Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 141; p. 106615
• Main Authors: Dufresnes, Christophe, Mazepa, Glib, Jablonski, Daniel, Oliveira, Ricardo Caliari, Wenseleers, Tom, Shabanov, Dmytro A., Auer, Markus, Ernst, Raffael, Koch, Claudia, Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E., Mulder, Kevin Patrick, Simonov, Evgeniy, Tiutenko, Arthur, Kryvokhyzha, Dmytro, Wennekes, Paul L., Zinenko, Oleksandr I., Korshunov, Oleksiy V., Al-Johany, Awadh M., Peregontsev, Evgeniy A., Masroor, Rafaqat, Betto-Colliard, Caroline, Denoël, Mathieu, Borkin, Leo J., Skorinov, Dmitriy V., Pasynkova, Roza A., Mazanaeva, Lyudmila F., Rosanov, Juriy M., Dubey, Sylvain, Litvinchuk, Spartak
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: admixture; Allopolyploidization; allopolyploidy; amphibian; Animals; Balkans; bioacoustics; Biological Evolution; Bufonidae; Bufonidae - classification; Bufonidae - genetics; Bufonidae - physiology; Bufotes balearicus; Bufotes boulengeri; Bufotes boulengeri siculus; Bufotes cypriensis; Bufotes latastii; Bufotes perrini; Bufotes sitibundus; Bufotes surdus; Bufotes turanensis; Bufotes viridis; call; Central Asia; Cryptic species; Cyprus; cyto-nuclear discordances; data collection; description; diploidy; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities; Eurasia; genetic; genetic analysis; Genetic Speciation; Genetics & genetic processes; genome; Genome Size; Genome, Mitochondrial; Genomics; green toad; Green toads; Génétique & processus génétiques; holotype; Hybrid speciation; hybridization; Hybridization, Genetic; Life Sciences; lowlands; mating behavior; mitochondria; Mitochondria - genetics; mitochondrial DNA; morphometry; mt-DNA; new species; Phenotype; Phylogenomics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Principal Component Analysis; RAD Seq; RAD sequencing; radiation; reproductive isolation; Sciences du vivant; taxon descriptions; Time Factors; toads; toxin; Zoologie; Zoology; Cyprus; Central Asia; Eurasia; Hybrid speciation; Cryptic species; Bufonidae; Allopolyploidization; RAD sequencing; Green toads

[Display omitted] •15 Bufotes species dissected by genomics and multiple genetic/biometric datasets.•Widespread mitochondrial replacements and the super-cryptic species concept.•Diverse but asymmetric origins of allopolyploid hybrid species.•A discontinuous speciation continuum across 10 pairs of hy...