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Cruz‐García K, Zapata‐Salvatierra N, Sánchez‐Nivicela JC, Chauca N, Matecki S, Perez‐Correa J. Revealing hidden biodiversity: Novel insights on reptile and amphibian distribution in western Ecuador. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11401. [PMID: 38855317 PMCID: PMC11156955 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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We present notable distributional updates for 14 species from western Ecuador (seven amphibians and seven reptiles). Our findings include the northernmost confirmed sighting of Pristimantis kuri and the southernmost documented record of Imantodes inornatus and Lepidoblepharis buchwaldi. Additionally, we document new records and notes on the distribution range of Agalychnis spurrelli, Hyloscirtus alytolylax, Engystomops montubio, Pristimantis muricatus, Pristimantis nyctophylax, Pristimantis walkeri, Chironius flavopictus, Chironius grandisquamis, Dendrophidion graciliverpa, Ninia schmidti, and Urotheca fulviceps. These observations significantly contribute to filling information gaps in our understanding of these species' distributions. The data, derived from samples collected across diverse forested areas in the western region of Ecuador (provinces of Bolívar, Cañar, Guayas, El Oro, and Los Ríos), provide valuable insights into the ecology and conservation of these species.
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- Keyko Cruz‐García
- Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Museo de ZoologíaUniversidad San Francisco de Quito USFQQuitoEcuador
- Museo de ZoologíaUniversidad Técnica Particular de LojaLojaEcuador
- Facultad de Ciencias NaturalesUniversidad de GuayaquilGuayaquilEcuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias NaturalesUniversidad de GuayaquilGuayaquilEcuador
- Laboratorio de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias de la VidaEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOLGuayaquilEcuador
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad Tropical IBIOTROP, Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Museo de ZoologíaUniversidad San Francisco de Quito USFQQuitoEcuador
- Grupo de Investigación, Evolución y Ecología de Fauna Neotropical, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaBogotá D.C.Colombia
- Instituto Nacional de BiodiversidadQuitoEcuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias NaturalesUniversidad de GuayaquilGuayaquilEcuador
- Fundación para la Conservación e Investigación JaPuGuayaquilEcuador
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- Laboratorio de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias de la VidaEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOLGuayaquilEcuador
- Instituto Nacional de BiodiversidadQuitoEcuador
- Fundación para la Conservación e Investigación JaPuGuayaquilEcuador
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Reyes-Puig JP, Recalde D, Recalde F, Koch C, Guayasamin JM, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Jost L, Yánez-Muñoz MH. A spectacular new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cordillera de Los Llanganates in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. PeerJ 2022; 10:e14066. [PMID: 36196397 PMCID: PMC9527025 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We have discovered a spectacular new species of frog in the genus Hyloscirtus, belonging to the H. larinopygion species group. The adult female is characterized by a mostly black body with large bright red spots on the dorsal and ventral surface, extremities, and toe pads. The adult male is unknown. Small juveniles are characterized by a yellow body with variable black markings on the flanks; while one larger juvenile displayed irregular orange or yellow marks on a black background color, with light orange or yellow toe pads. Additional distinctive external morphological features such as cloacal ornamentation are described, and some osteological details are imaged and analyzed. The performed phylogeny places the new species as the sister to a clade consisting of ten taxa, all of which are part of the H. larinopygion group. We use genetic distances to fit the new species into a published time-calibrated phylogeny of this group; our analysis based on the published chronology suggests that the divergence of the new species from its known congeners pre-dates the Quaternary period. The new species is currently only known only from Cerro Mayordomo, in Fundación EcoMinga´s Machay Reserve, at 2,900 m in the eastern Andes of Tungurahua province, Ecuador, near the southern edge of Los Llanganates National Park, but its real distribution may be larger.
