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Issue: Vol. 4258 No. 5: 2 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.2
Page range: 425–442
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Concentrated evolutionary novelties in the foot musculature of Odontophrynidae (Anura: Neobatrachia), with comments on adaptations for burrowing

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"–Conicet, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina. Coleção de Anfíbios, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 04263-000, Brazil.
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"–Conicet, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina.
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"–Conicet, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Argentina.
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil.
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil. Coleção de Anfíbios, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 04263-000, Brazil.
Anatomy fossorial Macrogenioglottus Odontophrynus Proceratophrys synapomorphy Amphibia

Abstract

We studied the foot musculature of the fossorial family Odontophrynidae (composed of the genera Macrogenioglottus, Odontophrynus, and Proceratophrys) plus several outgroup taxa from Hyloidea and other burrowing taxa from across Anura. We found novel character-states supporting the monophyly of Odontophrynus, Proceratophrys, and Odontophrynus + Macrogenioglottus. The character-states observed in O. cultripes support conflicting phylogenetic positions within Odontophrynus. A comparison of some novel character-states with a diverse sample of burrowing taxa suggests that some modifications of the foot musculature might be involved in digging.

 

 

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