Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata

The salamander family Sirenidae is represented by four extant species that are restricted to North America. Sirens are abundant throughout the southern United States and are among the world’s largest amphibians, yet the biology, ecology, and phylogeography of this group is poorly-known. In this stud...

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Autores principales: Graham, Sean P., Kline, Richard, Steen, David A., Kelehear, Crystal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30517124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207460
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description The salamander family Sirenidae is represented by four extant species that are restricted to North America. Sirens are abundant throughout the southern United States and are among the world’s largest amphibians, yet the biology, ecology, and phylogeography of this group is poorly-known. In this study we use morphological and genetic evidence to describe a previously unrecognized species from southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle. We name this species the Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata. Future studies will enable more precise phylogenetic information about S. reticulata and will almost surely reveal additional undescribed species within the family.
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spelling pubmed-62812242018-12-20 Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata Graham, Sean P. Kline, Richard Steen, David A. Kelehear, Crystal PLoS One Research Article The salamander family Sirenidae is represented by four extant species that are restricted to North America. Sirens are abundant throughout the southern United States and are among the world’s largest amphibians, yet the biology, ecology, and phylogeography of this group is poorly-known. In this study we use morphological and genetic evidence to describe a previously unrecognized species from southern Alabama and the Florida panhandle. We name this species the Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata. Future studies will enable more precise phylogenetic information about S. reticulata and will almost surely reveal additional undescribed species within the family. Public Library of Science 2018-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6281224/ /pubmed/30517124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207460 Text en © 2018 Graham et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata
title Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata
title_full Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata
title_fullStr Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata
title_full_unstemmed Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata
title_short Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata
title_sort description of an extant salamander from the gulf coastal plain of north america: the reticulated siren, siren reticulata
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30517124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207460
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