Cryptic Diversity in Metropolis: Confirmation of a New Leopard Frog Species (Anura: Ranidae) from New York City and Surrounding Atlantic Coast Regions

We describe a new cryptic species of leopard frog from the New York City metropolitan area and surrounding coastal regions. This species is morphologically similar to two largely parapatric eastern congeners, Rana sphenocephala and R. pipiens. We primarily use bioacoustic and molecular data to chara...

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Autores principales: Feinberg, Jeremy A., Newman, Catherine E., Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J., Schlesinger, Matthew D., Zarate, Brian, Curry, Brian R., Shaffer, H. Bradley, Burger, Joanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25354068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108213

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