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Table 3 Summary of the different lines of evidence used for species delimitation. BPP support summarizes results from A10 and A11 analyses using empirical priors. PP ≥ 0.95 denotes high support, 0.90 ≤ pp. < 0.95 denotes moderate support, and pp. < 0.9 denotes weak support

From: To split or not to split? Multilocus phylogeny and molecular species delimitation of southeast Asian toads (family: Bufonidae)

Candidates for lumping

Mitochondrial divergence

BPP support

gdi (mean ± SD)

Leptophryne cruentata/L. javanica

5.00%

Weak

0.49 ± 0.25

Ingerophrynus gollum/I. divergens

1.9–2.7%

Weak

0.37 ± 0.18

Pelophryne api/P. guentheri

2.20%

Weak

0.38 ± 0.23

Ansonia latiffi/A. leptopus

1.2–2.3%

Moderate

0.62 ± 0.21

Candidates for splitting

 Leptophryne borbonica:

  Java | PM

4.60%

Weak

0.46 ± 0.23

  Sumatra | Borneo

3.9–4.4%

Weak

0.70 ± 0.19

  Java + PM | Sumatra + Borneo

6.1–10.1%

High

0.89 ± 0.11

Ingerophrynus parvus (PM vs. Myanmar)

5.1–5.5%

Moderate

0.71 ± 0.20

Pelophryne signata (PM + Sumatra vs. Borneo)

5.2–6.4%

High

0.76 ± 0.18