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- Juan P. Reyes-Puig
- Departamento de Ambiente, Fundación Oscar Efrén Reyes, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
- Fundación Ecominga Red de Protección de Bosques Amenazados, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- Fundación Ecominga Red de Protección de Bosques Amenazados, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
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- Fundación Ecominga Red de Protección de Bosques Amenazados, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
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- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto BIÓSFERA-USFQ, Cumbaya, Pichincha, Ecuador
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
- Museo de Zoología y Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Instituto iBIOTROP, Quito, Ecuador
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- Fundación Ecominga Red de Protección de Bosques Amenazados, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- Fundación Ecominga Red de Protección de Bosques Amenazados, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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Yánez-Muñoz MH, Reyes-Puig JP, Batallas-Revelo D, Broaddus C, Urgilés-Merchán M, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Guayasamin JM. A new Andean treefrog (Amphibia: Hyloscirtus bogotensis group) from Ecuador: an example of community involvement for conservation. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11914. [PMID: 34434655 PMCID: PMC8351578 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We provide several lines of evidence to delimit a new species of Hyloscirtus and define its phylogenetic position inside the Hyloscirtus bogotensis group. The new species is the sister taxon to Hyloscirtus mashpi and is related to a clade formed by H. alytolylax and a putative new species from the province of El Oro in, southwestern Ecuador. Hyloscirtus conscientia sp. nov. is described from the montane forests of the Mira River basin in the extreme northwestern Ecuador. The new species is characterized as follows: tympanic annulus conspicuous, tip of snout in dorsal view subacuminate, middorsal stripe formed by melanophores larger and less dense, dorsal skin with individual iridophores forming dots, scarcely distributed across dorsum. Our study also highlights the importance of the Mira River Valley as a biogeographic barrier; suggesting research efforts north and south of the valley are likely to reveal additional endemic cryptic diversity. Finally, our partnership with Reserva: The Youth Land Trust, Rainforest Trust and EcoMinga Foundation has produced a novel and meaningful way to connect young people with biodiversity discovery and habitat conservation.
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- Mario H Yánez-Muñoz
- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.,Dirección de Reservas de Fundación Ecominga, Fundación Ecominga, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.,Departamento de Biodiversidad Ecología y Evolución de la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- Unidad de Investigación, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.,Museo de Zoología, Instituto iBIOTROP & Instituto Biósfera, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Biología Evolutiva, Instituto Biósfera-USFQ, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales COCIBA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.,Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Rivera-Correa M, Ospina-L AM, Rojas-Montoya M, Venegas-Valencia K, Rueda-Solano LA, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas PDA, Vargas-Salinas F. Cantos de las ranas y los sapos de Colombia: estado actual del conocimiento y perspectivas de investigación en ecoacústica. NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2021.1957651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Mauricio Rivera-Correa
- Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia (GHA), Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Semillero de Investigación en Biodiversidad de Anfibios (BIO), Seccional Oriente, Universidad de Antioquia, El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Evolución, Ecología y Conservación (EECO), Programa de Biología, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Grupo de Investigación en Evolución, Ecología y Conservación (EECO), Programa de Biología, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia
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- Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia (GHA), Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Semillero de Investigación en Biodiversidad de Anfibios (BIO), Seccional Oriente, Universidad de Antioquia, El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia
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- Grupo Biomis, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
- Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
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- Grupo de Ecología y Diversidad de Anfibios y Reptiles (GEDAR), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia
- Grupo de Investigación en Ecologia de Vertebrados Tropicais, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Grupo de Investigación en Evolución, Ecología y Conservación (EECO), Programa de Biología, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Colombia
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Lyra ML, Lourenço ACC, Pinheiro PDP, Pezzuti TL, Baêta D, Barlow A, Hofreiter M, Pombal JP, Haddad CFB, Faivovich J. High-throughput DNA sequencing of museum specimens sheds light on the long-missing species of the Bokermannohyla claresignata group (Anura: Hylidae: Cophomantini). Zool J Linn Soc 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The two species of the Bokermannohyla claresignata species group (Anura: Hylidae) have not been collected for the last four decades. It is the only species group of the hyline tribe Cophomantini that has not yet been analysed genetically. Its phylogenetic position is thus uncertain, and it has a combination of adult and larval character states that make this group a crucial missing piece that hinders our understanding of Cophomantini phylogenetics and character evolution. We obtained DNA sequences from a museum larval specimen of Bok. claresignata, using specialized extraction methods and high-throughput DNA sequencing, and combined the molecular phylogenetic results with available phenotypic information to provide new insights into the taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of its species group. Our phylogenetic results place Bok. claresignata as sister to the Boana pulchella group, supporting its inclusion in Boana, together with Bokermannohyla clepsydra. In light of this new finding, we recognize a newly defined Boana claresignata group to accommodate these species, thus resolving both the polyphyly of Bokermannohyla and the paraphyly of Boana. Considering the phylogenetic relationships of the Boana claresignata group, we also discuss the evolution of suctorial tadpoles and mature oocyte/egg pigmentation in Cophomantini.
