| the radiation of microhylid frogs (amphibia: anura) on new guinea: a mitochondrial phylogeny reveals parallel evolution of morphological and life history traits and disproves the current morphology-based classification. | microhylidae account for the majority of frog species on new guinea and have evolved an extraordinarily wide range of ecological, behavioural, and morphological traits. several species are known for their unique paternal care behaviour, which includes guarding of clutches in some and additional froglet transport in other species. we sampled 48 out of 215 new guinean microhylid species and all but two (mantophryne and pherohapsis) of 18 new guinean genera and analysed a concatenated data set of p ... | 2008 | 18249011 |