Title
Diversity and phylogeography of Northeast Asian brown frogs allied to Rana Dybowskii (Anura, Ranidae)
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Publication Date
7-1-2017
Volume
112
First Page
148
Last Page
157
Publisher
Academic Press Inc.
Keywords
Brown frog, Changbai Mountain Range, East Sea, Rana pirica, Rana uenoi, Sea of Japan
Abstract
We investigated the species diversity and phylogeography of the Northeast Asian brown frogs allied to Rana dybowskii (the R. dybowskii species complex: R. dybowskii, R. pirica, and R. uenoi) using four mitochondrial and three nuclear loci. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed the existence of three distinct species in this complex; using extensive molecular data, we confirm the validity of Rana uenoi recognized as a distinct species, and infer R. dybowskii and R. pirica to be sister species. Also, we included populations from previously unsampled regions in Northeast China, and identified them to be R. dybowskii. While many species in Northeast Asia diverged due to Pleistocene glaciation, divergence-dating analyses inferred older, Miocene speciation in the R. dybowskii species complex. Ancestral area reconstruction identified the orogenic movement of the Changbai Mountain Range and the opening of the Sea of Japan/East Sea being major events influencing allopatric speciation.
DOI
10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.026
Print ISSN
10557903
E-ISSN
10959513
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Recommended Citation
Yang, B.-T., Zhou, Y., Min, M.-S., Matsui, M., Dong, B.-J., Li, P.-P., & Fong, J. J. (2017). Diversity and phylogeography of Northeast Asian brown frogs allied to Rana Dybowskii (Anura, Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 112, 148-157. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.026
