In this paper, I review the relevance of the niche to biogeography, and what biogeography
may tell us about the niche. The niche is defined as the combination of abiotic and biotic …

Peru is well known for amphibian diversity and endemism, yet there have been relatively few
field studies of glassfrog (Centrolenidae) diversity in this country. Research in Colombia and …

RESUMEN A más de una década de la primera Lista Roja de herpetofauna propuesta por
la Asociación Herpetológica Argentina (Lavilla et al., 2000), se recategorizaron los anfibios …

The Linnaean classification system provides the universal reference system for
communicating about the diversity of life and its hierarchic history. Several limitations that …

Glassfrogs (family: Centrolenidae) represent a fantastic radiation (~ 150 described species)
of Neotropical anurans that originated in South America and dispersed into Central America …

Documenting the Neotropical amphibian diversity has become a major challenge facing the
threat of global climate change and the pace of environmental alteration. Recent molecular …

Aim We used frogs of the clade Allocentroleniae (Centrolenidae+ Allophrynidae; c. 170
species endemic to Neotropical rain forests) as a model system to address the historical …

Guyana has a very distinctive herpetofauna. In this first ever detailed modern accounting,
based on voucher specimens, we document the presence of 324 species of amphibians and …

Three frogs of a new species found in cloud forests on two nearby mountains in Guyana
were included in a molecular phylogeny of 17 nuclear and mitochondrial genes (10,739 …

Many animals provide parental care to offspring. Parental sex‐roles vary extensively across
taxa, and such patterns are considered well documented. However, information on …