@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref29295,
author = {Daniel Michael Portik},
title = {Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification Within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians},
year = {2019},
keywords = {Anura, Afrobatrachia, diversification, color evolution, macroevolution, sexual selection},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Systematic Biology},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {Theory predicts that sexually dimorphic traits under strong sexual selection, particularly those involved with intersexual signaling, can accelerate speciation and produce bursts of diversification. Sexual dichromatism (sexual dimorphism in color) is widely used as a proxy for sexual selection and is associated with rapid diversification in several animal groups, yet studies using phylogenetic comparative methods to explicitly test for an association between sexual dichromatism and diversification have produced conflicting results. Sexual dichromatism is rare in frogs, but it is both striking and prevalent in African reed frogs, a major component of the diverse frog radiation termed Afrobatrachia. In contrast to most other vertebrates, reed frogs display female-biased dichromatism in which females undergo color transformation, often resulting in more ornate coloration in females than in males. We produce a robust phylogeny of Afrobatrachia to investigate the evolutionary origins of sexual dichromatism in this radiation and examine whether the presence of dichromatism is associated with increased rates of net diversification. We find that sexual dichromatism evolved once within hyperoliids and was followed by numerous independent reversals to monochromatism. We detect significant diversification rate heterogeneity in Afrobatrachia and find that sexually dichromatic lineages have double the average net diversification rate of monochromatic lineages. By conducting trait simulations on our empirical phylogeny, we demonstrate that our inference of trait-dependent diversification is robust. Although sexual dichromatism in hyperoliid frogs is linked to their rapid diversification and supports macroevolutionary predictions of speciation by sexual selection, the function of dichromatism in reed frogs remains unclear. We propose that reed frogs are a compelling system for studying the roles of natural and sexual selection on the evolution of sexual dichromatism across micro- and macroevolutionary timescales.}
}
Taxa for Study 23981
Citation title:
"Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification Within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians".
Study name:
"Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification Within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians".
This study is part of submission 23981
(Status: Published).
Taxa
ID |
Taxon Label |
NCBI taxid |
uBIO namebankID |
3507946 |
Acanthixalus sonjae |
|
4802885
|
3507848 |
Acanthixalus spinosus |
143455
|
27798
|
3508016 |
Afrixalus brachycnemis |
|
|
3507835 |
Afrixalus delicatus |
143413
|
27803
|
3507939 |
Afrixalus dorsalis 1 |
