Follow-up ecological studies for cryptic species discoveries: Decrypting the leopard frogs of the eastern U.S.

Cryptic species are a challenge for systematics, but their elucidation also may leave critical information gaps about the distribution, conservation status, and behavior of affected species. We use the leopard frogs of the eastern U.S. as a case study of this issue. We refined the known range of the...

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Main Authors: Matthew D Schlesinger, Jeremy A Feinberg, Nathan H Nazdrowicz, J D Kleopfer, Jeffrey C Beane, John F Bunnell, Joanna Burger, Edward Corey, Kathy Gipe, Jesse W Jaycox, Erik Kiviat, Jacob Kubel, Dennis P Quinn, Christopher Raithel, Peter A Scott, Sarah M Wenner, Erin L White, Brian Zarate, H Bradley Shaffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6226167?pdf=render