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The first taxonomic revaluation of the Iranian water frogs of the genus Pelophylax (Anura: Ranidae) using sequences of the mitochondrial genome.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 May 2017
Pesarakloo Alireza, Rastegar-Pouyani Eskandar, Rastegar-Pouyani Nasrollah, Kami Hajigholi, Najibzadeh Masoumeh, Khosravani Azar, Oraie Hamzeh
Abstract excerpt
The Eurasian water frog species and their geographic ranges have undergone considerable changes in the last four decades, but the Iranian populations have largely remained unknown. All the Iranian populations of water frogs, despite their vast distribution range have attributed to a single species: Rana ridibunda. In order to understand the phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic status of water frogs of Iran,...
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