367642
|
27804
|
3507904 |
Afrixalus dorsalis 2 |
367642
|
27804
|
3507819 |
Afrixalus dorsalis 3 |
367642
|
27804
|
3507984 |
Afrixalus dorsimaculatus 1 |
|
|
3507913 |
Afrixalus dorsimaculatus 2 |
|
|
3507864 |
Afrixalus enseticola |
|
|
3507986 |
Afrixalus equatorialis |
|
|
3507911 |
Afrixalus fornasini |
39600
|
27807
|
3507945 |
Afrixalus fulvovittatus 1 |
|
|
3507881 |
Afrixalus fulvovittatus 2 |
|
|
3507798 |
Afrixalus knysae |
|
|
3507916 |
Afrixalus lacteus |
|
|
3508006 |
Afrixalus lacustris |
|
|
3508035 |
Afrixalus laevis |
143415
|
27812
|
3508023 |
Afrixalus morerei |
|
|
3508047 |
Afrixalus nigeriensis |
|
|
3507933 |
Afrixalus osorioi |
|
|
3507948 |
Afrixalus paradorsalis 1 |
577193
|
27819
|
3507842 |
Afrixalus paradorsalis 2 |
577193
|
27819
|
3507999 |
Afrixalus paradorsalis 3 |
577193
|
27819
|
3507887 |
Afrixalus quadrivittatus 1 |
|
|
3507839 |
Afrixalus quadrivittatus 2 |
|
|
3508007 |
Afrixalus spinifrons |
|
|
3508068 |
Afrixalus stuhlmanni |
|
27823
|
3507935 |
Afrixalus sylvaticus |
|
|
3507897 |
Afrixalus vibekensis |
|
|
3507889 |
Afrixalus vittiger 1 |
|
|
3508001 |
Afrixalus vittiger 2 |
|
|
3507978 |
Afrixalus weidholzi |
|
|
3508061 |
Afrixalus wittei |
|
|
3508034 |
Arthroleptis adelphus |
577194
|
26133
|
3508031 |
Arthroleptis affinis |
577195
|
26135
|
3507973 |
Arthroleptis bioko |
|
|
3508030 |
Arthroleptis brevipes |
|
|
3507924 |
Arthroleptis fichika |
577123
|
|
3507942 |
Arthroleptis francei |
577198
|
26139
|
3507882 |
Arthroleptis nikeae |
577199
|
4801198
|
3507926 |
Arthroleptis palava |
|
|
3507991 |
Arthroleptis perreti |
577120
|
|
3508022 |
Arthroleptis poecilonotus |
577105
|
4801200
|
3507988 |
Arthroleptis reichei |
577200
|
26140
|
3508008 |
Arthroleptis schubotzi |
577201
|
|
3507940 |
Arthroleptis stenodactylus |
333677
|
26141
|
3508066 |
Arthroleptis sylvaticus |
577202
|
|
3507846 |
Arthroleptis taeniatus |
356246
|
4801204
|
3507850 |
Arthroleptis tanneri |
333678
|
26142
|
3508036 |
Arthroleptis variabilis |
83977
|
26144
|
3507983 |
Arthroleptis xenodactyloides |
577204
|
|
3507960 |
Astylosternus batesi |
577206
|
26146
|
3507796 |
Astylosternus diadematus |
252286
|
26148
|
3507967 |
Astylosternus laticephalus |
|
|
3507932 |
Astylosternus occidentalis |
|
|
3507857 |
Astylosternus schioetzi |
111120
|
26157
|
3508069 |
Balebreviceps hillmani |
|
|
3507906 |
Breviceps adspersus |
|
|
3508024 |
Breviceps branchi |
|
|
3507902 |
Breviceps fuscus |
143559
|
29418
|
3508056 |
Breviceps gibbosus |
|
|
3507961 |
Breviceps macrops |
|
|
3508033 |
Breviceps montanus |
|
|
3507951 |
Breviceps mossambicus |
143669
|
29423
|
3507987 |
Breviceps namaquensis |
|
|
3507958 |
Callulina dawida |
|
|
3507820 |
Callulina hanseni |
|
|
3508042 |
Callulina kanga |
|
|
3507901 |
Callulina kisiwamsitu |
356199
|
4804351
|
3508015 |
Callulina kreffti |
248777
|
29435
|
3508055 |
Callulina laphami |
|
|
3507937 |
Callulina meteora |
|
|
3507879 |
Callulina shengena |
|
|
3507990 |
Callulina sp Rubeho |
|
|
3507886 |
Callulina sp lowland |
|
|
3507919 |
Callulina stanleyi |
|
|
3508062 |
Cardioglossa annulata |
|
|
3508054 |
Cardioglossa elegans |
466267
|
26161
