Availability of Recently Described Ptychadena (Anura: Ptychadenidae) Nomina from Ethiopia.
Zootaxa
; 4786(2): zootaxa.4786.2.11, 2020 Jun 02.
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Frogs of the genus Ptychadena (Boulenger, 1917) have long been identified as harboring cryptic diversity and comprising numerous species-complexes (Largen 1997; Zimkus et al. 2017), and many authors have recognized the particularly high hidden richness in the Ethiopian highlands (Largen 1997; see Largen Spawls 2010 and refs. within). This cryptic diversity was confirmed by recent molecular studies (Freilich et al. 2014; Smith et al. 2017a, Reyes-Velasco et al. 2018). Those authors identified a congruent set of evolutionarily distinct candidate species using both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, and described the geographic and ecological isolation of these species in detail (Freilich et al. 2014; Smith et al. 2017a).
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anura
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DNA, Mitochondrial
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Zootaxa
Year:
2020
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Article
Affiliation country:
United States