Morphological differentiation of endemic water frogs (Ranidae:
Pelophylax) from the southwestern Balkans

J 2021

Morphological differentiation of endemic water frogs (Ranidae: Pelophylax) from the southwestern Balkans

PAPEŽÍK, Petr, Maroš KUBALA, Daniel JABLONSKI, Marie DOLEŽÁLKOVÁ-KAŠTÁNKOVÁ, Lukáš CHOLEVA et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Morphological differentiation of endemic water frogs (Ranidae: Pelophylax) from the southwestern Balkans

Autoři

PAPEŽÍK, Petr (garant), Maroš KUBALA, Daniel JABLONSKI, Marie DOLEŽÁLKOVÁ-KAŠTÁNKOVÁ, Lukáš CHOLEVA, Michal BENOVICS (703 Slovensko, domácí) a Peter MIKULÍČEK

Vydání

Salamandra, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Herpetologie, Und Terrarienkunde, 2021, 0036-3375

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10617 Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.765

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00121377

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000619821500010

Klíčová slova anglicky

Amphibia; Anura; morphometry; endemism; hybridization; microsatellites; species identification

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 27. 4. 2021 16:53, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The southwestern Balkans is inhabited by three endemic water frog species, Pelophylax shqipericus, P. epeiroticus and P. kurtmuelleri. Although these species are genetically and bioacoustically distinct from each other, their morphological differentiation is less pronounced as is generally observed in the genus Pelophylax. In this study, we analyzed morphological data of 215 individuals of these Balkan endemics in order to evaluate their morphological variability and facilitate their identification in the field. Moreover, since P. kurtmuelleri is a disputable taxon, we compared it with closely related P. ridibundus from Central Europe. The most pronounced morphological differences expressed by the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the discriminant analysis of the principal components (DAPC) were found between P. kurtmuelleri and the two other Balkan species. Pelophylax kurtmuelleri and P. ridibundus, as well as P. shqipericus and P. epeiroticus were only slightly differentiated by morphology, which demonstrates that the morphological characters measured do not reflect the genetic divergence of the species and are weak indicators of their taxonomic status. Morphological characters suitable for species identification include a combination of indices L/CINT, T/CINT, L/T, and DP/CINT (L - snout-vent length, CINT-length of the metatarsal tubercle, T - length of the tibia, DP - length of the first toe), and qualitative traits like the pattern and shape of the lateral spots, presence/absence of yellow pigment in the flanks and thighs, foot webbing colouration, size and shape of the metatarsal tubercle, and colouration of the male vocal sacs.

Citovat

PAPEŽÍK, Petr, Maroš KUBALA, Daniel JABLONSKI, Marie DOLEŽÁLKOVÁ-KAŠTÁNKOVÁ, Lukáš CHOLEVA, Michal BENOVICS a Peter MIKULÍČEK. Morphological differentiation of endemic water frogs (Ranidae: Pelophylax) from the southwestern Balkans. Salamandra. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Herpetologie, Und Terrarienkunde, 2021, roč. 57, č. 1, s. 105-123. ISSN 0036-3375.

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PAPEŽÍK, Petr, Maroš KUBALA, Daniel JABLONSKI, Marie DOLEŽÁLKOVÁ-KAŠTÁNKOVÁ, Lukáš CHOLEVA, Michal BENOVICS a Peter MIKULÍČEK. Morphological differentiation of endemic water frogs (Ranidae: Pelophylax) from the southwestern Balkans. \textit{Salamandra}. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Herpetologie, Und Terrarienkunde, 2021, roč.~57, č.~1, s.~105-123. ISSN~0036-3375.

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