Cryptic diversity, but to what extent? Discordance between single-locus species delimitation methods within mainland anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) of northern …

EP Hofmann, KE Nicholson, IR Luque-Montes… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Single-locus molecular barcoding is a useful method for identifying overlooked and
undescribed biodiversity, providing the groundwork for further systematic study and …

Phylogeny-based species delimitation and integrative taxonomic revision of the Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni species complex, with resurrection of H. viridissimum …

AM Mendoza-Henao, E Arias… - Systematics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni is one of the widest ranging glassfrog species, occurring in
the lowlands from Mexico through Central America to Ecuador. Despite its conservative …

Cloudy with a chance of speciation: integrative taxonomy reveals extraordinary divergence within a Mesoamerican cloud forest bird

MX Venkatraman, DA Deraad, WLE Tsai… - Biological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The highlands of Mesoamerica harbour some of the highest biodiversity in the world,
especially in cloud forests, but the landscape drivers of this diversification are not well …

Evolution of the locomotor skeleton in Anolis lizards reflects the interplay between ecological opportunity and phylogenetic inertia

N Feiner, ISC Jackson, EL Stanley, T Uller - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Anolis lizards originated in continental America but have colonized the Greater Antillean
islands and recolonized the mainland, resulting in three major groups (Primary and …

Genomic assessment of the Phyllodactylus tuberculosus complex (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) in America

T Ramírez‐Reyes, O Flores‐Villela, D Piñero… - Zoologica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf‐toed geckos (Phyllodactylus) exhibit much cryptic diversity, at least in North America.
However, the origins of Central American taxa and their relationships with North American …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetics of Ogyges kaup and the biogeography of nuclear central America (Coleoptera, Passalidae)

EB Cano, JC Schuster, JJ Morrone - ZooKeys, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A phylogenetic morphological analysis of the genus Ogyges Kaup, distributed in Nuclear
Central America, from Chiapas, Mexico, to northwestern Nicaragua was undertaken. Five …

Historical biogeography of the genus Rhadinaea (Squamata: Dipsadinae)

UA García‐Sotelo, UO García‐Vázquez… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple geological and climatic events have created geographical or ecological barriers
associated with speciation events, playing a role in biological diversification in North and …

Integrative Systematic Revision of Bolitoglossa celaque (Caudata: Plethodontidae), with a new species from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras

MW Itgen, SK Sessions, LD Wilson… - Herpetological …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
The diversity of the tropical climbing salamander genus Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) in
Honduras has been underestimated historically, with 11 new species having been …

[PDF][PDF] Phylogenetics of Ogyges Kaup and the biogeography of Nuclear Central America (Coleoptera, Passalidae). ZooKeys 737: 81–111

EB Cano, JC Schuster, JJ Morrone - 2018 - academia.edu
A phylogenetic morphological analysis of the genus Ogyges Kaup, distributed in Nuclear
Central America, from Chiapas, Mexico, to northwestern Nicaragua was undertaken. Five …

A cryptic new species of anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras, previously referred to as Norops crassulus (Cope, 1864)

EP Hofmann, JH Townsend - Annals of Carnegie Museum, 2018 - BioOne
We describe a cryptic new species of Norops Wagler, 1830, Norops caceresae, from mixed
transitional and broadleaf cloud forest formations in the Lenca Highlands of southwestern …