Aim (1) To synthesize data on the physical and phylogeographical history of the Mexican
highlands, with a focus on the Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), and (2) to propose …

Background The evolutionary origin and historical demography of extant Arcto-Tertiary forest
species in East Asia is still poorly understood. Here, we reconstructed the evolutionary and …

Garter snakes (Thamnophis) are a successful group of natricines endemic to North America.
They have become important natural models for ecological and evolutionary research, yet …

Background The age of lineages has become a fundamental datum in studies exploring the
interaction between geological transformation and biotic diversification. However …

The widespread montane Mexican horned lizard Phrynosoma orbiculare (Squamata:
Phrynosomatidae) represents an ideal species to investigate the relative impacts of …

Mimicking natural parameters and complexities in zoo conservation breeding programs can
facilitate natural physiological and behavioral traits, which in turn can inform more effective …

The green anole (Anolis carolinensis) has been widely used as an animal model in
physiology and neurobiology but has recently emerged as an important genomic model. The …

The phylogeny of thamnophiine snakes has not been fully resolved, largely because
previous phylogenetic estimates have been based on incomplete taxon sampling or relied …

ABSTRACT The Madrean Archipelago in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico
consists of 22 mountain ranges south of the Mogollon Rim. Herpetofaunal lists for these …

Aim We assessed genetic relationships among populations for each of the four snake
species found on C rete (Z amenis situla, H ierophis gemonensis, T elescopus fallax and N …