SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MANTELLINAE LAURENT 1946 (ANURA-RANOIDEA)

被引:47
作者
BLOMMERSSCHLOSSER, RMA
机构
[1] Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1009 AT
关键词
ANURA; MICROHYLOIDEA; RANOIDEA; MANTELLINAE; RHACOPHORIDAE; OSTEOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1080/08927014.1993.9523105
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Different opinions exist about mantelline relationships. Major causes are differences in observations on tarsals and car-pals, and the fact that no consensus has been reached concerning the systematics of the other ranoid frogs, so making it difficult to determine the polarity of character states. Therefore a series of osteological characters was investigated in several ranoids, especially in the Mantellinae, and a cladogram of the ''firmisternal'' frogs was constructed. This cladogram splits into two main branches; the Microhyloidea containing the Sooglossidae, Dendrobatidae, Microhylidae and Hemisotidae (including the Brevicipitinae) and the Ranoidea comprising the Arthroleptidae, Hyperoliidae and Ranidae, including the Mantellinae and Rhacophorinae. With the arthroleptid-hyperoliid lineage as outgroup, the cladogram of the Ranidae shows a stepwise increase of derived features, each step being represented by a subfamily. These features, plus the intercalary element are shared by the monophyletic Mantellinae and Rhacophorinae. Therefore both are regarded as ranid subfamilies. As a result the Ranidae contains the Raninae, Cacosterninae, Nyctibatrachinae (new subfamily), Petropedetinae, Indiraninae (new subfamily), Mantellinae and Rhacophorinae.
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