A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae)

JM Chen, WW Zhou, NA Poyarkov Jr, BL Stuart… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
The horned toad assemblage, genus Megophrys sensu lato, currently includes three groups
previously recognized as the genera Atympanophrys, Xenophrys and Megophrys sensu …

Evolutionary history of the Asian Horned Frogs (Megophryinae): integrative approaches to timetree dating in the absence of a fossil record

S Mahony, NM Foley, SD Biju… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Molecular dating studies typically need fossils to calibrate the analyses. Unfortunately, the
fossil record is extremely poor or presently nonexistent for many species groups, rendering …

[HTML][HTML] Generic classification of Asian horned toads (Anura: Megophryidae: Megophryinae) and monograph of Chinese species

ZT Lyu, S Qi, J Wang, SY Zhang, J Zhao… - Zoological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The subfamily Megophryinae, as a representative batrachian group of the Oriental Realm
and one of the most diverse groups of amphibians, has attracted considerable attention due …

Prevalence of cryptic species in morphologically uniform taxa–Fast speciation and evolutionary radiation in Asian frogs

Z Liu, G Chen, T Zhu, Z Zeng, Z Lyu, J Wang… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diversity and distributions of cryptic species have long been a vexing issue. Identification of
species boundaries is made difficult by the lack of obvious morphological differences. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a …

S Mahony, RG Kamei, EC Teeling, SD Biju - Zootaxa, 2018 - mapress.com
The Megophrys major species group (MMSG) is composed of typically medium to large
sized frogs. Within the genus, it is the most geographically widespread clade ranging from …

[PDF][PDF] Two new and potentially highly threatened Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Indochina's highest mountains

B Tapley, TP Cutajar, S Mahony, CT Nguyen, VQ Dau… - Zootaxa, 2018 - researchgate.net
Megophrys are a group of morphologically conserved, primarily forest-dependent frogs
known to harbour cryptic species diversity. In this study, we examined populations of small …

[PDF][PDF] A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from the western Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam

NA Poyarkov Jr, JJL Rowley, SI Gogoleva… - Zootaxa, 2015 - researchgate.net
We describe a new species of megophryid frog from Loc Bac forest in the western part of the
Langbian Plateau in the southern Annamite Mountains, Vietnam. Leptolalax pyrrhops sp …

[PDF][PDF] The Vietnamese population of Megophrys kuatunensis (Amphibia: Megophryidae) represents a new species of Asian horned frog from Vietnam and southern …

B Tapley, T Cutajar, S Mahony, CT Nguyen, VQ Dau… - Zootaxa, 2017 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Asian frog genus Megophrys is a diverse group of morphologically conserved,
forest-dwelling frogs. The genus harbours highly localised species diversification and new …

[PDF][PDF] Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus

ZT Lyu, ZC Zeng, J Wang, ZY Liu, YQ Huang, WZ Li… - Zootaxa, 2021 - researchgate.net
The diversity of Panophrys horned toads is considered highly underestimated with a large
number of undescribed cryptic species. In this work, we describe four Panophrys species …

[PDF][PDF] A new species of the genus Megophrys Gunther, 1864 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Mount Wuyi, China

KR Messenger, HA Dahn, Y Liang, P Xie, Y Wang… - Zootaxa, 2019 - researchgate.net
A new species of horned toad, Megophrys ombrophila sp. nov., is described based on
specimens found from Guadun village from Mount Wuyi in northwestern Fujian Province …