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A Molecular Phylogeny of the Frog Genus Tomopterna in Southern Africa: Examining Species Boundaries with Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Sequence Data
✍ Scribed by Abeda Dawood; Alan Channing; James P. Bogart
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1055-7903
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✦ Synopsis
Frogs of the genus Tomopterna occur throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Previous work has shown that there are seven cryptic species, which occupy diverse habitats from grasslands to deserts. The current paper proposes a phylogeny of Tomopterna based on partial sequences of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. A gene tree for the genus, including all seven named species and three undescribed species which were discovered during the course of this study, is presented.