Species delimitation is a first step for realizing the extent of biodiversity and is relevant for all
downstream applications in biology. The production of large genome-scale datasets for non …

Sahul unites the world's largest and highest tropical island and the oldest and most arid
continent on the backdrop of dynamic environmental conditions. Massive geological uplift in …

Stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) are large terrestrial herbivorous arthropods known for
masquerading as plant parts such as bark, twigs and leaves. Their evolutionary history is …

Community trait assembly, the formation of distributions of phenotypic characteristics across
coexisting species, can occur via two main processes: filtering of trait distributions from the …

New Guinea is the largest tropical island in the world and hosts immense endemic
biodiversity. However, our understanding of how the gradual emergence of the terrestrial …

Subdoluseps is a recently described genus of Lygosomine skinks distributed in peninsular
India and Southeast Asia. We conduct the first revision of Indian Subdoluseps based on …

Abstract Background The New Guinean archipelago has been shaped by millions of years
of plate tectonic activity combined with long-term fluctuations in climate and sea level. These …

Context Skinks comprise the dominant component of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna in
Oceania, New Guinea, and Eastern Wallacea (ONGEW). However, knowledge of their …

Morphological differentiation associated with evolutionary diversification is often explained
with adaptive benefits but the processes and mechanisms maintaining cryptic diversity are …

Adaptations for efficient performance are expected to shape animal morphology based on
selection for microhabitat use and ecological forces. The presence of competitor species is …