Polyphyly of Tomopterna (Amphibia: Ranidae) based on sequences of the mitochondrial 16S and 12S rRNA genes, and ecological biogeography of Malagasy relict amphibian groups
Frog s currentl y attribute d t o th e rani d genu s Tomopterna ar e know n from sub-sahara n Africa , souther n Asi a an d Madagascar . Molecula r studie s o f mitochondria l 12 S rRN A an d 16 S rRN A gen e sequence s...
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Language: | English |
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Memoires de Iα Societe de Biogeographie
2000
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Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11546/1/Polyphyly%20of%20tomopterna%20%28amphibia%20ranidae%29%28abstract%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11546/ http://www.zsm.mwn.de/her/pdf/83_Vences_et_al_2000_Polyphyly_Tomopterna.pdf |
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Summary: | Frog
s
currentl
y
attribute
d
t
o
th
e
rani
d
genu
s
Tomopterna
ar
e
know
n
from
sub-sahara
n
Africa
,
souther
n
Asi
a
an
d
Madagascar
.
Molecula
r
studie
s
o
f
mitochondria
l
12
S
rRN
A
an
d
16
S
rRN
A
gen
e
sequence
s
indicat
e
tha
t
eac
h
o
f
thes
e
geographi
c
cluster
s
ar
e
mor
e
closel
y
relate
d
t
o
othe
r
locall
y
occurrin
g
anura
n
tax
a
tha
n
the
y
ar
e
t
o
eac
h
other
.
Th
e
Malagas
y
T.
labrosa
(hithert
o
subgenu
s
Laliostoma)
belong
s
t
o
a
monophyleti
c
grou
p
includin
g
Aglyptodactylus,
Boophis,
an
d
th
e
mantellines
;
th
e
souther
n
Asia
n
specie
s
(hithert
o
subgenu
s
Sphaerotheca)
appea
r
t
o
b
e
relate
d
t
o
ranid
s
o
f
th
e
genu
s
Limnonectes
(subgenu
s
Feyervarya);
an
d
mos
t
surprisingly
,
th
e
Africa
n
specie
s
clustere
d
wit
h
cacosternin
e
ranids
.
Thes
e
result
s
sugges
t
tha
t
th
e
Asia
n
Sphaerotheca
an
d
th
e
Malagas
y
Laliostoma
shoul
d
b
e
raise
d
t
o
generi
c
rank
.
A
s
a
consequence
,
th
e
distributio
n
patter
n
o
f
Tomopterna
ar
e
no
t
informativ
e
regardin
g
continenta
l
drif
t
an
d
biogeographi
c
Madagascar-Indi
a
relationships
.
Phylogeneti
c
dat
a
o
n
Malagas
y
anuran
s
indicat
e
tha
t
ol
d
evolutionar
y
lineage
s
an
d
relic
t
form
s
(e
.
g.
,
Laliostoma,
Aglyptodactylus,
Scaphiophryne)
bree
d
mainl
y
i
n
lenti
c
waterbodies
,
an
d
ofte
n
occu
r
i
n
savanna
h
habitats
.
I
n
Boophis
an
d
mantellines
,
evidenc
e
exist
s
tha
t
th
e
mos
t
basa
l
group
s
ar
e
rathe
r
generalize
d
pon
d
breeders
,
wherea
s
th
e
specios
e
group
s
o
f
fores
t
broo
k
breeder
s
ma
y
b
e
monophyleti
c
group
s
partl
y
o
f
mor
e
recen
t
origin
.
I
f
corroborate
d
b
y
furthe
r
evidence
,
thi
s
tren
d
woul
d
indicat
e
a
n
originall
y
relativel
y
dr
y
an
d
ope
n
habita
t
typ
e
i
n
Madagasca
r
a
t
th
e
tim
e
o
f
differentiatio
n
o
f
th
e
mai
n
lineage
s
o
f
Malagas
y
anurans
,
whic
h
ma
y
hav
e
take
n
plac
e
i
n
th
e
lat
e
Mesozoi
c
o
r
earl
y
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