[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)

WE Duellman, AB Marion, SB Hedges - Zootaxa, 2016 - mapress.com
A phylogenetic analysis of sequences from 503 species of hylid frogs and four outgroup taxa
resulted in 16,128 aligned sites of 19 genes. The molecular data were subjected to a …

Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

YJ Feng, DC Blackburn, D Liang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Frogs (Anura) are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates and comprise nearly 90% of
living amphibian species. Their worldwide distribution and diverse biology make them well …

The evolution of reproductive modes and life cycles in amphibians

HC Liedtke, JJ Wiens, I Gomez-Mestre - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Amphibians have undergone important evolutionary transitions in reproductive modes and
life-cycles. We compare large-scale macroevolutionary patterns in these transitions across …

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

RA Pyron, JJ Wiens - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2011 - Elsevier
The extant amphibians are one of the most diverse radiations of terrestrial vertebrates (>
6800 species). Despite much recent focus on their conservation, diversification, and …

The advertisement calls of Brazilian anurans: Historical review, current knowledge and future directions

V Guerra, D Llusia, PG Gambale, AR Morais… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Advertisement calls are often used as essential basic information in studies of animal
behaviour, ecology, evolution, conservation, taxonomy or biodiversity inventories. Yet the …

Polyploidy in amphibia

M Schmid, BJ Evans, JP Bogart - Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 2015 - karger.com
This review summarizes the current status of the known extant genuine polyploid anuran
and urodelan species, as well as spontaneously originated and/or experimentally produced …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular systematics of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) with an assessment of the effects of alignment and optimality criteria

JM Padial, T Grant, DR Frost - Zootaxa, 2014 - biotaxa.org
Brachycephaloidea is a monophyletic group of frogs with more than 1000 species
distributed throughout the New World tropics, subtropics, and Andean regions. Recently, the …

Frog phylogeny: a time-calibrated, species-level tree based on hundreds of loci and 5,242 species

DM Portik, JW Streicher, JJ Wiens - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-scale, time-calibrated phylogenies from supermatrix studies have become crucial for
evolutionary and ecological studies in many groups of organisms. However, in frogs (anuran …

[PDF][PDF] A revised classification of the amphibian reproductive modes

CHL Nunes-de-Almeida, CFB Haddad, LF Toledo - Salamandra, 2021 - researchgate.net
Amphibian reproductive modes (RMs) have been extensively described and applied to
amphibian biology studies. However, due to new behavioural observations and past system …

Red List assessment of amphibian species of Ecuador: A multidimensional approach for their conservation

HM Ortega-Andrade, M Rodes Blanco… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, but faces severe pressures and
threats to its natural ecosystems. Numerous species have declined and require to be …