Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae)

Bellati, Adriana; Scherz, Mark D.; Megson, Steven; Roberts, Sam; Andreone, Franco; Rosa, Gonçalo M.; Noël, Jean; Randrianirina, Jasmin E.; Fasola, Mauro; Glaw, Frank; Crottini, Angelica

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“…In that role, the MFG has encouraged and facilitated long-term research focused on the reserve's incredibly rich frog community, which has led to an increasing number of scientific contributions over the past decade (Andreone et al 2010;Rosa et al 2011;Rosa et al 2012;Rosa et al 2014;Bellati et al 2018). More recent surveys have revised Betampona's species list that now includes over 80 frog species (A. Crottini, pers.…”

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High interannual variability of a climate-driven amphibian community in a seasonal rainforest

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Seasonality exerts strong pressures on biodiversity patterns. Yet, temporal beta-diversity is poorly studied in tropical systems, and the drivers of variability in amphibian activity and seasonality remain largely unknown. We quantified intra-and interannual variation in temporal beta-diversity relying on a nine-year, year-round survey (51 species, n > 23 000) performed in a protected area (Betampona, Madagascar). We assessed the dependence on climate of beta-diversity and abundance using a distance-based redundancy analysis and generalised linear mixed models, respectively. Despite the majority of species being preferentially active during one specific period, beta-diversity and abundance were more variable between years than within years. Temporal variation in beta-diversity was best explained by temperature (but climate accounted for only 2% of variation). Species abundance was best explained by temperature (for 32% of the tested species), monthly humidity (30%) and monthly rainfall (24%). We found no climatic dependence for 24% of the species. Our results suggest that studies focusing on species phenology can be misleading when based on single-year surveys even in seasonal systems. The high interannual variability in diversity may be due to an adaptive responses to an important regime of stochastic events. Given the direction of the relationships between weather and abundances, we predict that a large proportion of amphibians would suffer from climate change in Madagascar. We emphasise the need to account for multiple temporal scales in studies of tropical species composition and abundance to better understand species phenology and their response to climate change, and make targeted conservation actions more effective.

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Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878

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Cryptic species have been detected in many groups of organisms and must be assumed to make up a significant portion of global biodiversity. We study geckos of the Ebenavia inunguis complex from Madagascar and surrounding islands and use species delimitation algorithms (GMYC, BOLD, BPP), COI barcode divergence, diagnostic codon indels in the nuclear marker PRLR, diagnostic categorical morphological characters, and significant differences in continuous morphological characters for its taxonomic revision. BPP yielded ≥ 10 operational taxonomic units, whereas GMYC (≥ 27) and BOLD (26) suggested substantial oversplitting. In consequnce, we resurrect Ebenavia boettgeri Boulenger 1885 and describe Ebenavia tuelinae sp. nov., Ebenavia safari sp. nov., and Ebenavia robusta sp. nov., increasing the number of recognised species in Ebenavia from two to six. Further lineages of Ebenavia retrieved by BPP may warrant species or subspecies status, but further taxonomic conclusions are postponed until more data become available. Finally, we present an identification key to the genus Ebenavia, provide an updated distribution map, and discuss the diagnostic values of computational species delimitation as well as morphological and molecular diagnostic characters.

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Molecular taxonomic identification and species-level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genusRhombophryne(Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar

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Scherz

Santos

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Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae)

Cited by 4 publications

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High interannual variability of a climate-driven amphibian community in a seasonal rainforest

High interannual variability of a climate-driven amphibian community in a seasonal rainforest

Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878

Molecular taxonomic identification and species-level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genusRhombophryne(Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar

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