Evolution in Three Genera of Australian Frogs

Main, A. R.; Lee, A. K.; Littlejohn, M. J.

doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1958.tb02949.x

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“…These speciation events appear to have occurred during the Pliocene or late Miocene rather than during the Pleistocene as Main et al (1958) postulated. Only C. georgiana was previously thought to be of Tertiary origin (Main, 1968) and, due to their morphological similarity, a Recent origin was postulated for the C. signifera-C. insignifera species groups.…”

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“…4), indicating a very strong association between C. georgiana and C. glauerti. The association of C. glauerti and C. georgiana is anomalous only because ofgross similarities in call structure and breeding site between C. glauerti and C. signifera (Main et al, 1958). Alternatively, using morphology, Finch (1951) described C. glauerti as a "doubtful species ... closely related to C. georgiana," while both of these species were hard to distinguish from C. signifera.…”

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“…Although patterns of speciation in the Australian biota are usually related to zoogeographical subregions (e.g., Serventy and Whittell, 1951;Main et al, 1958;Keast, 1961), such an interpretation for Crinia is inappropriate. In Crinia, the C. insignifera species group was labelled Eyrian after a semi-arid subregion of the southeastern continental interior, while the C. signifera species group was called Bassian after a southeastern coastal mesic subregion.…”

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“…A phylogeny derived from the multiple invasion hypothesis proposed by Main et al (1958) for the genus Crinia.…”

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“…To put these speciation events into perspective (Main et al [1958] postulated a Pleistocene origin for these species), divergence times were extrapolated from estimates of Nei's (1978) unbiased genetic distance between populations. Genetic distance (D) has been used to estimate divergence time by being related to immunological distance and rates of nucleotide substitution for which divergence times have been calibrated (Case et al, 1975;Sarich, 1977;Maxson and Maxson, 1979).…”

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“…A phylogeny derived from the multiple invasion hypothesis proposed by Main et al (1958) for the genus Crinia.…”

Section: Figmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Molecular Phylogeny of the Australian Frog Genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and Allied Taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae)

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Energy and Water in Aestivating Amphibians

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The physiological mechanisms, behavioral adjustments, and ecological associations that allow animal species to live in extreme environments have evoked the attention of many zoologists. Often, extreme environments are defined as those believed to be limiting to life in terms of water, energetic availability, and temperature. These three elements seem extreme in a number of arid and semi-arid settings that even so have been colonized by amphibians. Because this taxon is usually seen as the quintessential water-dependent ectotherm tetrapods, their presence in a number of semi-arid environments poses a number of intriguing questions regarding microhabitat choice and physiological plasticity, particularly regarding the ecological and physiological correlates of behaviors granting avoidance of the harshest conditions of semi-arid environments. Such avoidance states, generally associated to the concept of aestivation, are currently seen as a diverse and complex phenomena varying from species to species and involving numerous behavioral and metabolic adjustments that enhance survival during the drought. This chapter reviews the physiological ecology of anuran aestivation, mainly from the perspective of water and energy balance.

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Evolution in Three Genera of Australian Frogs

Cited by 43 publications

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SPECIATION IN THE GENUSCRINIA(ANURA: MYOBATRACHIDAE) IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA: A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF ALLOZYME DATA SUPPORTING ENDEMIC SPECIATION IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA

SPECIATION IN THE GENUSCRINIA(ANURA: MYOBATRACHIDAE) IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA: A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF ALLOZYME DATA SUPPORTING ENDEMIC SPECIATION IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA

Molecular Phylogeny of the Australian Frog Genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and Allied Taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae)

Energy and Water in Aestivating Amphibians

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