Phylogeography of Ptychadena mascareniensis suggests transoceanic dispersal in a widespread African‐Malagasy frog lineage

By M. Vences, J. Kosuch, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, S. Lötters, A. Channing, F. Glaw, W. Böhme. 2004

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Subfields: Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology

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Gondwanan radiation of the Southern Hemisphere crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae): evidence from fossils and molecules (2010, background): “…to the African coast (400 km) has potentially allowed colonization, even in taxa thought to be poor transoceanic disperses (Yoder et al., 2003; Vences et al., 2004; Yoder & Nowak, 2006), evidence is mounting that transoceanic dispersal is also possible over much greater distances, e.g. Africa…”
Natural colonization or introduction? Phylogeographical relationships and morphological differentiation of house geckos (Hemidactylus) from Madagascar (2004, background): “One of the two possibly nonendemic frogs from Madagascar (Ptychadena mascareniensis ) shows an identical pattern, with specimens from the extreme north and north-east having divergent and unique haplotypes (Vences et al., 2004).”
Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards (2007, unknown): “…have shown that oceanic dispersal may be more common than once thought by many biogeographers because the estimated time of divergence between focal taxa occurred after the vicariant event (Lundberg, 1993; Raxworthy et al., 2002; Nagy et al., 2003; Vences et al., 2004; Whiting et al., 2006).”
Has Vicariance or Dispersal Been the Predominant Biogeographic Force in Madagascar? Only Time Will Tell (2006, background): “Virtually all studies of Madagascar’s frogs conclude that their presence in Madagascar is best explained by dispersal, typically from Africa (Vences et al. 2003a, 2004).”
Directional asymmetry of long‐distance dispersal and colonization could mislead reconstructions of biogeography (2005, background): “Even taxa that appear to be poor dispersers have biogeographical patterns that require an inference of dispersal (e.g. amphibians, Vences et al., 2004;”
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Freshwater paths across the ocean: molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands (2006, methodology): “Interestingly, its sister species is the form named P. aff. mascareniensis A by Vences et al. (2004), a species occurring in eastern Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Egypt); however, the bootstrap support for this grouping was low (54–57%; Fig.”