Molecular phylogenetic evidence for paraphyly of the genus Sooglossus, with the description of a new genus of Seychellean frogs

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-359

  Van Der Meijden, Arie ^a,f   Boistel, Renaud ^b   Gerlach, Justin ^c   Ohler, Annemarie ^d   Vences, Miguel ^e   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Biogeography; Leptosooglossus; Molecular phylogeny; Nesomantis; New genus; Sooglossidae; Sooglossus

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MAHE; SEYCHELLES; SILHOUETTE ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAUDIVERBERA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; NASIKABATRACHIDAE; NEOBATRACHIA; NESOMANTIS; NESOMANTIS THOMASSETI; SOOGLOSSIDAE; SOOGLOSSUS;

EID: 34447120187     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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