The transition from marine to freshwater habitats is one of the major steps in the evolution of
life. In the decapod crustaceans, four groups have colonized fresh water at different …

Abstract Tropical Southeast (SE) Asia harbors extraordinary species richness and in its
entirety comprises four of the Earth's 34 biodiversity hotspots. Here, we examine the …

Crabs of the infra-order Brachyura are one of the most diverse groups of crustaceans with
approximately 7,000 described species in 98 families, occurring in marine, freshwater, and …

The accretion of the Indian subcontinent to Eurasia triggered a massive faunal and floral
exchange, with Gondwanan taxa entering into Asia and vice versa. The traditional view on …

The concept of long-lived (ancient) lakes has had a great influence on the development of
evolutionary biogeography. According to this insight, a number of lakes on Earth have …

Natricine snakes are geographically widespread, species rich (with~ 250 extant species)
and both morphologically and ecologically diverse. We present a multilocus DNA sequence …

Frogs of the genus Microhyla include some of the world's smallest amphibians and
represent the largest radiation of Asian microhylids, currently encompassing 50 species …

The taxonomy of 185 species of Afrotropical freshwater crabs is revised to conform to the
updated phylogenetic relationships within this large assemblage, based on the largest …

Freshwater mussels cannot spread through oceanic barriers and represent a suitable model
to test the continental drift patterns. Here, we reconstruct the diversification of Oriental …

The collision of the Indian and Eurasian landmasses in the Cenozoic was a decisive factor
in shaping biodiversity patterns in Southern and Southeastern Asia. While most studies thus …