Philippine Frogs of the Genus Leptobrachium (Anura; Megophryidae): Phylogeny-based Species Delimitation, Taxonomic Review, and Descriptions of Three New …

RM Brown, CD Siler, AC Diesmos… - Herpetological …, 2009 - meridian.allenpress.com
We review the Philippine frogs of the genus Leptobrachuim. All previous treatments have
referred Philippine populations to L. hasseltii, a species we restrict to Java and Bali …

Taxonomic review of the Asian Horned Frogs (Amphibia: Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt) of Northeast India and Bangladesh previously misidentified as M. parva …

S Mahony, RG Kamei, EC Teeling… - Journal of Natural …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Megophrys parva is currently considered to be among the most widely dispersed species
within the genus, however, recent studies have provided compelling evidence that this …

Evolutionary history of the Asian Horned Frogs (Megophryinae): integrative approaches to timetree dating in the absence of a fossil record

S Mahony, NM Foley, SD Biju… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Molecular dating studies typically need fossils to calibrate the analyses. Unfortunately, the
fossil record is extremely poor or presently nonexistent for many species groups, rendering …

Does life history shape sexual size dimorphism in anurans? A comparative analysis

X Han, J Fu - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2013 - Springer
Background The evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is likely constrained by life
history. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we examined correlations between SSD …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a …

S Mahony, RG Kamei, EC Teeling, SD Biju - Zootaxa, 2018 - mapress.com
The Megophrys major species group (MMSG) is composed of typically medium to large
sized frogs. Within the genus, it is the most geographically widespread clade ranging from …

Lineage diversification and historical demography of a montane bird Garrulax elliotii - implications for the Pleistocene evolutionary history of the eastern Himalayas

Y Qu, X Luo, R Zhang, G Song, F Zou, F Lei - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011 - Springer
Background Pleistocene climate fluctuations have shaped the patterns of genetic diversity
observed in many extant species. In montane habitats, species' ranges may have expanded …

Direct modelling of limited migration improves projected distributions of Himalayan amphibians under climate change

B Subba, S Sen, G Ravikanth, MP Nobis - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Amphibians are one of the most vulnerable taxa at risk of rapid decline under climate
change. Here, we evaluated the impact of different migration constraints on projected future …

Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)

RM Brown, CD Siler, SJ Richards… - Zoological Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present a near comprehensive, densely sampled, multilocus phylogenetic estimate of
species relationships within the anuran family Ceratobatrachidae, a morphologically and …

[PDF][PDF] A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the western Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam

NA Poyarkov Jr, JJL Rowley, SI Gogoleva… - Zootaxa, 2015 - researchgate.net
We describe a new species of megophryid frog from Loc Bac forest in the western part of the
Langbian Plateau in the southern Annamite Mountains, Vietnam. Leptolalax pyrrhops sp …

The last of their kind: Is the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) a relict element of the paleo-Transhimalaya biota?

S Hofmann, L Podsiadlowski, T Andermann… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
The orographic evolution of the Himalaya-Tibet Mountain system continues to be a subject
of controversy, leading to considerable uncertainty regarding the environment and surface …