|
3507893 |
Cardioglossa escalerae |
|
|
3507928 |
Cardioglossa gracilis |
333681
|
26163
|
3507817 |
Cardioglossa leucomystax |
111122
|
26165
|
3507853 |
Cardioglossa manengouba |
478192
|
|
3507818 |
Cardioglossa melanogaster |
577207
|
26167
|
3507872 |
Cardioglossa nigromaculata |
|
|
3507953 |
Cardioglossa occidentalis |
466268
|
|
3508072 |
Cardioglossa oreas |
577208
|
26169
|
3507918 |
Cardioglossa pulchra |
467780
|
26170
|
3507845 |
Cardioglossa trifasciata |
|
|
3508012 |
Chlorolius koehleri |
|
|
3507854 |
Cryptothylax greshoffii |
143561
|
27838
|
3507825 |
Hemisus marmoratus |
83971
|
27009
|
3507965 |
Hemisus sudanensis |
274518
|
27013
|
3507956 |
Heterixalus alboguttatus |
143417
|
27840
|
3507878 |
Heterixalus andrakata |
467704
|
27841
|
3507950 |
Heterixalus betsileo |
143569
|
27842
|
3507959 |
Heterixalus boettgeri |
39704
|
27843
|
3507808 |
Heterixalus carbonei |
148294
|
4802932
|
3508009 |
Heterixalus luteostriatus |
143509
|
27844
|
3508004 |
Heterixalus madagascariensis |
143510
|
27845
|
3507844 |
Heterixalus punctatus |
467701
|
27847
|
3507914 |
Heterixalus rutenbergi |
467702
|
27848
|
3507833 |
Heterixalus tricolor |
39598
|
27849
|
3507944 |
Heterixalus variabilis |
467703
|
27850
|
3507994 |
Hyperolius acuticeps |
247145
|
4802942
|
3508025 |
Hyperolius ademetzi |
|
|
3508013 |
Hyperolius adspersus |
|
|
3507966 |
Hyperolius argus |
39589
|
27856
|
3507875 |
Hyperolius balfouri 1 |
|
|
3508010 |
Hyperolius balfouri 2 |
|
|
3507980 |
Hyperolius baumanni |
643483
|
27859
|
3507821 |
Hyperolius benguellensis |
|
|
3508018 |
Hyperolius bobirensis |
|
|
3507892 |
Hyperolius bocagei |
|
|
3507793 |
Hyperolius bolifambae |
|
|
3508027 |
Hyperolius burgessi |
|
|
3508038 |
Hyperolius camerunensis |
|
|
3507996 |
Hyperolius castaneus |
577210
|
27867
|
3507860 |
Hyperolius chlorosteus |
643484
|
27869
|
3507880 |
Hyperolius cinereus |
|
|
3507925 |
Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris 1 |
191616
|
27872
|
3507982 |
Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris 2 |
191616
|
27872
|
3507865 |
Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris 3 |
191616
|
27872
|
3508039 |
Hyperolius concolor 1 |
643485
|
27873
|
3507964 |
Hyperolius concolor 2 |
643485
|
27873
|
3507826 |
Hyperolius concolor 3 |
643485
|
27873
|
3507968 |
Hyperolius cystocandicans |
643486
|
27874
|
3507797 |
Hyperolius dartevellei |
|
|
3507851 |
Hyperolius dintelmanni |
|
|
3507929 |
Hyperolius discodactylus |
|
|
3508020 |
Hyperolius endjami 1 |
|
|
3507922 |
Hyperolius endjami 2 |
|
|
3507847 |
Hyperolius friedemanni |
|
|
3507823 |
Hyperolius frontalis |
191619
|
27883
|
3507977 |
Hyperolius fusciventris 1 |
643487
|
27885
|
3507869 |
Hyperolius fusciventris 2 |
643487
|
27885
|
3507899 |
Hyperolius guttulatus 1 |
191620
|
27888
|
3507805 |
Hyperolius guttulatus 2 |
191620
|
27888
|
3507862 |
Hyperolius howelli |
|
|
3507992 |
Hyperolius igbettensis |
|
|
3507907 |
Hyperolius inyangae |
|
|
3507810 |
Hyperolius jackie |
|
|
3508063 |
Hyperolius jacobseni |
|
|
3507873 |
Hyperolius kivuensis 1 |
134701
|
27896
|
3507812 |
Hyperolius kivuensis 2 |
134701
|
27896
|
3507803 |
