A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 543 - 583
• Main Authors: Alexander Pyron, R., Wiens, John J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2011
• Subjects: Amphibia; Animals; Anura; Anura - classification; Anura - genetics; Apoda; Bayes Theorem; caecilians; Caudata; Cell Nucleus; Cell Nucleus - genetics; Ceratophryidae; Classification; data collection; DNA, Mitochondrial; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Evolution; Frogs; Genes; genetics; Gymnophiona; Leptodactylidae; Likelihood Functions; Lissamphibia; Phylogeny; Recognition; Rhinodermatidae; salamanders and newts; Sampling; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Strategy; Supermatrix; Systematics; taxonomy; Urodela; Urodela - classification; Urodela - genetics; Vertebrates; Anura; Systematics; Apoda; Caudata; Amphibia; Lissamphibia; Gymnophiona; Phylogeny; Supermatrix

[Display omitted] ► Large-scale molecular phylogenetic estimate for Amphibia. ► Based on 2871 species: 41 caecilians, 436 salamanders, and 2394 frogs. ► Species sampled for up to 12,712 bp from nine nuclear and three mitochondrial genes. The extant amphibians are one of the most diverse radiations o...