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Conradie W, Keates C, Lobón-Rovira J, Pinto PV, Verburgt L, Baptista NL, Harvey J, Júlio T. New insights into the taxonomic status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940). African Zoology 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2020.1821771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Werner Conradie
- Port Elizabeth Museum, Humewood, South Africa
- School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa
- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa
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- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
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- CIBIO/InBio Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBio Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Fundação Kissama, Luanda, Angola
- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla, Lubango, Angola
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- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa
- CIBIO/InBio Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla, Lubango, Angola
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- National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, Wild Bird Trust, South Africa
- Fundação Kissama, Luanda, Angola
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Meegaskumbura M, Senevirathne G, Biju SD, Garg S, Meegaskumbura S, Pethiyagoda R, Hanken J, Schneider CJ. Patterns of reproductive-mode evolution in Old World tree frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae). ZOOL SCR 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Madhava Meegaskumbura
- Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology; Faculty of Science; University of Peradeniya; Peradeniya KY 20400 Sri Lanka
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology; Faculty of Science; University of Peradeniya; Peradeniya KY 20400 Sri Lanka
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- Department of Environmental Studies; University of Delhi; Delhi 110 007 India
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- Department of Environmental Studies; University of Delhi; Delhi 110 007 India
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Science; University of Peradeniya; Peradeniya KY 20400 Sri Lanka
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- Museum of Comparative Zoology; Harvard University; Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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Dang NX, Sun FH, Lv YY, Zhao BH, Wang JC, Murphy RW, Wang WZ, Li JT. DNA barcoding and the identification of tree frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae). Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2015; 27:2574-84. [PMID: 26004249 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1041113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The DNA barcoding gene COI (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) effectively identifies many species. Herein, we barcoded 172 individuals from 37 species belonging to nine genera in Rhacophoridae to test if the gene serves equally well to identify species of tree frogs. Phenetic neighbor joining and phylogenetic Bayesian inference were used to construct phylogenetic trees, which resolved all nine genera as monophyletic taxa except for Rhacophorus, two new matrilines for Liuixalus, and Polypedates leucomystax species complex. Intraspecific genetic distances ranged from 0.000 to 0.119 and interspecific genetic distances ranged from 0.015 to 0.334. Within Rhacophorus and Kurixalus, the intra- and interspecific genetic distances did not reveal an obvious barcode gap. Notwithstanding, we found that COI sequences unambiguously identified rhacophorid species and helped to discover likely new cryptic species via the synthesis of genealogical relationships and divergence patterns. Our results supported that COI is an effective DNA barcoding marker for Rhacophoridae.
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- Ning-Xin Dang
- a Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Chengdu , China .,b College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- c School of Medical Laboratory Science, Chengdu Medical College , Chengdu , China
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- a Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Chengdu , China
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- a Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Chengdu , China .,b College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- d Department of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology , College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University , Haikou , China
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- e Department of Conservation Biology , Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto , Ontario , Canada , and
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- f State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Kunming , China
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- a Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Chengdu , China
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Nguyen TT, Matsui M, Yoshikawa N. First Record of the Tree-Frog GenusLiuixalusfrom Vietnam with the Description of a New Species (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae). Current Herpetology 2014. [DOI: 10.5358/hsj.33.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hertwig ST, Schweizer M, Das I, Haas A. Diversification in a biodiversity hotspot – The evolution of Southeast Asian rhacophorid tree frogs on Borneo (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013; 68:567-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gehring PS, Pabijan M, Randrianirina JE, Glaw F, Vences M. The influence of riverine barriers on phylogeographic patterns of Malagasy reed frogs (Heterixalus). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 64:618-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Li JT, Li Y, Murphy RW, Rao DQ, Zhang YP. Phylogenetic resolution and systematics of the Asian tree frogs,Rhacophorus(Rhacophoridae, Amphibia). ZOOL SCR 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hertwig ST, Das I, Schweizer M, Brown R, Haas A. Phylogenetic relationships of the Rhacophorus everetti-group and implications for the evolution of reproductive modes in Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae). ZOOL SCR 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glaw F, Vences M, Böhme W. Systematic revision of the genus Aglyptodactylus Boulenger, 1919 (Amphibia: Ranidae), and analysis of its phylogenetic relationships to other Madagascan ranid genera (Tomopterna, Boophis, Mantidactylus, and Mantella). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1998.tb00775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yu G, Rao D, Zhang M, Yang J. Re-examination of the phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 50:571-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Revised: 11/26/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Li JT, Che J, Bain RH, Zhao EM, Zhang YP. Molecular phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura): A framework of taxonomic reassignment of species within the genera Aquixalus, Chiromantis, Rhacophorus, and Philautus. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008; 48:302-12. [PMID: 18442928 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Phylogenetic relationships among representative species of the family Rhacophoridae were investigated based on 2904bp of sequences from both mitochondrial (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, the complete t-RNA for valine), and nuclear (tyrosinase, rhodopsin) genes. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian analyses were employed to reconstruct the phylogenetic trees. This analysis, combined with previous phylogenetic studies, serves as a framework for future work in rhacophorid systematics. The monophyly of Rhacophorus is strongly confirmed except for the species R.hainanus, which is the sister taxon to A.odontotarsus. The non-monophyly of the newly designated genus Aquixalus by Delorme et al. [Delorme, M., Dubois, A., Grosjean, S., Ohler, A., 2005. Une nouvelle classification générique et subgénérique de la tribu des Philautini (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 74, 165-171] is further confirmed. Aquixalus (Aquixalus) forms a well-supported monophyletic group within Kurixalus, whereas, Aquixalus (Gracixalus) is more closely related to species of Rhacophorus, Polypedates, and Chiromantis. Philautus as currently understood, does not form a monophyletic group. Philautus (Kirtixalus) is the sister group to the clade comprising Kurixalus and Aquixalus (Aquixalus), and more remotely related to Philautus (Philautus). Chiromantisromeri does not cluster with species of Chiromantis, and forms a basal clade to all rhacophorids save Buergeria. We propose some taxonomic changes that reflect these findings, but further revision should await more detailed studies, which include combined morphological and molecular analyses, with greater species sampling.
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- Jia-tang Li
- Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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Wollenberg KC, Glaw F, Meyer A, Vences M. Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 45:14-22. [PMID: 17825584 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2006] [Revised: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 06/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The members of the genus Heterixalus constitute one of the endemic frog radiations in Madagascar. Here we present a complete species-level phylogeny based on DNA sequences (4876 base pairs) of three nuclear and four mitochondrial markers to clarify the phylogenetic relationships among and within all known species of this genus, as well as the phylogenetic position of the monospecific Seychellean Tachycnemis seychellensis. Although the performance to resolve supported clades of Heterixalus species differed among the investigated gene fragments when analyzed separately, we could identify five well-supported species groups within Heterixalus in the combined analysis of all gene fragments. Our data strongly support a Heterixalus-Tachycnemis clade, and indicate the probable monophyly of Heterixalus placed sister to Tachycnemis. However, the diversification of these lineages may have happened in a short interval of time, leading to an unstable placement of Tachycnemis in the single-gene fragment phylogenies. Referring to the hitherto existing classification of Heterixalus, which is predominantly based on chromatic and bioacoustic characters, we examined the relative performance of these data sets relative to our molecular phylogeny. A Bayesian tree reconstructed with a bioacoustic data set yielded a higher resemblance to the molecular phylogeny than a tree constructed using a chromatic data set, which supports the importance of bioacoustic characters for systematic analyses of these anurans.
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- Katharina C Wollenberg
- Zoological Institute, Division of Evolutionary Biology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Odierna G, Aprea G, Andreone F, Böhme W, Vences M. Cytosystematics of hyperoliid frogs: Phylogeny ofHeterixalus, low karyotypic variability in hyperoliines and separate phylogenetic position ofLeptopelis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/11250000601088564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Su X, Wu XB, Yan P, Cao SY, Hu YL. Rearrangement of a mitochondrial tRNA gene of the concave-eared torrent frog, Amolops tormotus. Gene 2007; 394:25-34. [PMID: 17368759 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence (17,962 bp) of the mitochondrial DNA of Amolops tormotus was determined using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The gene content, base composition and codon usage of A. tormotus conformed to those of typical vertebrate patterns. Among 22 tRNAs, the novel position of the tRNA-His gene was in the D-loop region, which was a novel mtDNA gene rearrangement in amphibians. Phylogenetic analyses were based on a 885-bp sequence of 12S and 16S rRNA for species of Amolops and other related species, concatenated sequences of the 11 protein-encoding genes of 13 species.
