The unique traits of the subgenus Unicus within Chiasmocleis Méhely, 1094 (Anura: Microhylidae)

Chiasmocleis is the most speciose genus of Neotropical microhylids. The genus consists of three monophyletic clades that were recently recognized as subgenera. Within Chiasmocleis, the subgenus Unicus has a basal position in the phylogeny and contains a single species that occurs in the North Atlant...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: de Sá, Rafael O., Riva Tonini, João F., van Huss, Hannah, Zaher, Hussam, Haddad, Célio F.B.
Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Format: Review
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Apomorphies
Chiasmocleis
Molecular
Morphology
Unicus
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11449/189470
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.8
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Summary:Chiasmocleis is the most speciose genus of Neotropical microhylids. The genus consists of three monophyletic clades that were recently recognized as subgenera. Within Chiasmocleis, the subgenus Unicus has a basal position in the phylogeny and contains a single species that occurs in the North Atlantic Forest of Brazil, isolated from the ranges of other Chiasmocleis. However, the subgenus Unicus lacked a formal description and consequently so far was a nomen nudum. Herein, we provide a diagnosis (i.e., morphological and molecular apomorphies) of the subgenus Unicus de Sá, Tonini, van Huss, Long, Cuddy, Forlani, Peloso, Zaher and Haddad, 2019b; for convenience, the name has also been registered in ZooBank.

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