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Issue: Vol. 5352 No. 2: 3 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.4
Page range: 221-234
Abstract views: 334
PDF downloaded: 26

Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003

School for International Training; VN 41A Bis Ambohitsoa; 101 Antananarivo; Madagascar
Natural History Museum of Denmark; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 15; 2100; Copenhagen Ø; Denmark
Cardiff University; School of Biosciences; Sir Martin Evans Building; Museum Avenue; Cardiff; CF103AX; UK
CIBIO; Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; InBIO Laboratório Associado; Campus de Vairão; Universidade do Porto; 4485-661 Vairão; Portugal; Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; rua do Campo Alegre s/n; 4169– 007 Porto; Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics; Biodiversity and Land Planning; CIBIO; Campus de Vairão; 4485-661 Vairão; Portugal
Institute for Biochemistry and Biology; University of Potsdam; Karl-Liebknecht Str.24-25; 14476 Potsdam; Germany; Museum für Naturkunde — Leibnitz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science; Invalidenstr. 43; 10115 Berlin; Germany
Department of Animal Biology; University of Antananarivo; 101 Antananarivo; Madagascar
Wildlife Conservation Society; Ankiakabe; 512 Maroantsetra; Madagascar
Wildlife Conservation Society; Ankiakabe; 512 Maroantsetra; Madagascar
Wildlife Conservation Society; Ankiakabe; 512 Maroantsetra; Madagascar
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali; Via G. Giolitti; 36; 10123 Torino; Italy
Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB); Münchhausenstr. 21; 81247 München; Germany
Zoological Institute; Braunschweig University of Technology; Mendelssohnstr. 4; 38106 Braunschweig; Germany
Amphibia Anura ventral coloration Cophylinae molecular genetics museomics color polymorphism

Abstract

The Malagasy frog Platypelis mavomavo from Ambolokopatrika in the North East of Madagascar was originally diagnosed based on its bright yellow venter, but only limited information on this species has become available after its initial description in 2003. Several Platypelis specimens with yellow ventral color have been erroneously assigned to this species due to a lack of DNA sequences from the P. mavomavo type series. On the other hand, the candidate species Platypelis sp. Ca10 from Andranomapanga in the Northern Central East of Madagascar with gray ventral color has been defined based on its genetic differentiation from other nominal Platypelis species. Here we study the genetic variation of P. mavomavo and P. sp. Ca10 based on mitochondrial (16S rRNA) and nuclear-encoded (RAG-1) genes, including a newly determined sequence from the P. mavomavo holotype, which was studied using a museomics approach. We find only limited genetic variation among the samples studied, and this variation is unlinked to ventral coloration but instead reflects geographic distribution. We, therefore, conclude that P. sp. Ca10 is a gray-colored variant of P. mavomavo, and that P. mavomavo is rather widespread in the North East and Northern Central East of Madagascar, with populations in areas bordering the North West (Ambohitantely) and Sambirano (Ampotsidy) geographic regions, and the yellow-bellied morph restricted to the North East (Makira, Ambolokopatrika). Due to the range extension of P. mavomavo, the conservation status of the species requires re-assessment.

 

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