Mitochondrial diversity of Western spadefoot toads, Pelobates cultripes, in northwestern Spain

Authors: Crottini, Angelica¹; Galán, Pedro²; Vences, Miguel³

Source: Amphibia-Reptilia, Volume 31, Number 3, 2010 , pp. 443-448(6)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

We analysed the DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene for 49 specimens of the Western spadefoot toad, Pelobates cultripes, from Spain, and one sample from France, with a focus on populations from Galicia in northwestern Spain. Our results point to a generally low mitochondrial differentiation of the species across its distributional range although some phylogeographic structure was detected. Galician populations from coastal localities, from the A Limia region, and from Monforte appeared to be closely related, whereas the only available sample from the relict Galician population from near O Barco de Valdeorras has the same haplotype as the samples from Burgos, in central Spain.

Keywords: AMPHIBIA; CYTOCHROME B; GALICIA; GENETIC DIVERSITY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PELOBATIDAE

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853810791769527

Affiliations: 1: Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany, Sezione di Zoologia e Citologia, Dipartimento di Biologia, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy;, Email: tiliquait@yahoo.it 2: Departamento de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain;, Email: pgalan@udc.es 3: Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

Publication date: 2010-07-01

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