Title
Tachiramantis lassoalcalai (Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Barros, 2010) (Anura, Craugastoridae): A new combination revealed by molecular evidence, with a description of its advertisement call
Date Issued
14 May 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
Pristimantis lassoalcalai Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Barros, 2010 is a poorly known terrarana, endemic to the eastern slope of Sierra de Perijá in Venezuela. Although a close relationship of this species with Tachiramantis has been suspected based on its overall morphological similarity, this relationship had not been tested so far. On the basis of molecular data (two fragments of the 12S and 16S mtDNA genes) obtained from the type series, we reconstruct its evolutionary relationships and establish its phylogenetic position as a member of Tachiramantis. Based on this phylogenetic hypothesis, we transfer Pristimantis lassoalcalai to Tachiramantis as Tachiramantis lassoalcalai comb. nov. In addition, we describe its advertisement call. This is the fourth known species of the genus and the second to which its vocalization is described.
Start page
372
End page
382
Volume
4778
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Biología (teórica, matemática, térmica, criobiología, ritmo biológico), Biología evolutiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85085112495
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
We thank Pablo Velozo, Paul Granado, Arlene Cardozo, Pedro Cabello, Kripsy Herrera, Rafael Alastre and Elixio Martínez for the field assistance during the surveys of March and July 2008 to Cerro Las Antenas. To Héctor Darío Socorro for allowing us to stay at his property during the prospection of Cerro Las Antenas. We acknowledge the funding provided to FJMRR by Conservation International Venezuela throughout the project “Herpetological Prospection of the Venezuelan Versant of the Sierra de Perijá”, and by Banco Federal throughout the project FED-MHNLS-09 (“Inventario de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de la vertiente venezolana de la Sierra de Perijá, estado Zulia”, under the mark of “Ley Orgánica de Ciencia y Tecnología”). FJMRR thanks to Juan Manuel Guayasamin and Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher for providing access to facilities for molecular and computational procedures. We also thank to Pedro I. Simões, Walter Schargel, Mauricio Rivera-Correa, and two anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions on an early version of the manuscript. LYEE and ACBR are both currently supported by PhD scholarships from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes). Collection permits (#4100: period 2007–2008, and #4750: period 2008–2009), and for access to genetic resources (#0076 of 22 February 2011) were issued to FJMRR and MHNLS (respectively) by the Venezuelan Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente.
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