An integrative assessment of the taxonomic status of putative hybrid leopard frogs (Anura: Ranidae) from the Chortís Highlands of Central America, with description of a new species

Luque-Montes, Ileana R.; Austin, James D.; Weinfurther, Kayla Dawn; Wilson, Larry David; Hofmann, Erich; Townsend, Josiah H.

doi:10.1080/14772000.2017.1415232

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“…Using both land cover and elevation data, we estimated the slope, aspect, curvature and five Euclidean distances to important environments using ArcGIS. As estimations derived from the same variables can easily have multicollinearity effects in distribution prediction models (Aguiar et al., 2016; J. L. Brown et al., 2017; Kalboussi & Achour, 2018; Liang et al., 2018; Luque‐Montes et al., 2018; Yan et al., 2020), we reduced these effects by removing spatial environmental variables that were highly correlated (Pearson's correlation coefficient ( r ) > 0.8) with other variables (Liang et al., 2018; Yan et al., 2020, Table S2). As a result, three variables (slope, distance to poultry and distance to inland water) were excluded; accordingly, three climatic variables and eight spatial environmental variables remained.…”

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“…The occurrence localities were filtered and reduced to a single point within the specified distances, determined by the spatial filtering condition. We used the pattern of monthly environmental heterogeneity as the spatial filtering condition (J. L. Brown et al, 2017;da Silva et al, 2018;Luque-Montes et al, 2018;Thiney et al, 2019).…”

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“…As estimations derived from the same variables can easily have multicollinearity effects in distribution prediction models(Aguiar et al, 2016;J. L. Brown et al, 2017;Kalboussi & Achour, 2018;Liang et al, 2018;Luque-Montes et al, 2018;Yan et al, 2020), we reduced these effects by removing spatial environmental variables that were highly correlated (Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) > 0.8) with other variables(Liang et al, 2018; Yan et al, 2020, Table…”

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Assessment of the spatiotemporal risk of avian influenza between waterfowl and poultry farms during the annual cycle: A spatial prediction study focused on seasonal distribution changes in resident waterfowl in South Korea

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Previous studies and efforts to prevent and manage avian influenza (AI) outbreaks have mainly focused on the wintering season. However, outbreaks of AI have been reported in the summer, including the breeding season of waterfowl. Additionally, the spatial distribution of waterfowl can easily change during the annual cycle due to their lifecycle traits and the presence of both migrants and residents in the population. Thus, we assessed the spatiotemporal variation in AI exposure risk in poultry due to spatial distribution changes in three duck species included in both major residents and wintering migrants in South Korea, the mandarin, mallard and spot-billed duck, during wintering (October-March), breeding (April-June) and whole annual seasons. To estimate seasonal ecological niche variations among the three duck species, we applied pairwise ecological niche analysis using the Pianka index. Subsequently, seasonal distribution models were projected by overlaying the monthly ranges estimated by the maximum entropy model. Finally, we overlaid each seasonal distribution range onto a poultry distribution map of South Korea. We found that the mandarin had less niche overlap with the mallard and spot-billed duck during the wintering season than during the breeding season, whereas the mallard had less niche overlap with the mandarin and spot-billed duck during the breeding season than during the wintering season.Breeding and annual distribution ranges of the mandarin and spot-billed duck, but not the mallard, were similar or even wider than their wintering ranges. Similarly, the mandarin and spot-billed duck showed more extensive overlap proportions between poultry and their distributional ranges during both the breeding and annual seasons than during the wintering season. These results suggest that potential AI exposure in poultry can occur more widely in the summer than in winter, depending on sympatry with the host duck species. Future studies considering the population density and variable pathogenicity of AI are required.

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Assessment of the spatiotemporal risk of avian influenza between waterfowl and poultry farms during the annual cycle: A spatial prediction study focused on seasonal distribution changes in resident waterfowl in South Korea

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“…Separate models were created for each of the nominal taxa with 1,000 bootstrap replicates, a random test percentage of 33% and a maximum of 5,000 iterations (all other parameters were left as default). Following the approach used by Luque‐Montes et al (), models were reclassified into binary files of suitable and non‐suitable habitat based on the maximum training sensitivity plus specificity logistic thresholds due to its more conservative estimates over the minimum training presence logistic threshold (Table ; Liu, Berry, Dawson, & Pearson, ; Phillips et al, ).…”

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Evaluation of species boundaries in sympatric and parapatric populations of Mesoamerican toads

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Townsend

2019

Zoologica Scripta

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Approaches that integrate multiple independent, yet complimentary, lines of evidence have been effectively utilized to identify and evaluate species diversity. Integrative approaches are especially useful in taxa that exhibit cryptic diversity and are highly morphologically conserved, as well as organisms whose distributions may be sympatric or parapatric. The Incilius coccifer complex in Honduras is comprised of three putative taxa: I. coccifer, I. ibarrai and I. porteri. The taxonomy of the I. coccifer complex has been a source of debate among specialists, with some recognizing three species, while others choose to recognize one widespread taxon. To assess species boundaries and evaluate the taxonomic structure for the I. coccifer complex, we utilized a combination of comprehensive field sampling, molecular phylogenetics and macroecological modelling. Using 58 samples representing all three putative taxa, we generated sequence data from the mitochondrial loci 16S and COI in order to assess genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships, and tested putative species boundaries using General Mixed Yule‐Coalescent models. To evaluate macroecological differences in the distribution of putative taxa, we utilized maximum entropy modelling and identified areas of suitable and non‐suitable habitat, as well as identifying potential areas of overlap between species habitats. We recovered three clades that broadly correspond to the three named taxa that, while being monophyletic, are separated by relatively small genetic distances. Species distribution models revealed that I. coccifer is macroecologically different than the other two taxa, but that I. ibarrai and I. porteri are highly similar. We uncovered cases of sympatry between pairs of species in at least three localities in Honduras, suggesting the potential for hybridization in these closely related lineages.

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“…Forrer's Leopard Frog (Lithobates forreri) is distributed from central Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to the south along the Pacific coastal plain in Mexico; nevertheless, its presence is uncertain in other countries of Central America (e.g., Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica) (McCranie 2015;Luque-Montes et al 2018; IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2020; Frost 2021). Herein, we report the first published case of microphthalmia in Forrer's Leopard Frog (L. forreri) from Mexico.…”

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First case of microphthalmia in the Forrer's Leopard Frog, Lithobates forreri Boulenger 1883 (Anura: Ranidae), in Mexico

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An integrative assessment of the taxonomic status of putative hybrid leopard frogs (Anura: Ranidae) from the Chortís Highlands of Central America, with description of a new species

Cited by 11 publications

References 37 publications

Assessment of the spatiotemporal risk of avian influenza between waterfowl and poultry farms during the annual cycle: A spatial prediction study focused on seasonal distribution changes in resident waterfowl in South Korea

Assessment of the spatiotemporal risk of avian influenza between waterfowl and poultry farms during the annual cycle: A spatial prediction study focused on seasonal distribution changes in resident waterfowl in South Korea

Evaluation of species boundaries in sympatric and parapatric populations of Mesoamerican toads

First case of microphthalmia in the Forrer's Leopard Frog, Lithobates forreri Boulenger 1883 (Anura: Ranidae), in Mexico

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