Practical biodiversity conservation relies on delineation of biologically meaningful units.
Manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) are threatened worldwide, yet morphological similarities …

Species are a fundamental unit of biodiversity that are delimited via genetic data and
coalescent-based methods with increasing frequency. Despite the widespread use of …

The herpetofauna of the insular systems of Mexico is composed of 226 species, of which 14
are anurans, two are salamanders, and 210 are reptiles, comprised of two crocodilians, 195 …

Genetic structure can be influenced by local adaptation to environmental heterogeneity and
biogeographic barriers, resulting in discrete population clusters. Geographic distance …

A substantial number of changes to the composition of the herpetofauna of the Mexican state
of Oaxaca, including taxonomic additions and deletions, have occurred in the five years …

The potentials and limitations of different approaches to revealing species boundaries and
describing cryptic species are discussed. Both the traditional methods of species …

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 …

The processes that control diversification and speciation in deep-sea species are poorly
known. Here, we analyzed data produced by Restriction-Site Associated DNA Sequencing …

Coalescent-based algorithms coupled with the access to genome-wide data have become
powerful tools for assessing questions on recent or rapid diversification, as well as …

Databases and species catalogs are vital for biodiversity conservation, although errors and
incomplete data can affect the accuracy of studies and decision-making. This study reviews …