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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 100, Year 2016
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A recent study clarified several aspects of microhylid phylogeny by combining DNA sequences from Sanger sequencing and anchored phylogenomics, although numerous aspects of tree topology proved highly susceptible to data partition and chosen model. Although the phylogenetic results of the study were in conflict with previous publications, the authors made several changes to the taxonomy of Madagascar's cophyline microhylids. We re-analyzed part of their data together with our own molecular and morphological data. Based on a supermatrix of 11 loci, we propose a new phylogeny of the Cophylinae, and discuss it in the context of a newly generated osteological dataset. We found several sample misidentifications, partially explaining their deviant results, and propose to resurrect the genera Platypelis and Stumpffia from the synonymy of Cophyla and Rhombophryne, respectively. We provide support for the previous genus-level taxonomy of this subfamily, and erect a new genus, Anilany gen. nov., in order to eliminate paraphyly of Stumpffia and to account for the osteological differences observed among these groups. Deep nodes in our phylogeny remain poorly supported, and future works will certainly refine our classification, but we are confident that these will not produce large-scale rearrangements. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Scherz, Mark D.
Germany, Munich
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Vences, Miguel
Germany, Braunschweig
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Rakotoarison, Andolalao
Germany, Braunschweig
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Andreone, Franco
Italy, Turin
Museo Regionale Di Scienze Naturali
Köhler, Jörn
Germany, Darmstadt
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Glaw, Frank
Germany, Munich
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Crottini, Angelica
Portugal, Porto
Universidade do Porto
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.019
ISSN:
10557903
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Madagascar