| to split or not to split? multilocus phylogeny and molecular species delimitation of southeast asian toads (family: bufonidae). | recent studies have demonstrated that bayesian species delimitation based on the multispecies coalescent model can produce inaccurate results by misinterpreting population splits as species divergences. an approach based on the genealogical divergence index (gdi) was shown to be a viable alternative, especially for delimiting allopatric populations where gene flow is low. we implemented these analyses to assess species boundaries in southeast asian toads, a group that is understudied and charact ... | 2019 | 31023232 |
| detection of cryptic taxa in the genus leptophryne (fitzinger, 1843) (amphibia; bufonidae) and the description of a new species from java, indonesia. | we investigated phylogenetic relationships among populations of two species within the genus leptophryne, l. cruentata and l. borbonica, using the mitochondrial 16s rrna gene. as a result, we identified two distinct lineages within populations currently considered leptophryne cruentata: 1) a lineage containing l. cruentata from the type locality, and 2) a lineage from mt. slamet and mt. ciremai. on the basis of genetic and morphological differences, we describe the mt. slamet and mt. ciremai pop ... | 2018 | 30313831 |