Sri Lanka: An Amphibian Hot Spot

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 298; no. 5592; p. 379
• Main Authors: Meegaskumbura, M., Bossuyt, F., Pethiyagoda, R., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Bahir, M., Milinkovitch, M. C., Schneider, C. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Association for the Advancement of Science 11.10.2002; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Amphibia; Amphibians; Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Anura - anatomy & histology; Anura - classification; Anura - genetics; Anura - physiology; Applied ecology; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Evolution; Biological taxonomies; Brevia; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Departments; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Ecosystem; Eggs; Embryonic Development; Endemic species; Fauna; Female; Freshwater; Frogs; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics; Male; Molecular Biology; Molecular Sequence Data; New species; Oviposition; Ovum - physiology; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; Phylogeny; Population ecology; Reptiles & amphibians; Rhacophoridae; Rhacophorinae; Scientific Research; Species; Species diversity; Sri Lanka; Trees; Zoology; Asia; Sri Lanka; Species diversity; Vertebrata; Animal community; Amphibia; Animal conservation; Environmental monitoring; Population decline
• ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5592.379

Meegaskumbura et al report the discovery of an endemic radiation of more than 100 species of Old World tree frogs from Sri Lanka, an island from which only 18 rhacophorine species were known previously.