Phylogenetic analysis of direct-developing frogs (Anura, Terrarana, Craugastoridae)

• Grant number: 14/03585-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Taran Grant
• Grantee: Jhon Jairo Ospina Sarria
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/25070-0 - The importance of integrating morphological and molecular evidence into phylogenetic analyses of the frog Family Craugastoridae (Anura: Brachycephaloidea), BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Direct-developing frogs have undergone significant changes in their systematics. These changes are mainly due to limited taxon sampling, characters and preferences for a type of evidence in analysis (morphological or molecular). Terrarana currently consists of 989 species in four families (Brachycephalidae, Ceuthomantidae, Craugastoridae, Eleutherodactylidae), where the family Craugastoridae represents 73% of this diversity. The Family Craugastoridae includes four subfamilies, 19 genera and a large number of groups below the general level (series of species and groups of species). These groups have been proposed on the basis of morphological similarities and until now few phylogenetic analyzes have tested its validity. From this we propose to analyze the combined evidence (molecular and morphological) by the parsimony method for family Craugastoridae (except genus Pristimantis). This analysis focused on testing the validity of these groups and genus, for which the morphology as evidence has not yet been implemented. With this we intend to establish hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships that allow understanding of the evolutionary history of this diverse family. (AU)

Scientific publications

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PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; BLOTTO, BORIS L.; BALDO, DIEGO; CHAPARRO, JUAN C.; RON, SANTIAGO R.; ELIAS-COSTA, AGUSTIN J.; IGLESIAS, PATRICIA P.; VENEGAS, PABLO J.; THOME, MARIA TEREZA C.; OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; et al. VOLUTION IN THE GENUS RHINELLA: A TOTAL EVIDENCE PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF NEOTROPICAL TRUE TOADS (ANURA: BUFONIDAE. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, n. 447, p. 1-155, MAR 31 2021. (12/10000-5, 14/03585-2, 15/11237-7, 13/20423-3, 16/25070-0, 13/50741-7, 18/15425-0)

OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; RAMIREZ-PINILLA, MARTHA PATRICIA; GRANT, TARAN. Fused Testes in Neotropical Frogs of the Genus Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae): New Insights Into a Poorly Known Character in Vertebrates. Journal of Morphology, v. 286, n. 9, p. 9-pg., 2025-09-13. (18/15425-0, 12/10000-5, 14/03585-2, 16/25070-0)

OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; GRANT, TARAN. New phenotypic synapomorphies delimit three molecular-based clades of New World direct-developing frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephaloidea). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 195, n. 3, p. 19-pg., 2021-09-29. (18/15425-0, 14/03585-2, 16/25070-0, 12/10000-5)

JAIRO OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON; ANGARITA-SIERRA, TEDDY. A New Species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Eastern Slope of the Cordillera Oriental, Arauca, Colombia. Herpetologica, v. 76, n. 1, p. 83-92, MAR 2020. (16/25070-0, 14/03585-2)

OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; DUELLMAN, WILLIAM E.. Two New Species of Pristimantis (Amphibia: Anura: Strabomantidae) from Southwestern Colombia. Herpetologica, v. 75, n. 1, p. 85-95, MAR 2019. (12/10000-5, 14/03585-2, 16/25070-0)

PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; WOMACK, MOLLY C.; SEBASTIAN BARRIONUEVO, J.; BLOTTO, BORIS L.; BALDO, DIEGO; TARGINO, MARIANE; OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; GUAYASAMIN, JUAN M.; COLOMA, LUIS A.; HOKE, KIM L.; et al. The complex evolutionary history of the tympanic middle ear in frogs and toads (Anura). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 6, SEP 28 2016. (12/10000-5, 14/03585-2, 13/20423-3, 13/50741-7, 12/09401-5)

JAIRO OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON; CABRA-GARCIA, JIMMY. Parsimony analysis of unaligned sequence data: some clarifications. CLADISTICS, v. 34, n. 5, p. 574-577, OCT 2018. (13/20262-0, 12/10000-5, 14/03585-2, 16/04437-2, 16/25070-0)

GARCIA-GOMEZ, ISABELLA; PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; CABRA-GARCIA, JIMMY; JAIRO OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON. Evolutionary history of secondary sexual characters in the most species-rich genus of anurans, the direct-developing frogs of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, n. 2, p. 18-pg., 2022-05-09. (14/03585-2, 16/25070-0)

JAIRO OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON; ANGARITA-SIERRA, TEDDY. A New Species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Eastern Slope of the Cordillera Oriental, Arauca, Colombia. Herpetologica, v. 76, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2020-03-01. (14/03585-2, 16/25070-0)

OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; ANGARITA-SIERRA, TEDDY; PEDROZA-BANDA, RAUL. A New Species of Craugastor (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Magdalena River Valley, Colombia, with Evaluation of the Characters used to Identify Species of the Craugastor fitzingeri Group. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 10, n. 3, p. 165-177, DEC 2015. (14/03585-2, 12/10000-5)