A new endemic lineage of the Andean frog genusTelmatobius(Anura, Telmatobiidae) from the western slopes of the central Andes
2014/07/24 by Paola A. Sáez, Pablo Fibla, Claudio Correa +6 · 41 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Biology #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Zoology
paper · open access · doi:10.1111/zoj.12152
published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(4), 769-782 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2014/07/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Abstract
The amphibian genus Telmatobius is a diverse group of species that inhabits the Andes. This study analysed the phylogenetic relationships of 19 species described from the central Andes of Chile and Bolivia, and 12 undescribed populations of Chile. A molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial DNA 16S and cytochrome b shows that the Chilean species belong to three groups: (1) the Telmatobius marmoratus group, widespread in the Chilean and Bolivian Altiplano; (2) the Telmatobius hintoni group, including the species Telmatobius philippii, Telmatobius fronteriensis, and Telmatobius huayra, occurring in the south-western Altiplano of Chile and Bolivia, and (3) the Telmatobius zapahuirensis group, a new clade which also includes Telmatobius chusmisensis, Telmatobius dankoi, and Telmatobius vilamensis, restricted to western slopes of the Andes, and which was recovered as more closely related to the T. hintoni group than the T. marmoratus group. The divergence times between clades were traced to the late Pleistocene. The molecular phylogeny also confirmed that the groups of the Altiplano and western Andes slopes form a clade separated from the species that inhabit the eastern Andes (Telmatobius verrucosus and Telmatobius bolivianus groups), supporting the forest origin of the Altiplano groups proposed by several previous authors.
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