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- Xia Su
- College of Life Science, Anhui Province key Laboratory for Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, P.R. China
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Sano N, Kurabayashi A, Fujii T, Yonekawa H, Sumida M. Complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Schlegel's tree frog Rhacophorus schlegelii (family Rhacophoridae): duplicated control regions and gene rearrangements. Genes Genet Syst 2006; 80:213-24. [PMID: 16172533 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.80.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The complete nucleotide sequence (21,359 bp) of the mitochondrial DNA of the rhacophorid frog Rhacophorus schlegelii was determined. The gene content, nucleotide composition, and codon usage of this genome corresponded to those typical of vertebrates. However, the Rh. schlegelii genome was unusually large due to the inclusion of two control regions and the accumulation of lengthy repetitive sequences in these regions. The two control regions had 97% sequence similarity over 1,510 bp, suggesting the occurrence of concerted sequence evolution. Comparison of the gene organizations among anuran species revealed that the mitochondrial gene arrangement of Rh. schlegelii diverged from that of typical vertebrates but was similar to that of Buergeria buergeri. The positions of the tRNA-Leu(CUN) and tRNA-Thr genes were exchanged between Rh. schlegelii and B. buergeri. Based on parsimonious consideration and the basal phylogenetic position of B. buergeri, these genes seemed to have been rearranged in an ancestral lineage leading to Rh. schlegelii.
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- Naomi Sano
- Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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Scott E. A phylogeny of ranid frogs (Anura: Ranoidea: Ranidae), based on a simultaneous analysis of morphological and molecular data. Cladistics 2005; 21:507-574. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00079.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Kurabayashi A, Kuramoto M, Joshy H, Sumida M. Molecular Phylogeny of the Ranid Frogs from Southwest India Based on the Mitochondrial Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequences. Zoolog Sci 2005; 22:525-34. [PMID: 15930825 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Western Ghats of Southwestern India are known as one of the world's "hotspots" of biodiversity. We collected frog specimens from the family Ranidae and investigated the phylogenetic relationships among ranid species, particularly among the Fejervarya, a genus whose morphological diagnostic characteristics and phylogenetic features remain little known. We analyzed partial sequences of the mitochondrial 12S (428 bp) and 16S rDNAs (549 bp). Results showed that the members of Fejervarya form a monophyletic group with the genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis among ranid genera. This confirms the recent allocation of Fejervarya, including it within the subfamily Dicroglossinae. The mitochondrial rDNA data in our study also appeared to be useful as a marker to distinguish Fejervarya species without morphological differences. The phylogenetic tree based on the 16S rDNA sequence showed a correlation between Fejervarya phylogenies and their geographic distributions. Lastly, our results suggested the recent occurrence of a radiation event of Fejervarya species in the Indian-Sri Lankan region.
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- Atsushi Kurabayashi
- Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Glos J, Linsenmair KE. Descriptions of the Tadpoles of Aglyptodactylus laticeps and Aglyptodactylus securifer from Western Madagascar, with Notes on Life History and Ecology. J HERPETOL 2004; 38:131-6. [DOI: 10.1670/47-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sano N, Kurabayashi A, Fujii T, Yonekawa H, Sumida M. Complete nucleotide sequence and gene rearrangement of the mitochondrial genome of the bell-ring frog, Buergeria buergeri (family Rhacophoridae). Genes Genet Syst 2004; 79:151-63. [PMID: 15329496 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.79.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In this study we determined the complete nucleotide sequence (19,959 bp) of the mitochondrial DNA of the rhacophorid frog Buergeria buergeri. The gene content, nucleotide composition, and codon usage of B. buergeri conformed to those of typical vertebrate patterns. However, due to an accumulation of lengthy repetitive sequences in the D-loop region, this species possesses the largest mitochondrial genome among all the vertebrates examined so far. Comparison of the gene organizations among amphibian species (Rana, Xenopus, salamanders and caecilians) revealed that the positioning of four tRNA genes and the ND5 gene in the mtDNA of B. buergeri diverged from the common vertebrate gene arrangement shared by Xenopus, salamanders and caecilians. The unique positions of the tRNA genes in B. buergeri are shared by ranid frogs, indicating that the rearrangements of the tRNA genes occurred in a common ancestral lineage of ranids and rhacophorids. On the other hand, the novel position of the ND5 gene seems to have arisen in a lineage leading to rhacophorids (and other closely related taxa) after ranid divergence. Phylogenetic analysis based on nucleotide sequence data of all mitochondrial genes also supported the gene rearrangement pathway.
