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Conradie, Werner
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Keates, Chad
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Lobon-Rovira, Javier
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Pinto, Pedro Vaz
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Verburgt, Luke
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Baptista, Ninda L.
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Harvey, James
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dc.contributor.author |
Julio, Timoteo
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-08-03T10:12:11Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Kassinula is a monotypic genus of small frog in the family Hyperoliidae, only represented by Kassinula wittei. This species morphologically resembles both Kassina Girard, 1853 and Afrixalus Laurent, 1944, and its taxonomic status has been debated for decades. It has previously been subsumed within Kassina, and is currently placed as a sister genus to Afrixalus, although it has not been included in any phylogenetic studies until now. This species is poorly represented in museum collections and is only known from fewer than 35 specimens from southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjacent Zambia. Newly collected material from central Angola, a range extension of 400–800 km west of previously known localities, allowed us to revisit the taxonomic placement of the genus with the aid of phylogenetic analysis and shed light on its geographic distribution, morphology and natural history. Although our phylogenetic analysis is limited to a single mitochondrial gene (16S), we place Kassinula in the subfamily Hyperoliinae and closely related to Afrixalus, with a high degree of confidence. Further phylogenetic studies are needed before formally synonymising Afrixalus with Kassinula. |
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dc.description.department |
Zoology and Entomology |
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dc.description.embargo |
2021-11-11 |
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dc.description.librarian |
hj2021 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Genetic
analyses were funded by The Wild Bird Trust National Geographic
Okavango Wilderness Project and by FCT through the BIODIV Africa Doctoral Programme at CIBIO. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tafz20 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Werner Conradie, Chad Keates, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Luke
Verburgt, Ninda L Baptista, James Harvey & Timóteo Júlio (2020) New insights into the taxonomic
status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940),
African Zoology, 55:4, 311-322, DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2020.1821771. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1562-7020 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2224-073X (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1080/15627020.2020.1821771 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81100 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group) |
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dc.rights |
© Zoological Society of Southern Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in African Zoology, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 311-322, 2020. doi : 10.1080/15627020.2020.1821771. African Zoology is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tafz20. |
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dc.subject |
Amphibia |
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dc.subject |
Angola |
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dc.subject |
Miniaturisation |
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dc.subject |
Okavango |
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dc.subject |
Hyperoliinae |
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dc.subject |
Kassinula wittei |
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dc.title |
New insights into the taxonomic status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940) |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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