Phylogenetic relationships of Ansonia from Southeast Asia inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Systematic and biogeographic implications (Anura: Bufonidae)

• Main Authors: Matsui, M., Tominaga, A., Liu, W., Khonsue, W., Grismer, L.L., Diesmos, A.C., Das, I., Sudin, A., Yambun, P., Yong, Hoi Sen, Sukumaran, J., Brown, R.M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/13345/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790309003157; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.003

We investigated the phylogenetic relationships and estimated the history of species diversification and biogeography in the bufonid genus Ansonia from Southeast Asia, a unique organism with tadpoles adapted to life in strong currents chiefly in montane regions and also in lowland rainforests. We est...