title: A molecular phylogeny recovers Strabomantis aramunha Cassimiro, Verdade and Rodrigues, 2008 and Haddadus binotatus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Terrarana) as sister taxa.
abstract: The taxonomic and biogeographic affinities of Strabomantis aramunha from the Campos Rupestres of Brazil are intriguing. A unique skull morphology of females suggest affinities with the broad-headed eleutherodactylines of Northwestern South America in the genus Strabomantis. Male and juvenile morphology nonetheless suggest S. aramunha could be related to members of the recently described genus Haddadus from eastern Brazil. We assess the affinities of S. aramunha using molecular phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial (12S, tRNAval, 16S, cyt b) and nuclear sequences (RAG-1and rhodopsin). Bayesian inference, likelihood, and parsimony analysis recover a highly supported clade with S. aramunha and H. binotatus as sister taxa. Accordingly, we transfer S. aramunha to Haddadus, and provide a new generic definition of the later. The distribution of species in Haddadus (highlands of the Espinhaço mountain Range and coastal eastern Brazil) is now concordant with the general pattern observed for other species in the area.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 11.461, 05422-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: amarorc@usp.br.
authors.forename: Renata C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Amaro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Clarissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Canedo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, 40170-115, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marcelo F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Napoli
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Flora A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Juncá
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Avenida dos Estados, n5001, 09210-971 Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Vanessa K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Verdade
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista ''Júlio de Mesquita Filho'', Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, 13506-900 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Célio F B
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 11.461, 05422-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Miguel T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004247:DNA