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SUBMITTER: Schneider RG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791353 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schneider Rosio G RG Cardozo Dario E DE Brusquetti Francisco F Kolenc Francisco F Borteiro Claudio C Haddad Célio C Basso Nestor G NG Baldo Diego D
PeerJ 20191011
A new species of <i>Leptodactylus</i> frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the South American Gran Chaco, morphologically similar and previously confused with the widespread <i>Leptodactylus mystacinus</i>, is described through the use of multiple sources of evidence (molecular, external morphology, coloration, osteology, bioacoustics, and behavior). The phylogenetic analysis with partial sequences of mitochondrial rDNA genes (12S and 16S) recovered the new species within the <i>L. fuscus</i> grou ...[more]