Evolutionary Relationships among Central American Salamanders of the Bolitoglossa Franklini Group, with a Description of a New Species from Guatemala
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Bolitoglossa meliana, a new species from the mountains of central Guatemala, is described and assigned to the B. franklini group. Electrophoretic comparisons with the other species in the group confirm the distinctiveness of B. meliana, but cause us to question the validity of B. brevipes and B. nigroflavescens, which are hereby synonymized with B. franklini. Plio-Pleistocene tectonic and climatic events may have led to secondary contact and hybridization between previously isolated inland and Pacific coastal populations, thereby complicating patterns of genie similarity.
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