Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Although currently most taxonomists claim to adhere to the concept of 'phylogenetic
taxonomy', in fact most of the zoological classifications currently published are only in part …

The recently proposed concept of´ endangered living fossils'(ELFs) integrates high-
endangered status and evolutionary singularity for any species. In this review, I gathered …

Species distribution data are fundamental to the understanding of biodiversity patterns and
processes. Yet, such data are strongly affected by sampling biases, mostly related to site …

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 …

Four new species of flat geckos in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group are
described from south-western and west-central Angola. The description of these new …

Aim The expansion of open habitats during the mid‐Miocene has been hypothesized as a
driver of allopatric speciation for many African taxa. This habitat‐dependent mode of …

Newly collected material from northern Namibia's Otjihipa Mountains and west-central
Angola allowed us to revisit the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group. The employment …

The evolutionary success of anurans can be partially explained by the occurrence of free‐
living larvae. Tadpoles occupy several distict habitats, including the terrestrial environment …

We carried out a survey of reptiles and amphibians within Afromontane forest and woodland
slopes of three inselbergs in northern Mozambique (Mount Mabu, Mount Namuli, and Mount …