Molecular genetic data were used to investigate population sizes and ages of
Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), a species‐rich group of small leaf‐litter frogs …

Biodiversity analyses can greatly benefit from coherent species delimitation schemes and up-
to-date distribution data. In this article, we have made the daring attempt to delimit and map …

The Cerrado encompasses ca. 2 million km² in Brazil. Most Cerrado areas have been
greatly disturbed in the past decades. Only 20% of this biome remain undisturbed, and only …

Differences in species richness between regions are ultimately explained by patterns of
speciation, extinction, and biogeographic dispersal. Yet, few studies have considered the …

Progress in molecular techniques together with the incorporation of phylogenetic analyses
of DNA into taxonomy have caused an increase in the number of species' discoveries in …

Species with similar geographical distribution patterns are often assumed to have a shared
biogeographical history, an assumption that can be tested with a combination of molecular …

Guedes et al. 1 argue that eponymous scientific names, despite their long tradition in
biology, have no place in the modern world. They want to erase eponyms assigned to …

Abstract The Mascarene ridged frog, Ptychadena mascareniensis, is a species complex that
includes numerous lineages occurring mostly in humid savannas and open forests of …

Mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequence data from a dart–poison frog, Epipedobates
femoralis, were used to test two hypotheses of Amazonian diversification: the riverine barrier …

Climatic oscillations throughout the Pleistocene combined with geological and topographic
complexity resulted in extreme habitat heterogeneity along the Atlantic coast of Brazil …