Aim Lack of biological information is a silent but strong impediment for planning how to
rescue amphibians from extinction. Currently, 24% of all amphibian species are assigned to …

Abstract Diversification of South American species endemic to open habitats has been
attributed to both Tertiary events and Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Nonetheless …

Morphologically cryptic species act as a wild card when it comes to biodiversity assessments
and conservation, with the capacity to dramatically alter our understanding of the biological …

Abstract The Tropical Andes make up Earth's most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for both
animals and plants. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary processes underlying this …

The evolutionary history of the Dendrobatidae, the charismatic Neotropical poison frog
family, remains in flux, even after a half-century of intensive research. Understanding the …

Among the hypotheses formulated to explain the origin of Amazonian biodiversity, two (the
riverine-barrier and the river-refuge hypotheses) focus on the role that rivers play as biotic …

Vouchers of 97 species of frogs and toads were obtained in a small section of primary
rainforest and flooded forest approximately 10 kms north of Leticia in early 2003. In addition …

We provide a DNA barcoding survey of Malagasy amphibians, including 251 of the 292
nominal species known to date, by complementing previous data with 280 newly determined …

Amphibians constitute a diverse yet still incompletely characterized clade of vertebrates, in
which new species are still being discovered and described at a high rate. Amphibians are …

We all met each other sharing the personal interest of studying anuran communities from
Southeastern Brazil, specifically, anurans from the northwestern region of the São Paulo …