A new endemic lineage of the Andean frog genus Telmatobius (Anura, Telmatobiidae) from the western slopes of the central Andes
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Sáez, Paola A.
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Fibla, Pablo
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Correa, Claudio
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Sallaberry Ayerza, Michel
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Salinas, Hugo
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Veloso, Alberto
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Mella, Jorge
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Iturra, Patricia
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Méndez, Marco
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2018-12-20T14:14:22Z
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2018-12-20T14:14:22Z
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2014
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volumen 171, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 769-782
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10963642
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00244082
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10.1111/zoj.12152
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/155120
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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 DNA16S 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 t