Phylogeny and phylogeography of Mantophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) reveals cryptic diversity in New Guinea

Oliver, Lauren A.; Rittmeyer, Eric N.; Kraus, Fred; Richards, Stephen; Austin, Christopher C.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.023

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“…Some recent examples of named cryptic species can be found in vascular plants (Slenzka et al, 2013), fungi (Brown et al, 2013;Vizzini et al, 2013), nematodes (De Ley et al, 1999;Tandingan De Ley et al, 2007), insects (White et al, 2011;Roux et al, 2013) and geckos (Sistrom et al, 2013). As in the algae, some researchers identify cryptic species but do not recognize them taxonomically (Derycke et al, 2010;Kitthawee, 2013;Oliver et al, 2013;Sheedy et al, 2013).…”

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Seven new species ofOculatella(Pseudanabaenales, Cyanobacteria): taxonomically recognizing cryptic diversification

Osorio‐Santos¹,

Pietrasiak²,

Bohunická³

et al. 2014

European Journal of Phycology

151

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A total of 27 strains of Oculatella were isolated, characterized and sequenced, and analysed phylogenetically with an additional environmental clone from the Atacama Desert and 10 strains isolated and sequenced by others. The strains were clearly separated based upon phylogenetic analyses conducted with a concatenated alignment of the 16S rRNA and 16S-23S ITS region of the ribosomal operons in the genus Oculatella. Differences in secondary structure of the conserved domains of the ITS region, as well as comparative analysis of P-distance among ITS regions, served to separate the strains into distinct taxonomic units. Seven new species of Oculatella were described, including four from arid to semi-arid soils (O. atacamensis, O. mojaviensis, O. coburnii, O. neakameniensis) and three from more mesic habitats, including a temperate lake (O. hafneriensis), a desert waterfall (O. cataractarum) and a Hawaiian sea cave (O. kauaiensis). The soil forms show statistically significant morphological differences, but the ranges overlap to a degree that they are not diagnosable by morphology, and these four cryptic species are characterized here using molecular characters. The more mesic species, including the type species from Mediterranean hypogea, O. subterranea, are all morphologically distinct from each other and from all four soil taxa. This report is the first to use solely molecular criteria to distinguish cryptic species of cyanobacteria.

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Section: Taxonomic Recognition Of Cryptic Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seven new species ofOculatella(Pseudanabaenales, Cyanobacteria): taxonomically recognizing cryptic diversification

Osorio‐Santos¹,

Pietrasiak²,

Bohunická³

et al. 2014

European Journal of Phycology

151

165

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“…Mantophryne lateralis, which is mainly distributed throughout the lowlands of eastern New Guinea (Oliver et al 2013), is most si milar to the new species in having black lateral bands and distinct spotting on the abdomen. Some specimens of this species also have extremely smooth skin, approaching the state in the new species.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Our information concerning features of Mantophryne species was taken from original descriptions (Boulenger 1897;Parker 1934;Zweifel 1972;Kraus and Allison 2009), recompiled treatises (Parker 1934;Zweifel 1972;Burton 1986, Menzies 2006Oliver et al 2013) and our own observations including direct examination of eight Mantophryne lateralis (SAMA R69327-34) specimens from mainland New Guinea.…”

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“…On the basis of osteological and myological studies Burton (1986) then resurrected the name Mantophryne where he accommodated the symphygnathine species infulata, lateralis and louisiadensis. These three species were later complemented by M. axanthogaster Kraus & Allison, 2009. In a recent paper Oliver et al (2013) studied phylogenetic relationships between the closely related genera Mantophryne, Hylophorbus and Pherohapsis Zweifel, 1972. They used three mitochondrial and three nuclear genes and confirmed M. lateralis, M. louisiadensis and M. axanthogaster as congeneric; the monotypic Pherohapsis menziesi Zweifel, 1972 is also nested within Mantophryne and was transferred to that genus; M. infulata is nested within Hylophorbus and was included in that genus as H. infulatus.…”

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“…They used three mitochondrial and three nuclear genes and confirmed M. lateralis, M. louisiadensis and M. axanthogaster as congeneric; the monotypic Pherohapsis menziesi Zweifel, 1972 is also nested within Mantophryne and was transferred to that genus; M. infulata is nested within Hylophorbus and was included in that genus as H. infulatus. Accordingly Mantophryne at present contains four species and quite a number of undescribed forms (Oliver et al 2013, Frost 2015.…”

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Description of a striking new Mantophryne species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea

Günther¹,

Richards²

2016

ZSE

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We describe a striking new species of the microhylid frog genus Mantophryne from Woodlark Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It is most similar to M. lateralis but is distinguished from that species by its more slender body, longer shanks, larger discs on the toes, and unique advertisement call. Most known specimens had, in life, a striking golden tan mid-dorsum bordered by broad blackish dorsolateral bands. The new species is currently known only from the rainforests of Woodlark Island, where males call from elevated perches up to 4 m above the ground from climbing Freycinetia plants, from crevices and hollows in elevated limestone outcrops, and from tree buttresses and on top of fallen logs on the forest floor. It is the most arboreal member of this predominantly terrestrial genus discovered to date.

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Lineage diversity in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Nactus) further highlights exceptional diversity and endemism in eastern Papua New Guinea

Oliver,

Kraus,

Austin

et al. 2024

Org Divers Evol

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New Guinea and surrounding islands are home to some of the richest assemblages of insular biodiversity in the world. The key geological drivers of species richness in this region are largely considered to be mountain uplift and development of offshore archipelagos—some of which have accreted onto New Guinea—with the role of mountain uplift and elevational gradients receiving more attention than the role of isolation on islands. Here, we examine the distribution of lineage richness and body-size diversity in a radiation of Melanesian lizards that is almost entirely absent from montane habitats but closely associated with islands—the geckos of the genus Nactus. Our data indicate that eastern New Guinea—centred on the East Papuan Composite Terrane (EPCT)—shows particularly high levels of endemism and body-size diversity and is also inferred to be a source area for multiple independent colonisations elsewhere in New Guinea, the Pacific and Australia. Two Nactus lineages in Australia have closest relatives occurring to the north of New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, suggesting dispersal through this area in the mid-Miocene, possibly via seaways that would have isolated the islands to the east and west of the proto-Papuan region. Syntopic species tend to differ in body length; however, at a phylogenetic scale, this trait appears to be conservative, with small-sized and large-sized species clustered into separate lineages. These data suggest that species richness in Melanesian Nactus is in part explained by morphological diversification enabling the presence of sympatric communities to exist, but to a greater extent by multiple instances of dispersal and extensive allopatric and parapatric speciation, especially in and around the islands of the EPCT.

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Phylogeny and phylogeography of Mantophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) reveals cryptic diversity in New Guinea

Cited by 27 publications

References 35 publications

Seven new species ofOculatella(Pseudanabaenales, Cyanobacteria): taxonomically recognizing cryptic diversification

Seven new species ofOculatella(Pseudanabaenales, Cyanobacteria): taxonomically recognizing cryptic diversification

Description of a striking new Mantophryne species (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea

Lineage diversity in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Nactus) further highlights exceptional diversity and endemism in eastern Papua New Guinea

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