Hyperolius kivuensis 3 |
134701
|
27896
|
3507927 |
Hyperolius kuligae |
|
|
3507903 |
Hyperolius lamottei |
643489
|
27898
|
3507836 |
Hyperolius langi |
|
|
3507827 |
Hyperolius lateralis |
191617
|
27900
|
3507838 |
Hyperolius lupiroensis |
|
|
3507962 |
Hyperolius mariae |
|
|
3507947 |
Hyperolius marmoratus marmoratus |
|
|
3507975 |
Hyperolius marmoratus swynnertoni |
|
|
3507795 |
Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus |
|
|
3507806 |
Hyperolius minitissimus |
|
|
3507930 |
Hyperolius mitchelli |
|
|
3507931 |
Hyperolius molleri |
284573
|
5455067
|
3507894 |
Hyperolius montanus |
643490
|
27911
|
3508045 |
Hyperolius mosaicus |
247146
|
27912
|
3507890 |
Hyperolius nasutus |
143418
|
27913
|
3507876 |
Hyperolius nitidulus 1 |
|
|
3508026 |
Hyperolius nitidulus 2 |
|
|
3508071 |
Hyperolius occidentalis |
|
|
3507824 |
Hyperolius ocellatus 1 |
191618
|
27918
|
3507815 |
Hyperolius ocellatus 2 |
191618
|
27918
|
3508058 |
Hyperolius parallelus alborufus |
|
|
3507814 |
Hyperolius parallelus marginatus |
|
|
3507828 |
Hyperolius parallelus parallelus |
|
|
3507871 |
Hyperolius parallelus pyrrhodictyon |
|
|
3507849 |
Hyperolius pardalis |
191621
|
27920
|
3507830 |
Hyperolius parkeri |
|
|
3508048 |
Hyperolius phantasticus |
643491
|
27922
|
3507877 |
Hyperolius picturatus |
643492
|
27924
|
3507997 |
Hyperolius pictus |
|
|
3507954 |
Hyperolius platyceps |
|
|
3507870 |
Hyperolius poweri |
|
|
3507792 |
Hyperolius pseudoargus |
|
|
3507883 |
Hyperolius pusillus |
191622
|
27934
|
3507891 |
Hyperolius quinquevittatus |
|
|
3507941 |
Hyperolius raymondii |
|
|
3507995 |
Hyperolius reesi |
|
|
3507807 |
Hyperolius riggenbachi |
|
|
3507802 |
Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus |
|
|
3508064 |
Hyperolius rwandae |
|
|
3507884 |
Hyperolius semidiscus |
143419
|
27947
|
3507908 |
Hyperolius sp nov 1 |
|
|
3507972 |
Hyperolius sp nov 2 |
|
|
3508044 |
Hyperolius spatzi |
|
|
3507943 |
Hyperolius spinigularis |
|
27950
|
3507868 |
Hyperolius steindachneri |
|
|
3507981 |
Hyperolius substriatus |
|
|
3508057 |
Hyperolius sylvaticus |
643498
|
27953
|
3507888 |
Hyperolius tanneri |
|
|
3507934 |
Hyperolius thomensis |
284574
|
5445801
|
3507915 |
Hyperolius torrentis |
643499
|
27957
|
3507898 |
Hyperolius tuberculatus |
247147
|
27958
|
3507841 |
Hyperolius tuberilinguis |
143420
|
27959
|
3507917 |
Hyperolius veithi |
|
|
3508028 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus destefanii |
|
|
3508073 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus glandicolor |
136874
|
10181562
|
3507801 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus ngorongoriensis |
|
|
3507985 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus ommatostictus |
134735
|
6301289
|
3508043 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus pantherinus |
134737
|
10180336
|
3507949 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus pitmani |
134738
|
10180337
|
3507809 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus sp |
|
|
3507936 |
Hyperolius viridiflavus variablilis |
|
|
3507855 |
Hyperolius viridis |
|
|
3507910 |
Hyperolius zonatus |
643500
|
27967
|
3507938 |
Kassina arboricola |
|
|
3507843 |
Kassina cassinoides |
|
|
3507974 |
Kassina cochranae |
|
|
3507794 |
Kassina decorata |
|
|
3507852 |
Kassina fusca |
|
|
3508017 |
Kassina kuvangensis |
|
|
3508005 |
Kassina lamottei |
|
|
3507900 |
Kassina maculosa |
|
|
3507921 |
Kassina schioetzi |
|
|
3507957 |
Kassina senegalensis |
8415
|
27980
|
3507979 |
Leptodactylodon axillaris |
|
|
3508059 |
Leptodactylodon bicolor |
377296
|
26176
|
3507804 |
Leptodactylodon boulengeri |
|
|
3507822 |
Leptodactylodon bueanus |
|
|
3508067 |
Leptodactylodon erythrogaster |
|
|
3507832 |
Leptodactylodon mertensi |
147305
|
26180
|
3507859 |
Leptodactylodon ornatus |
|
|
3508052 |
Leptodactylodon ovatus |
|
|
3507885 |
Leptodactylodon perreti |
|
|
3507867 |
Leptodactylodon polyacanthus |
|
|
3507829 |
Leptodactylodon ventrimarmoratus |
|
|
3507834 |
Leptopelis argenteus |
39603
|
27984
|
3507905 |
Leptopelis aubryi |
|
|
3508014 |
Leptopelis aubryioides |
|
|
3508053 |
Leptopelis bocagii |
|
27989
|
3507976 |
Leptopelis boulengeri |
|
|
3507896 |
Leptopelis brevirostris |
143515
|
27992
|
3507858 |
Leptopelis calcaratus |
|
|
3507969 |
Leptopelis fiziensis |
|
|
3507970 |
Leptopelis flavomaculatus |
|
|
3507989 |
Leptopelis gramineus |
|
|
3508000 |
Leptopelis karissimbensis |
|
|
3508003 |
Leptopelis kivuensis |
240394
|
28006
|
3507920 |
Leptopelis macrotis |
|
|
3508065 |
Leptopelis millsoni |
|
|
3508032 |
Leptopelis modestus |
143421
|
28011
|
3507800 |
Leptopelis natalensis |
143422
|
28013
|
3508029 |
Leptopelis nordequatorialis |
|
|
3507837 |
Leptopelis notatus |
|
|
3508049 |
Leptopelis ocellatus |
|
|
3507813 |
Leptopelis palmatus |
284576
|
28020
|
3507955 |
Leptopelis parkeri |
|
|
3507799 |
Leptopelis rufus |
|
|
3508019 |
Leptopelis spiritusnoctis |
|
|
3508051 |
Leptopelis susanae |
|
|
3507856 |
Leptopelis vannutellii |
|
|
3508011 |
Leptopelis vermiculatus |
39602
|
28029
|
3507912 |
Leptopelis viridis |
|
|
3508041 |
Leptopelis yaldeni |
|
|
3507831 |
Morerella cyanophthalma |
643481
|
|
3507866 |
Nyctibates corrugatus |
333697
|
4801273
|
3508070 |
Opisthothylax immaculatus |
187485
|
28036
|
3508002 |
Paracassina kounhiensis |
|
|
3508021 |
Paracassina obscura |
|
|
3507840 |
Phlyctimantis boulengeri |
|
|
3508040 |
Phlyctimantis keithae |
|
|
3507863 |
Phlyctimantis leonardi |
356321
|
28041
|
3507998 |
Phlyctimantis maculata |
|
|
3507861 |
Phlyctimantis verrucosus |
39608
|
28042
|
3507874 |
Phrynomantis microps |
143657
|
29631
|
3507816 |
Probreviceps durirostris |
377465
|
10306350
|
3507811 |
Probreviceps loveridgei |
|
|
3508050 |
Probreviceps macrodactylus |
274527
|
29655
|
3507895 |
Probreviceps rungwensis |
|
|
3508046 |
Probreviceps sp Kigogo |
|
|
3508074 |
Probreviceps sp Nguru |
|
|
3507971 |
Probreviceps sp Rubeho |
|
|
3508060 |
Probreviceps sp Udzungwa |
|
|
3508037 |
Probreviceps uluguruensis |
274528
|
29657
|
3507909 |
Scotobleps gabonicus |
143464
|
26207
|
3507952 |
Semnodactylus wealii |
143466
|
28043
|
3507963 |
Spelaeophryne methneri |
274524
|
29668
|
3507993 |
Tachycnemis seychellensis |
39606
|
28044
|
3507923 |
Trichobatrachus robustus |
111096
|
26208
|