Evolutionary radiation of earless frogs in the Andes: molecular phylogenetics and habitat shifts in high-elevation terrestrial breeding frogs

The loss of hearing structures and loss of advertisement calls in many terrestrial breeding frogs (Strabomantidae) living at high elevations in South America are common and intriguing phenomena. The Andean frog genus Phrynopus Peters, 1873 has undergone an evolutionary radiation in which most specie...

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Main Authors: Rudolf von May, Edgar Lehr, Daniel L. Rabosky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4313.pdf