Frogs in the genus Amnirana (family Ranidae) are widely distributed across sub-Saharan
Africa and present a model system for exploring the relationship between diversification and …

Members of the snake subfamily Aparallactinae occur in various habitats throughout sub-
Saharan Africa. The monophyly of aparallactine snakes is well established, but relationships …

Organismal traits interact with environmental variation to mediate how species respond to
shared landscapes. Thus, differences in traits related to dispersal ability or physiological …

Aim To investigate how putative barriers, forest refugia, and ecological gradients across the
lower Guineo‐Congolian rain forest shape genetic and phenotypic divergence in the leaf …

Flightless, phoretic insects of the tribe Meloini include several widespread species able to
inhabit both mainland and oceanic and continental islands. Relationships between phoretic …

African reed frogs are widespread and highly polymorphic for colour pattern. The Hyperolius
viridiflavus complex includes 121 described taxa, including subspecies, which are presently …

Background Higher-level systematics in amphibians is relatively stable. However, recent
phylogenetic studies of African torrent-frogs have uncovered high divergence in these …

Psammophylax (Fitzinger 1843) is a widespread yet poorly studied genus of African grass
snakes. A genetic phylogeny of six of the seven species was estimated using multiple …

The family Ptychadenidae contains three ecologically and morphologically distinct genera:
the widespread, species-rich and above-ground dwelling Ptychadena, the less widespread …

Estimating population connectivity and species' abilities to disperse across the landscape is
crucial for understanding the long‐term persistence of species in changing environments …