[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in taxonomic studies, biogeographic analysis, and revised checklist of amphibians in Indochina

NA Poyarkov, T Van Nguyen, ES Popov… - Russian Journal of …, 2021 - rjh.folium.ru
Abstract The Indochinese Peninsula is recognized as one of the key global biodiversity
hotspots. The amphibian fauna of Indochina (including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and …

Diversity, distribution and molecular species delimitation in frogs and toads from the Eastern Palaearctic

C Dufresnes, SN Litvinchuk - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity analyses can greatly benefit from coherent species delimitation schemes and up-
to-date distribution data. In this article, we have made the daring attempt to delimit and map …

Paleoenvironments shaped the exchange of terrestrial vertebrates across Wallace's Line

A Skeels, LM Boschman, IR McFadden, EM Joyce… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Faunal turnover in Indo-Australia across Wallace's Line is one of the most recognizable
patterns in biogeography and has catalyzed debate about the role of evolutionary and …

The evolution of reproductive modes and life cycles in amphibians

HC Liedtke, JJ Wiens, I Gomez-Mestre - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Amphibians have undergone important evolutionary transitions in reproductive modes and
life-cycles. We compare large-scale macroevolutionary patterns in these transitions across …

[HTML][HTML] The role of climate and islands in species diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old World tree frogs

G Ellepola, MR Pie, R Pethiyagoda, J Hanken… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Large diversifications of species are known to occur unevenly across space and
evolutionary lineages, but the relative importance of their driving mechanisms, such as …

Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cave fish genus Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in southwest China

H Wen, T Luo, Y Wang, S Wang, T Liu… - Integrative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modern accumulations of genetic data offer unprecedented opportunities for understanding
the systematic classification and origins of specific groups of organisms. The genus …

Target-capture phylogenomics provide insights on gene and species tree discordances in Old World treefrogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Genome-scale data have greatly facilitated the resolution of recalcitrant nodes that Sanger-
based datasets have been unable to resolve. However, phylogenomic studies continue to …

Diversification and biogeography of Rhacophoridae–a model testing approach

G Ellepola, M Meegaskumbura - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A central focus of evolutionary biology is to understand species diversity by studying how
they arrived at their current geographic distributions. The biogeography of the Old World tree …

Two-Fold ND5 Genes, Three-Fold Control Regions, lncRNA, and the “Missing” ATP8 Found in the Mitogenomes of Polypedates megacephalus (Rhacophridae …

LN Cai, LH Zhang, YJ Lin, JY Wang, KB Storey… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The spot-legged treefrog Polypedates megacephalus (Anura:
Rhacophoridae) is widely distributed in Asia. In previous studies, it has been noted that the …

[PDF][PDF] New herpetofaunal observations from Laos based on photo records

TV Nguyen, P Brakels, N Maury… - Amphibian & Reptile …, 2020 - academia.edu
The results of herpetological surveys conducted throughout Laos in 2016–2019 resulted in
significant records at the country and provincial levels for several amphibian and reptile …