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ZOOTAXA
卷 3661, 期 1, 页码 1-+出版社
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3661.1.1
关键词
North Africa; Maghreb; Amphibia; Anura; Urodela; tadpole; identification key
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资金
- Portuguese Integrated Program of ICDT [1/SAESCTN/ALENT-07-0224-FEDER-001755]
- DAPTF seed-grant
- FI-DGR grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain [2013FI_B1 00110]
- Societas Europaea Herpetologica
- JAE program (CSIC, Spain)
- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Spain [CGL2009-11663/BOS]
The amphibian fauna of the Kingdom of Morocco was traditionally regarded as poor and closely related to its European counterpart. However, an increase in research during the last decades revealed a considerable degree of endemism amongst Moroccan amphibians, as well as phenotypic and genotypic inter-and intraspecific divergence. Despite this increase in knowledge, a comprehensible overview is lacking while several systematic issues have remained unresolved. We herein present a contemporary overview of the distribution, taxonomy and biogeography of Moroccan amphibians. Fourteen fieldtrips were made by the authors and colleagues between 2000 and 2012, which produced a total of 292 new distribution records. Furthermore, based on the results of the present work, we (i) review the systematics of the genus Salamandra in Morocco, including the description of a new subspecies from the Rif- and Middle Atlas Mountains, Salamandra algira splendens ssp. nov.; (ii) present data on intraspecific morphological variability of Pelobates varaldii and Pleurodeles waltl in Morocco; (iii) attempt to resolve the phylogenetic position of Bufo brongersmai and erect a new genus for this species, Barbarophryne gen. nov.; (iv) summarize and assess the availability of tadpole-specific characteristics and bioacoustical data, and (v) summarize natural history data.
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