A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: High species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae)

Rommel R. Rojas; Antoine Fouquet; Santiago R. Ron; Emil José Hernández-Ruz; Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio; Juan C. Chaparro; Richard C. Vogt; Vinicius Tadeu de Carvalho; Leandra Cardoso Pinheiro; Robson W. Avila; Izeni Pires Farias; Marcelo Gordo; Tomas Hrbek

doi:10.7717/peerj.4941

A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: High species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae)

Rommel R. Rojas^*, Antoine Fouquet, Santiago R. Ron, Emil José Hernández-Ruz, Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Juan C. Chaparro, Richard C. Vogt, Vinicius Tadeu de Carvalho, Leandra Cardoso Pinheiro, Robson W. Avila, Izeni Pires Farias, Marcelo Gordo, Tomas Hrbek

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Amphibians are probably the most vulnerable group to climate change and climatechange associate diseases. This ongoing biodiversity crisis makes it thus imperative to improve the taxonomy of anurans in biodiverse but understudied areas such as Amazonia. In this study, we applied robust integrative taxonomic methods combining genetic (mitochondrial 16S, 12S and COI genes), morphological and environmental data to delimit species of the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) sampled from throughout their pan-Amazonian distribution. Our study confirms the hypothesis that the species diversity of the genus is grossly underestimated. Our analyses suggest the existence of eighteen linages of which seven are nominal species, three Deep Conspecific Lineages, one Unconfirmed Candidate Species, three Uncategorized Lineages, and four Confirmed Candidate Species and described herein. We also propose a phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus and discuss its implications for historical biogeography of this Amazonian group.

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Volumen	2018
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4941
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Rojas, R. R., Fouquet, A., Ron, S. R., Hernández-Ruz, E. J., Melo-Sampaio, P. R., Chaparro, J. C., Vogt, R. C., Carvalho, V. T. D., Pinheiro, L. C., Avila, R. W., Farias, I. P., Gordo, M., & Hrbek, T. (2018). A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: High species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae). PeerJ, 2018(7), Artículo e4941. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4941

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