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From: Phylogenetic conservatism in skulls and evolutionary lability in limbs – morphological evolution across an ancient frog radiation is shaped by diet, locomotion and burrowing

Fig. 2

Shape diversity of limb bones in each genera of myobatrachid frogs: femur (F), tibiofibular (TF), humerus (H), and radioulna (RU). Branches on each genera have been collapsed while retaining information on the species richness of each genus. The legend depicts the three burrowing modes (forward, backward, and non-burrower) and locomotor modes (walker, hopper, and jumper/swimmer). Clades with only few species adapted to fossoriality have been indicated in the figure (Limnodynastes spp., Pseudophryne spp., and Uperoleia spp.)

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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