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Molecular phylogeny of Ischnocnema (Anura: Brachycephalidae) with the redefinition of its series and the description of two new species.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Nov 2018
Taucce Pedro P G, Canedo Clarissa, Parreiras Júlia Soares, Drummond Leandro O, Nogueira-Costa Paulo, Haddad Célio F B
Abstract excerpt
We present a new phylogenetic hypothesis for Ischnocnema, a Neotropical brachycephaloid genus of ground-dwelling direct-developing frogs. We performed Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony analyses using two nuclear (RAG1 and Tyr) and three mitochondrial genes (12S rRNA, tRNA-Val, and 16S rRNA) in a matrix comprising more than 80% of the described species. We recover Ischnocnema nanahallux...
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