Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador

Alejandro Arteaga; R. Alexander Pyron; Nicolás Peñafiel; Paulina Romero-Barreto; Jaime Culebras; Lucas Bustamante; Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz; Juan M. Guayasamin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151746

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Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador

Alejandro Arteaga ,

* E-mail: alejandro@tropicalherping.com

Affiliations Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador, Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-3728

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R. Alexander Pyron,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Nicolás Peñafiel,

Affiliation Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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Paulina Romero-Barreto,

Affiliations Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador, Fundación EcoCiencia, Programa para la Conservación de Especies y Ecosistemas Amenazados en Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Jaime Culebras,

Affiliation Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante,

Affiliations Tropical Herping, Quito, Ecuador, Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz,

Affiliation División de Herpetología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
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Juan M. Guayasamin

Affiliation Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático (BioCamb), Ingeniería en Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias de Medio Ambiente, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
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Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in Northwestern Ecuador

Alejandro Arteaga,
R. Alexander Pyron,
Nicolás Peñafiel,
Paulina Romero-Barreto,
Jaime Culebras,
Lucas Bustamante,
Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz,
Juan M. Guayasamin

Published: April 27, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151746

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