectiveness of protection management

Wuyishan National Park Administration

In April 2020 and April 2021

Start a basic survey of amphibian and reptile resources

and a three-year biological resource baseline survey

In April 2021, Wuyishan National Park launched a basic survey of biological resources. Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Hai

Researchers conduct a special survey of amphibians and reptiles in Wuyishan National Park. Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Hai

Researchers are conducting a special survey of insects in Wuyishan National Park. Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Hai

Through the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, etc.

More than 20 scientific research units

And the hard work of more than 100 experts from universities

The background survey has achieved a number of important results:

Discovery of Rana wuyiensis and Ephemeroptera spp.

Wuyishan Maonijia, Wuyishan Nuofu

Tridentatus, Polymorpha oleifera

6 new species

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Ephemeroptera without concave band, Wuyishan hairy mud beetle

Wuyishan Nuoyu, Sancha Nuoyu

These four new species

This is the first time it has been made public

From June 2016 to September 2021, during the pilot period of the Wuyishan National Park system, five new species were discovered, including the Rain God Horned Toad, Fujian Gastrodia elata, Wuyi Impatiens, Wuyishan Double-Leafed Orchid, and Wuyishan Panax notoginseng.

In addition, during the pilot period of Wuyishan National Park system

(June 2016 - September 2021)

The discovered Rain God Horned Toad and Fujian Gastrodia

Impatiens wuyiensis, Impatiens wuyiensis

Five new species including Wuyishan ginseng

As of now

A total of 11 new species have been discovered in Wuyishan National Park

also

Researchers also found in Wuyishan National Park

Jade rabbit sticky assassin bug, cracked mushroom, Asian boot ear, etc.

12 new species recorded in China

As well as Sichuan scale fern, robe wave moth, Quxing pattern clothes, etc.

More than 100 new species found in Wuyi Mountain

Completed 715 survey lines of amphibians and reptiles

Obtained 1976 distribution record points of amphibians and reptiles

108 species of amphibians and reptiles were discovered

The survey recorded 4 national first-class key protected species

79 species under national second-level key protection

…

At the press conference

Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Associate Researcher Wu Yanqing

The discovery process and details of the Wuyi forest frog were disclosed:

One late night at the end of August 2020

Staff members near Masu Village, Xingcun Town, Wuyishan City

When investigating amphibians and reptiles

A Fujian bamboo snake was found

Catching Rana in a roadside ditch

The staff immediately took a photo of this scene.

Fujian bamboo pit viper preys on Wuyi forest frog. Xinhuanet, photo provided by Wuyishan National Park Administration

This is a female Wuyi forest frog. Xinhua News Agency, Wuyishan National Park Research and Monitoring Center provided the picture

After carefully identifying the enlarged photo

Discover this wood frog and other local wood frogs

There are differences in form

Take it back to the laboratory and make a specimen

Through DNA identification and morphological comparison

Finally confirmed as a new species

This forest frog was first discovered in Wuyishan National Park.

So it was named Wuyi Forest Rana

Forest landscape of Wuyishan National Park. Photo by Huang Hai, Xinhua News Agency

Wuyi Mountain is one of the areas with the richest biological resources in my country.

Preserved the world's same latitude belt

The most typical, most complete and largest

Central subtropical native forest ecosystem

The park's species richness ranks among the highest in the world's continental flora

Known as the "Bird Paradise" and "Snake Kingdom"

"The world of insects" and "the origin of the world's biological model specimens"

"A key to the study of Asian amphibians and reptiles"

Researchers went deep into the pristine area of ​​Wuyishan National Park for investigation. Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Hai

Researchers are conducting a special survey of plants in Wuyishan National Park. Xinhua News Agency, photo by Huang Hai

Biological resource background survey

It is the fundamental means to understand the status of regional biological resources.

These new species that we can see today

The hard work of biological workers

Since the start of the background survey

They have completed more than 80 field surveys

More than 1,300 sample lines were laid

More than 3,300 sample points and about 500 infrared cameras

The investigation recorded

936 species of higher plants and 463 species of vertebrates

1,079 species of insects, 164 species of macrofungi, and 77 species of lichens

Finally, we have this batch of results

The results of this survey

Further enriched the species record of Wuyi Mountain

We look forward to more new results from follow-up investigations.

Thanks to the biotech workers

Getting up early and staying up late, traveling across mountains and rivers to conduct research

Let us see these beautiful creatures

Feel the magic and beauty of nature

Source: Xinhuanet Fujian Channel

Author: Jiang Qiaoling, Yuan Yu, Xiao Heyong

Original title: "Six new species discovered, four of which are made public for the first time! Wuyishan National Park releases interim results of biological resource baseline survey"