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Species boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura : Myobatrachidae) in north-eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species

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dc.contributor.authorMahony, M.
dc.contributor.authorDonnellan, S.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, S.
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, K.
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Mixophyes are large ground-dwelling myobatrachid frogs from eastern Australia and New Guinea. We use analyses of allozyme frequencies, nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA and morphology to define species boundaries in Mixophyes from the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of northern Queensland. The molecular analyses identify a minimum of three species in the region. Morphometric and meristic analyses corroborate these distinctions. The existence of two of these species was not previously suspected, and they are formally described herein.</jats:p>
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMichael Mahony, Stephen C. Donnellan, Stephen J. Richards & Keith McDonald
dc.identifier.citationZootaxa, 2006; 1228(1228):35-60
dc.identifier.doi10.11646/zootaxa.1228.1.3
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.issn1175-5334
dc.identifier.orcidDonnellan, S. [0000-0002-5448-3226]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/24027
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1228.1.3
dc.subjectallozyme electrophoresis
dc.subjectAnura
dc.subjectMixophyes
dc.subjectmorphology
dc.subjectspecies boundaries
dc.titleSpecies boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura : Myobatrachidae) in north-eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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