Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog (Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa

• Ben J. Evans ,

  * E-mail: evansb@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Life Sciences Building Room 328 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Timothy F. Carter,

  Affiliation Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Eli Greenbaum,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

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• Václav Gvoždík,

  Affiliations Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Kvetna 8, Brno, Czech Republic, Department of Zoology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Darcy B. Kelley,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Patrick J. McLaughlin,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Olivier S. G. Pauwels,

  Affiliation Département des Vertébrés Récents, Instítut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

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• Daniel M. Portik,

  Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Edward L. Stanley,

  Current address: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Richard C. Tinsley,

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Martha L. Tobias,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

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• David C. Blackburn

  Current address: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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