FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) BT AF ROJAS, Rommel R. FOUQUET, Antoine RON, Santiago R. HERNANDEZ-RUZ, Emil Jose MELO-SAMPAIO, Paulo R. CHAPARRO, Juan C. VOGT, Richard C. DE CARVALHO, Vinicius Tadeu PINHEIRO, Leandra Cardoso AVILA, Robson W. FARIAS, Izeni Pires GORDO, Marcelo HRBEK, Tomas AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6,7;7:8;8:1,9;9:10;10:9;11:1;12:11;13:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:; C1 Univ Fed Amazonas, Dept Genet, ICB, Lab Evolut & Anim Genet, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Ctr Rech Montabo, Lab Ecol Evolut & Interact Syst Amazoniens, Cayenne, French Guiana. Pontificia Univ Catolica Ecuador, Museo Zool, Escuela Biol, Quito, Ecuador. Univ Fed Para, Campus Univ Altamira, Fac Ciencias Biol, Lab Zool, Altamira, Para, Brazil. Museu Nacl, Dept Vertebrados, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Museo Biodiversidad, Colecc Anfibios & Reptiles, Cuzco, Peru. Univ Nacl San Antonio Abad, Museo Hist Nat, Cuzco, Peru. Inst Nacl de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Coordenacao Biodiversidade, CEQUA, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Univ Reg Cariri, Ctr Ciencias Biol & Saude, Dept Ciencias Biol, Crato, Ceara, Brazil. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Para, Brazil. Univ Fed Amazonas, Dept Biol, ICB, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. C2 UNIV FED AMAZONAS, BRAZIL CNRS, FRANCE UNIV PONTIFICIA CATOLICA ECUADOR, ECUADOR UNIV FED PARA, BRAZIL MUSEU NACL, BRAZIL MUSEO BIODIVERSIDAD, PERU UNIV NACL SAN ANTONIO ABAD, PERU INPA, BRAZIL UNIV REG CARIRI, BRAZIL MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI, BRAZIL UNIV FED AMAZONAS, BRAZIL UM LEEISA IN DOAJ IF 2.353 TC 43 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00660/77219/78676.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Integrative taxonomy;Cryptic diversity;Species delimitation;Amphibians;Amazon AB Amphibians are probably the most vulnerable group to climate change and climate-change associate diseases. This ongoing biodiversity crisis makes it thus imperative to improve the taxonomy of anurans in biodiverse but understudied areas such as Amazonia. In this study, we applied robust integrative taxonomic methods combining genetic (mitochondrial 16S, 12S and COI genes), morphological and environmental data to delimit species of the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) sampled from throughout their pan-Amazonian distribution. Our study confirms the hypothesis that the species diversity of the genus is grossly underestimated. Our analyses suggest the existence of eighteen linages of which seven are nominal species, three Deep Conspecific Lineages, one Unconfirmed Candidate Species, three Uncategorized Lineages, and four Confirmed Candidate Species and described herein. We also propose a phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus and discuss its implications for historical biogeography of this Amazonian group. PY 2018 PD JUN SO Peerj SN 2167-8359 PU Peerj Inc VL 6 UT 000437963900001 DI 10.7717/peerj.4941 ID 77219 ER EF