Fig. 9 in The Amphibian Tree Of Life

Fig. 9. Tree of Plethodontidae by Mueller et al. (2004), with the traditional taxonomic assignments (Desmognathinae 1 tribes of Plethodontinae; Wake, 1966) placed on the right, with taxonomic fragments numbered for clarity. The generic taxonomy was updated to reflect name changes of former Salamandra luschani to Lyciasalamandera (Veith and Steinfartz, 2004) and Hydromantes italicus to Speleomantes. The results reflect a Bayesian analysis of entire mt DNA genomes (number of informative sites not stated, but analyzed fragments totalled 14,040 bp), with control region and ambiguously alignable region excluded. Sequences were aligned with default costs of GCG v. 10.3 (Accelrys, San Diego; cost of 8 for gap creation and extension cost of 2) and subsequently adjusted manually. It was not stated whether gaps were treated as evidence or as missing data.