Abstract The Aves Ridge in the eastern Caribbean Sea is thought by many to have operated
as a short-lived, mid-Cenozoic, dry-land path that was used by the ancestors of a number of …

Scientists recognize the Caribbean archipelago as a biodiversity hotspot and employ it for
their research as a natural laboratory. Yet they do not always appreciate that these …

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

Few studies have been conducted on the biogeography and phylogenetic relationships of
Neotropical forest lizards (Diploglossidae) because of incomplete taxon sampling …

The modern classification of skinks is based on a nomenclature that dates to the 1970s.
However, there are a number of earlier names in the family group that have been …

Lizards of the family Diploglossidae occur in moist, tropical forests of Middle America, South
America, and Caribbean islands. Our analyses based on new molecular and morphological …

The nearly 200 species of direct-developing frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus (the
Caribbean landfrogs, which include the coquís) comprise an important lineage for …

The amphibian family Leptodactylidae is divided into three sub-families: Leiuperinae,
Leptodactylinae, and Paratelmatobiinae. Host-defense peptides (HDPs) present in the skins …

Anuran release calls are produced by females and males in response to mating attempts by
other males. The efficiency of the release signal to initiate dismount ensures that amplexus …

The genus Cyclura includes nine extant species and six subspecies of West Indian Rock
Iguanas and is one of the most imperiled genera of squamate reptiles globally. An …