Parenting is considered a key evolutionary innovation that contributed to the diversification
and expansion of vertebrates. However, we know little about how such diversity evolved …

Abstract Here, we describe Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), a new
method to build species partitions from single locus sequence alignments (ie, barcode data …

Abstract Aim Mapping Amazonian biodiversity accurately is a major challenge for integrated
conservation strategies and to study its origins. However, species boundaries and their …

The non-monophyly of both the genus Myersiohyla and the Boana punctata group has been
recovered in a number of published phylogenetic analyses. In this paper we report on the …

Mountainous areas host a disproportionately large fraction of Earth's biodiversity, suggesting
a causal relationship between mountain building and biological diversification. Mountain …

The outstanding biodiversity of the Guiana Shield has raised many questions about its
origins and evolution. Frogs of the genera Adelastes, Otophryne and Synapturanus form an …

Abstract Overcoming the Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls is an urgent task for biologists.
It has been estimated that only a small fraction of the biodiversity on Earth is known, while …

Despite the amount of data on different aspects of biodiversity, such as species distributions,
taxonomy, or phylogenetics, there are still significant gaps and biases in the available …

Navigating social relationships frequently rests on the ability to recognize familiar individuals
using phenotypic characteristics. Across diverse taxa, animals vary in their capacities for …

Frostius pernambucensis is a phytotelm-breeding frog with endotrophic larvae. Although the
larvae were formally described, no aspect of its internal morphology is known. In this paper …