Black-spotted pond frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) on the Chinese Loess Plateau represents a cryptic species: Evidence from molecular phylogeny and ecological niche modeling
De Ma1,2†, Hua-Tao Liu1,3†, Ya-Jie Ji1†, Cheng-Min Shi1,4, Yu-Hui Yang1, and De-Xing Zhang1,4,5*
1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
3School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal College, Guiyang, China
4Center for Computational and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
5Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
De Ma, Hua-Tao Liu, Ya-Jie Ji, Cheng-Min Shi, Yu-Hui Yang, De-Xing Zhang. Black-spotted pond frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) on the Chinese Loess Plateau represents a cryptic species: Evidence from molecular phylogeny and ecological niche modeling[J]. J Syst Evol, 2015, 53(4): 339-350.