What determines the distinct morphology of species with a particular ecology? The roles of many-to-one mapping and trade-offs in the evolution of frog ecomorphology …

DS Moen - The American Naturalist, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Organisms inhabiting a specific environment often have distinct morphology, but the factors
that affect this fit are unclear when multiple morphological traits affect performance in …

Amphibians of Rwanda: Diversity, community features, and conservation status

JM Dehling, U Sinsch - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The diversity and distribution of the amphibians in Rwanda was critically reviewed to provide
a reliable species inventory for informed conservation management. The checklist of the …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomy of the super-cryptic Hyperolius nasutus group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species

A Channing, A Hillers, S Lötters, MO Rödel… - …, 2013 - natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za
Specimens from across the range of the Hyperolius nasutus species group were sequenced
for two mitochondrial genes and one nuclear gene. Advertisement calls were recorded from …

[PDF][PDF] The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola

W Conradie, R Bills, WR Branch - Amphibian & …, 2016 - amphibian-reptile-conservation.org
Angola's herpetofauna has been neglected for many years, but recent surveys have
revealed unknown diversity and a consequent increase in the number of species recorded …

How many species and under what names? Using DNA barcoding and GenBank data for west Central African amphibian conservation

JL Deichmann, DG Mulcahy, H Vanthomme, E Tobi… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Development projects in west Central Africa are proceeding at an unprecedented rate, often
with little concern for their effects on biodiversity. In an attempt to better understand potential …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular phylogenetics of stream treefrogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group (Anura: Hylidae), and description of two new species from Ecuador

LA Coloma, S Carvajal-Endara, JF Duenas… - Zootaxa, 2012 - mapress.com
We review the systematics of frogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group. A new
phylogenetic tree inferred frommitochondrial DNA (partial sequences of 12S rRNA, valine …

[PDF][PDF] At the edge of extinction: a first herpetological assessment of the proposed Serra do Pingano Rainforest National Park in Uíge Province, northern Angola

R Ernst, T Lautenschläger, MF Branquima… - Zoosystematics and …, 2020 - zse.pensoft.net
We systematically assess the herpetofaunal diversity of the Serra do Pingano Forest
Ecosystem (SPFE) and additional localities throughout the northern Angolan province of …

Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical …

J Lobón-Rovira, NL Baptista, T Clark… - African Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The global environmental crisis has reinforced the importance of improving the
documentation of the geographical distributions of extant species. With this aim, species …

Updated review of amphibian diversity, distribution and conservation in Ethiopia

A Mengistu, P Nagel, A Getahun… - Ethiopian journal of …, 2013 - ejol.ethernet.edu.et
GAP-FILLERS IN MUNESSA-SHASHEMENE FOREST, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA Page 1 Ethiop.
J. Biol. Sci. 12(1): 81-116, 2013 © The Biological Society of Ethiopia, 2013 ISSN: 1819-8678 …

Assessing the molecular phylogeny of a near extinct group of vertebrates: the Neotropical harlequin frogs (Bufonidae; Atelopus)

S Loetters, A Van der Meijden, LA Coloma… - Systematics and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Neotropical harlequin frogs, Atelopus, are a species-rich bufonid group. Atelopus
monophyly has been suggested but intergeneric, interspecific and intraspecific relationships …