Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Malagasy frogs of the genus Gephyromantis.
The genus Gephyromantis is a clade within the Malagasy-Comoroan family Mantellidae composed of rainforest frogs that live and breed to varying degrees independently from water. Based on DNA sequences of five mitochondrial and five nuclear genes we inferred the phylogeny of these frogs with full taxon coverage at the species level. Our preferred consensus tree from a partitioned Bayesian analysis of 5843 base pairs of 51 nominal and candidate species supports various major clades within the genus although the basal relationships among these remain unresolved. The data provide strong evidence for the monophyly of the subgenera Gephyromantis (after exclusion of Gephyromantis klemmeri), Laurentomantis, Vatomantis, and Phylacomantis. Species assigned to the subgenus Duboimantis belong to two strongly supported clades of uncertain relationships. G. klemmeri, previously in the subgenus Gephyromantis, was placed with high support sister to the Laurentomantis clade, and the Laurentomantis+G. klemmeri clade was sister to Vatomantis. A reconstruction of ancestral distribution areas indicates a diversification of several subgenera in the northern biogeographic regions of Madagascar and the dispersal out of northern Madagascar for several clades.
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany.
Nathalie
N
Kaffenberger
Katharina C
KC
Wollenberg
Jörn
J
Köhler
Frank
F
Glaw
David R
DR
Vieites
Miguel
M
Vences
D029845:Amphibian Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008270:Madagascar; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D029845:Amphibian Proteins; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C064655:V(D)J recombination activating protein 2; C064658:RAG-1 protein; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase