Diversity, distribution and molecular species delimitation in frogs and toads from the Eastern Palaearctic

C Dufresnes, SN Litvinchuk - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity analyses can greatly benefit from coherent species delimitation schemes and up-
to-date distribution data. In this article, we have made the daring attempt to delimit and map …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in taxonomic studies, biogeographic analysis, and revised checklist of reptiles in Indochina

NA Poyarkov, T Van Nguyen, ES Popov… - Russian Journal of …, 2023 - rjh.folium.ru
Abstract The Indochinese Peninsula represents one of the key global biodiversity hotspots in
Southeast Asia. The herpetofauna of Indochina (herein including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia …

[HTML][HTML] An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina

NA Poyarkov, T Van Nguyen, P Pawangkhanant… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Slug-eating snakes of the subfamily Pareinae are an insufficiently studied group of snakes
specialized in feeding on terrestrial mollusks. Currently Pareinae encompass three genera …

The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

LL Grismer, NA Poyarkov, ESH Quah, JL Grismer… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus is the third largest vertebrate genus on the planet with
well over 300 species that range across at least eight biogeographic regions from South …

[HTML][HTML] Four in one: An integrative taxonomic revision of the Microhyla berdmorei complex (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) illustrates the tremendous amphibian …

AV Trofimets, C Dufresnes… - Vertebrate …, 2024 - vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
Berdmore's narrow-mouthed frog, Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856), is the largest member
of the genus Microhyla and is distributed all over Southeast Asia, from Northeast India and …

Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)

C Dufresnes, D Jablonski, J Ambu, VK Prasad… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Animal translocations provide striking examples of the human footprint on biodiversity.
Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the …

An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia

A Hinckley, M Camacho-Sanchez… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We here present a comprehensive integrative taxonomic review of the genus Hylomys,
using molecular (mitochondrial genomes and up to five nuclear loci) and morphological data …

A New Record of Bufo gargarizans Complex (Bufonidae, Anura) from Truong Son Mounts, Ha Tinh and Ha Giang Provinces, Vietnam Based on Molecular Evidence …

NL Orlov, NB Ananjeva, OA Ermakov, SA Lukonina… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Based on a combination of molecular and morphological data, we herein report a new
species within the bufonid Bufo gargarizans species complex. This is a widespread species …

[HTML][HTML]  A cryptic species of the Amolopsricketti species group (Anura, Ranidae) from China–Vietnam border regions

J Wang, J Li, L Du, M Hou, G Yu - ZooKeys, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract It was supposed that the current records of Amolopsricketti might be a species
complex composed of multiple species. In this study, on the basis of wide sampling, we …

[HTML][HTML] Mountain jade: A new high-elevation microendemic species of the genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos

P Brakels, T Van Nguyen, P Pawangkhanant… - Zoological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report on a new species, Zhangixalus melanoleucus sp. nov., from Phou Samsoum
Mountain (PSM) in Xiengkhouang Province, northeastern Laos, based on an integrative …