High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog

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Gehara, Marcelo; Crawford, Andrew J.; Orrico, Victor G. D.; Rodrí­guez, Ariel; Lötters, Stefan; Fouquet, Antoine; Barrientos, Lucas S.; Brusquetti, Francisco; De la Riva, Ignacio; Ernst, Raffael; Urrutia, Giuseppe Gagliardi; Glaw, Frank; Guayasamin, Juan M.; Hölting, Monique; Jansen, Martin; Kok, Philippe J. R.; Kwet, Axel; Lingnau, Rodrigo; Lyra, Mariana; Moravec, Jiří; Pombal, José P.; Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.; Schulze, Arne; Señaris, J. Celsa; Solé, Mirco; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Twomey, Evan; Haddad, Celio F. B.; Vences, Miguel; Köhler, Jörn
Abstract
Species distributed across vast continental areas and across major biomes provide unique model systems for studies of biotic diversification, yet also constitute daunting financial, logistic and political challenges for data collection across such regions. The tree frog Dendropsophus minutus (Anura: Hylidae) is a nominal species, continentally distributed in South America, that may represent a complex of multiple species, each with a more limited distribution. To understand the spatial pattern of molecular diversity throughout the range of this species complex, we obtained DNA sequence data from two mitochondrial genes, cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and the 16S rhibosomal gene (16S) for 407 samples of D. minutus and closely related species distributed across eleven countries, effectively comprising the entire range of the group. We performed phylogenetic and spatially explicit phylogeographic analyses to assess the genetic structure of lineages and infer ancestral areas. We found 43 statistically supported, deep mitochondrial lineages, several of which may represent currently unrecognized distinct species. One major clade, containing 25 divergent lineages, includes samples from the type locality of D. minutus. We defined that clade as the D. minutus complex. The remaining lineages together with the D. minutus complex constitute the D. minutus species group. Historical analyses support an Amazonian origin for the D. minutus species group with a subsequent dispersal to eastern Brazil where the D. minutus complex originated. According to our dataset, a total of eight mtDNA lineages have ranges >100,000 km2. One of them occupies an area of almost one million km2 encompassing multiple biomes. Our results, at a spatial scale and resolution unprecedented for a Neotropical vertebrate, confirm that widespread amphibian species occur in lowland South America, yet at the same time a large proportion of cryptic diversity still remains to be discovered.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5469
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 Phylogeography; Taxonomy; Forests; Mitochondria; Brazil; Cryptic speciation; Mitochondrial DNA 
Date
2014
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Gehara, Marcelo, & Crawford, Andrew J., & Orrico, Victor G. D., & Rodrí­guez, Ariel, & Lötters, Stefan, & Fouquet, Antoine, & Barrientos, Lucas S., & Brusquetti, Francisco, & De la Riva, Ignacio, & Ernst, Raffael, & Urrutia, Giuseppe Gagliardi, & Glaw, Frank, & Guayasamin, Juan M., & Hölting, Monique, & Jansen, Martin, & Kok, Philippe J. R., & Kwet, Axel, & Lingnau, Rodrigo, & Lyra, Mariana, & Moravec, Jiří, & Pombal, José P., & Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M., & Schulze, Arne, & Señaris, J. Celsa, & Solé, Mirco, & Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, & Twomey, Evan, & Haddad, Celio F. B., & Vences, Miguel, & Köhler, Jörn. (January 2014). High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog. PLoS ONE, 9(9), 1- 12. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5469

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Gehara, Marcelo, and Crawford, Andrew J., and Orrico, Victor G. D., and Rodrí­guez, Ariel, and Lötters, Stefan, and Fouquet, Antoine, and Barrientos, Lucas S., and Brusquetti, Francisco, and De la Riva, Ignacio, and Ernst, Raffael, and Urrutia, Giuseppe Gagliardi, and Glaw, Frank, and Guayasamin, Juan M., and Hölting, Monique, and Jansen, Martin, and Kok, Philippe J. R., and Kwet, Axel, and Lingnau, Rodrigo, and Lyra, Mariana, and Moravec, Jiří, and Pombal, José P., and Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M., and Schulze, Arne, and Señaris, J. Celsa, and Solé, Mirco, and Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, and Twomey, Evan, and Haddad, Celio F. B., and Vences, Miguel, and Köhler, Jörn. "High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog". PLoS ONE. 9:9. (1-12), January 2014. September 26, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5469.
Chicago:
Gehara, Marcelo and Crawford, Andrew J. and Orrico, Victor G. D. and Rodrí­guez, Ariel and Lötters, Stefan and Fouquet, Antoine and Barrientos, Lucas S. and Brusquetti, Francisco and De la Riva, Ignacio and Ernst, Raffael and Urrutia, Giuseppe Gagliardi and Glaw, Frank and Guayasamin, Juan M. and Hölting, Monique and Jansen, Martin and Kok, Philippe J. R. and Kwet, Axel and Lingnau, Rodrigo and Lyra, Mariana and Moravec, Jiří and Pombal, José P. and Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. and Schulze, Arne and Señaris, J. Celsa and Solé, Mirco and Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut and Twomey, Evan and Haddad, Celio F. B. and Vences, Miguel and Köhler, Jörn, "High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog," PLoS ONE 9, no. 9 (January 2014), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5469 (accessed September 26, 2023).
AMA:
Gehara, Marcelo, Crawford, Andrew J., Orrico, Victor G. D., Rodrí­guez, Ariel, Lötters, Stefan, Fouquet, Antoine, Barrientos, Lucas S., Brusquetti, Francisco, De la Riva, Ignacio, Ernst, Raffael, Urrutia, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Glaw, Frank, Guayasamin, Juan M., Hölting, Monique, Jansen, Martin, Kok, Philippe J. R., Kwet, Axel, Lingnau, Rodrigo, Lyra, Mariana, Moravec, Jiří, Pombal, José P., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M., Schulze, Arne, Señaris, J. Celsa, Solé, Mirco, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Twomey, Evan, Haddad, Celio F. B., Vences, Miguel, Köhler, Jörn. High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog. PLoS ONE. January 2014; 9(9): 1-12. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5469. Accessed September 26, 2023.
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