Phylogeny of spiny frogs Nanorana (Anura: Dicroglossidae) supports a Tibetan origin of a Himalayan species group

Abstract Recent advances in the understanding of the evolution of the Asian continent challenge the long‐held belief of a faunal immigration into the Himalaya. Spiny frogs of the genus Nanorana are a characteristic faunal group of the Himalaya–Tibet orogen (HTO). We examine the phylogeny of these fr...

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Main Authors: Sylvia Hofmann, Chitra B. Baniya, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Georg Miehe, Jia‐Tang Li, Joachim Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-12-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5909