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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Main Authors: Feinberg, Jeremy A., Newman, Catherine E., Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J., Schlesinger, Matthew D., Zarate, Brian, Curry, Brian R., Shaffer, H. Bradley, Burger, Joanna
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212910/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25354068
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108213
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