Historical biogeography of lowland species of toads (Bufo) across the trans-Mexican neovolcanic belt and the isthmus of Tehuantepec

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1889-1904

  Mulcahy, Daniel G ^a,b   Morrill, Benson H ^a   Mendelson III, Joseph R ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Zoo Atlanta ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Bufo nebulifer; Bufo valliceps; Bufonids; Central America; Mexico; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TOAD; VICARIANCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; TEHUANTEPEC; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS; BUFO NEBULIFER; BUFO VALLICEPS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 33749557173     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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