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- Naomi Sano
- Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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Vences M, Kosuch J, Glaw F, Bohme W, Veith M. Molecular phylogeny of hyperoliid treefrogs: biogeographic origin of Malagasy and Seychellean taxa and re-analysis of familial paraphyly. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2003. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2003.00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rödel M, Kosuch J, Veith M, Ernst R. First Record of the Genus Acanthixalus Laurent, 1944 from the Upper Guinean Rain Forest, West Africa, with the Description of a New Species. J HERPETOL 2003; 37:43-52. [DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0043:frotga]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wilkinson JA, Drewes RC, Tatum OL. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Rhacophoridae with an emphasis on the Asian and African genera. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2002; 24:265-73. [PMID: 12144761 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00212-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Using characters from mitochondrial DNA to construct maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood trees, we performed a phylogenetic analysis on representative species of 14 genera: 12 that belong to the treefrog family Rhacophoridae and two, Amolops and Rana, that are not rhacophorids. Our results support a phylogenetic hypothesis that depicts a monophyletic family Rhacophoridae. In this family, the Malagasy genera Aglyptodactylus, Boophis, Mantella, and Mantidactylus form a well-supported sister clade to all other rhacophorid genera, and Mantella is the sister taxon to Mantidactylus. Within the Asian/African genera, the genus Buergeria forms a well-supported clade of four species. The genera, except for Chirixalus, are generally monophyletic. An exception to this is that Polypedates dennysii clusters with species of Rhacophorus, suggesting that the taxonomy of the rhacophorids should be revised to reflect this relationship. Chirixalus is not monophyletic. Unexpectedly, there is strong support for Chirixalus doriae from Southeast Asia forming a clade with species of the African genus Chiromantis, suggesting that Chiromantis dispersed to Africa from Asia. Also, there is strong support for the sister taxon relationship of Chirixalus eiffingeri and Chirixalus idiootocus apart from other congeners.
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- Jeffery A Wilkinson
- Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
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Harvey MB, Pemberton AJ, Smith EN. NEW AND POORLY KNOWN PARACHUTING FROGS (RHACOPHORIDAE: RHACOPHORUS) FROM SUMATRA AND JAVA. Herpetological Monographs 2002. [DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2002)016[0046:napkpf]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kosuch J, Vences M, Dubois A, Ohler A, Böhme W. Out of Asia: mitochondrial DNA evidence for an Oriental origin of tiger frogs, genus Hoplobatrachus. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2001; 21:398-407. [PMID: 11741382 DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Most examples of intercontinental dispersal events after the Miocene contact between Africa and Asia involve mammal lineages. Among amphibians, a number of probably related groups are known from both continents, but their phylogenies are so far largely unresolved. To test the hypothesis of Miocene dispersal against a Mesozoic vicariance scenario in the context of Gondwana fragmentation, we analyzed fragments of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene (572 bp) in 40 specimens of 34 species of the anuran family Ranidae. Results corroborated the monophyly of tiger frogs (genus Hoplobatrachus), a genus with representatives in Africa and Asia. The African H. occipitalis was the sister group of the Asian H. crassus, H. chinensis, and H. tigerinus. Hoplobatrachus was placed in a clade also containing the Asian genera Euphlyctis and Nannophrys. Combined analysis of sequences of 16S and 12S rRNA genes (total 903 bp) in a reduced set of taxa corroborated the monophyly of the lineage containing these three genera and identified the Asian genus Fejervarya as its possible sister group. The fact that the African H. occipitalis is nested within an otherwise exclusively Asian clade indicates its probable Oriental origin. Rough molecular clock estimates did not contradict the assumption that the dispersal event took place in the Miocene. Our data further identified a similar molecular divergence between closely related Asian and African species of Rana (belonging to the section Hylarana), indicating that Neogene intercontinental dispersal also may have taken place in this group and possibly in rhacophorid treefrogs.
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- J Kosuch
- Abteilung Okologie, Institut für Zoologie, Universität Mainz, Saarstrasse 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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