Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

A Antonelli, RJ Smith, AL Perrigo, A Crottini, J Hackel… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Madagascar's biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We
review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar's past and current terrestrial and …

Sex chromosomes in meiotic, hemiclonal, clonal and polyploid hybrid vertebrates: along the 'extended speciation continuum'

M Stöck, D Dedukh, R Reifová… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review knowledge about the roles of sex chromosomes in vertebrate hybridization and
speciation, exploring a gradient of divergences with increasing reproductive isolation …

The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice

J Koehler, M Jansen, A Rodriguez, PJR Kok, LF Toledo… - Zootaxa, 2017 - biotaxa.org
Vocalizations of anuran amphibians have received much attention in studies of behavioral
ecology and physiology, but also provide informative characters for identifying and …

Meeting the challenge of DNA barcoding Neotropical amphibians: polymerase chain reaction optimization and new COI primers

ML Lyra, CFB Haddad… - Molecular Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Amphibians are one of the most threatened vertebrate classes, yet at the same time new
species are being described every year, demonstrating that the number of existing species …

The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow‐mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)

PLV Peloso, DR Frost, SJ Richards, MT Rodrigues… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable progress in unravelling the phylogenetic relationships of microhylid
frogs, relationships among subfamilies remain largely unstable and many genera are not …

[图书][B] The new natural history of Madagascar

SM Goodman - 2022 - degruyter.com
Separated from Africa's mainland for tens of millions of years, Madagascar has evolved a
breathtaking wealth of biodiversity, becoming home to thousands of species found nowhere …

Glassfrogs of Ecuador: diversity, evolution, and conservation

JM Guayasamin, DF Cisneros-Heredia, RW McDiarmid… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glassfrogs (family: Centrolenidae) represent a fantastic radiation (~ 150 described species)
of Neotropical anurans that originated in South America and dispersed into Central America …

An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: Integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the …

MD Scherz, A Crottini, C Hutter, A Hildenbrand… - Megataxa, 2022 - flore.unifi.it
Malagasy frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis in the mantellid frog genus Mantidactylus
currently comprise 14 described species of mostly brown, riparian frogs. Data from DNA …

Spatial biodiversity patterns of Madagascar's amphibians and reptiles

JL Brown, N Sillero, F Glaw, P Bora, DR Vieites… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Madagascar has become a model region for testing hypotheses of species diversification
and biogeography, and many studies have focused on its diverse and highly endemic …

[PDF][PDF] Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar PDF-29 MB

A Rakotoarison, M Scherz, F Glaw… - Vertebrate …, 2017 - vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
The genus Stumpffia BOETTGER, 1881 currently contains 15 named, small to miniaturized
frog species, classified in the endemic Malagasy subfamily Cophylinae of the family …