DESCRIPTION OF A TETRAPLOID TOMOPTERNA (ANURA, RANIDAE) FROM SOUTH-AFRICA

Authors
CHANNING A BOGART JP
Citation
A. Channing et Jp. Bogart, DESCRIPTION OF A TETRAPLOID TOMOPTERNA (ANURA, RANIDAE) FROM SOUTH-AFRICA, South African journal of zoology, 31(2), 1996, pp. 80-85
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
South African journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02541858
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
80 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-1858(1996)31:2<80:DOATT(>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A new tetraploid species of sand frog, genus Tomoptema, is described f rom the eastern Cape. On the basis of mtDNA sequences, allozymes and a dvertisement calls, it appears to have arisen as a hybrid between the adjacent diploid populations of T. delalandii and T. cryptotis. The hy bridization event is estimated to have occurred 1,5 MYA. Excluding Xen opus, this is the only allotetraploid member of an advanced frog famil y that is known.