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| Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae : phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 294 |
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| Title: | Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae : phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 294 |
| Other Titles: | Phylogeny of Hylidae |
| Authors: | Faivovich, Julián. Haddad, Celio F. B. Garcia, Paulo C. A. Frost, Darrel R. Campbell, Jonathan A. Wheeler, Ward C. |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 294 |
| Abstract: | "Hylidae is a large family of American, Australopapuan, and temperate Eurasian treefrogs of approximately 870 known species, divided among four subfamilies. Although some groups of Hylidae have been addressed phylogenetically, a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis has never been presented. The first goal of this paper is to review the current state of hylid systematics. We focus on the very large subfamily Hylinae (590 species), evaluate the monophyly of named taxa, and examine the evidential basis of the existing taxonomy. The second objective is to perform a phylogenetic analysis using mostly DNA sequence data in order to (1) test the monophyly of the Hylidae; (2) determine its constituent taxa, with special attention to the genera and species groups which form the subfamily Hylinae, and c) propose a new, monophyletic taxonomy consistent with the hypothesized relationships. We present a phylogenetic analysis of hylid frogs based on 276 terminals, including 228 hylids and 48 outgroup ... |
| Description: | 240 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-151) and index. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/462 |
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