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- Mariana L Lyra
- Departamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura, I.B., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, CEP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Campus Ubá, Avenida Olegário Maciel, Ubá, Minas Gerais, CEP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anfíbios, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa, Sala, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, São Paulo, CEP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura, I.B., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, CEP, Brazil
- Setor de Herpetologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista,, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP, Brazil
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Potsdam, Germany
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Potsdam, Germany
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- Setor de Herpetologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista,, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biodiversidade e Centro de Aquicultura, I.B., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, CEP, Brazil
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’-CONICET, Ángel Gallardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ron SR, Caminer MA, Varela-Jaramillo A, Almeida-Reinoso D. A new treefrog from Cordillera del Cóndor with comments on the biogeographic affinity between Cordillera del Cóndor and the Guianan Tepuis (Anura, Hylidae, Hyloscirtus). Zookeys 2018:97-124. [PMID: 30598617 PMCID: PMC6306478 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.809.25207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Hyloscirtuslarinopygion group is a clade of 16 species of large hylids that inhabit cascading Andean streams. They have brown coloration that, in most species, contrasts with bright marks. Herein morphological and genetic evidence is used to describe a new species of the group from Cordillera del Cóndor, a sub-Andean mountain chain that has phytogeographic affinities with the Guianan Tepuis. The new species is characterized by dark-brown coloration with contrasting bright orange flecks and by the presence of an enlarged and curved prepollex protruding as a spine. The new species is closely related to H.tapichalaca and an undescribed species from the southern Andes of Ecuador. The genetic distance between H.hillisi sp. n. and its closest relative, H.tapichalaca, is 2.9% (gene 16S mtDNA). Our phylogeny and a review of recently published phylogenies show that amphibians from Cordillera del Cóndor have close relationships with either Andean or Amazonian species. Amphibians do not show the Condor-Guianan Tepuis biogeographic link that has been documented in plants.
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- Santiago R Ron
- Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Aptdo. 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Quito Ecuador
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- Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Aptdo. 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Quito Ecuador
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- Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Aptdo. 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Quito Ecuador
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- Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Aptdo. 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Quito Ecuador
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Pinheiro PDP, Kok PJR, Noonan BP, Means DB, Haddad CFB, Faivovich J. A new genus of Cophomantini, with comments on the taxonomic status ofBoana liliae(Anura: Hylidae). Zool J Linn Soc 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Paulo D P Pinheiro
- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia and Centro de Aquicultura, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Amphibian Evolution Lab, Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia and Centro de Aquicultura, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- División de Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Luna MC, Mcdiarmid RW, Faivovich J. From erotic excrescences to pheromone shots: structure and diversity of nuptial pads in anurans. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Maria Celeste Luna
- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ – CONICET, Ángel Gallardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- United States Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’ – CONICET, Ángel Gallardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ferro JM, Cardozo DE, Suárez P, Boeris JM, Blasco-Zúñiga A, Barbero G, Gomes A, Gazoni T, Costa W, Nagamachi CY, Rivera M, Parise-Maltempi PP, Wiley JE, Pieczarka JC, Haddad CFB, Faivovich J, Baldo D. Chromosome evolution in Cophomantini (Amphibia, Anura, Hylinae). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192861. [PMID: 29444174 PMCID: PMC5812657 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The hylid tribe Cophomantini is a diverse clade of Neotropical treefrogs composed of the genera Aplastodiscus, Boana, Bokermannohyla, Hyloscirtus, and Myersiohyla. The phylogenetic relationships of Cophomantini have been comprehensively reviewed in the literature, providing a suitable framework for the study of chromosome evolution. Employing different banding techniques, we studied the chromosomes of 25 species of Boana and 3 of Hyloscirtus; thus providing, for the first time, data for Hyloscirtus and for 15 species of Boana. Most species showed karyotypes with 2n = 2x = 24 chromosomes; some species of the B. albopunctata group have 2n = 2x = 22, and H. alytolylax has 2n = 2x = 20. Karyotypes are all bi-armed in most species presented, with the exception of H. larinopygion (FN = 46) and H. alytolylax (FN = 38), with karyotypes that have a single pair of small telocentric chromosomes. In most species of Boana, NORs are observed in a single pair of chromosomes, mostly in the small chromosomes, although in some species of the B. albopunctata, B. pulchella, and B. semilineata groups, this marker occurs on the larger pairs 8, 1, and 7, respectively. In Hyloscirtus, NOR position differs in the three studied species: H. alytolylax (4p), H. palmeri (4q), and H. larinopygion (1p). Heterochromatin is a variable marker that could provide valuable evidence, but it would be necesserary to understand the molecular composition of the C-bands that are observed in different species in order to test its putative homology. In H. alytolylax, a centromeric DAPI+ band was observed on one homologue of chromosome pair 2. The band was present in males but absent in females, providing evidence for an XX/XY sex determining system in this species. We review and discuss the importance of the different chromosome markers (NOR position, C-bands, and DAPI/CMA3 patterns) for their impact on the taxonomy and karyotype evolution in Cophomantini.
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- Juan M. Ferro
- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Citogenética y Biomoléculas de Anfibios (LICBA), Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Biotecnológicos, Ambientales y Diagnóstico, Universidad Maimónides, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Abaetetuba, Pará, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Campus de Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biologia, UNICAMP – Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Citogenética y Biomoléculas de Anfibios (LICBA), Centro de Investigación para la Salud en América Latina (CISeAL), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Campus de Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil
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- The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Laboratório de Citogenética, Centro de Estudos Avançados da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brasil
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- Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Campus de Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”—CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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Taboada C, Brunetti AE, Alexandre C, Lagorio MG, Faivovich J. Fluorescent Frogs: A Herpetological Perspective. SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.2994/sajh-d-17-00029.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos Taboada
- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-903, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA 45662-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
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- División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernardino Rivadavia’—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Ángel Gallardo 470, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
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Arteaga A, Pyron RA, Peñafiel N, Romero-Barreto P, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Guayasamin JM. Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151746. [PMID: 27120100 PMCID: PMC4847877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Comparative phylogeography allow us to understand how shared historical circumstances have shaped the formation of lineages, by examining a broad spectrum of co-distributed populations of different taxa. However, these types of studies are scarce in the Neotropics, a region that is characterized by high diversity, complex geology, and poorly understood biogeography. Here, we investigate the diversification patterns of five lineages of amphibians and reptiles, co-distributed across the Choco and Andes ecoregions in northwestern Ecuador. Mitochondrial DNA and occurrence records were used to determine the degree of geographic genetic divergence within species. Our results highlight congruent patterns of parapatric speciation and common geographical barriers for distantly related taxa. These comparisons indicate similar biological and demographic characteristics for the included clades, and reveal the existence of two new species of Pristimantis previously subsumed under P. walkeri, which we describe herein. Our data supports the hypothesis that widely distributed Chocoan taxa may generally experience their greatest opportunities for isolation and parapatric speciation across thermal elevational gradients. Finally, our study provides critical information to predict which unstudied lineages may harbor cryptic diversity, and how geology and climate are likely to have shaped their evolutionary history.
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- Alejandro Arteaga
- Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador.,Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador.,Fundación EcoCiencia, Programa para la Conservación de Especies y Ecosistemas Amenazados en Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador.,Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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- División de Herpetología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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