During the present study, the evolutionary relationship within a clade of mountain clade of
freshwater crabs (Potamonautes) was examined using mtDNA sequence data for species …

The biodiversity of northern Mozambique is likely one of the least known in southern Africa
but is expected to harbor rich herpetofaunal diversity due to the high diversity in neighboring …

Patterns and processes of cladogenesis among taxa living on the Mozambique 'sky islands'
remain poorly studied. During the present study, we report on a new freshwater crab species …

The management of bio‐invasions relies upon the development of methods to trace their
origin and expansion. Cointroduced parasites, especially monogenean flatworms, are ideal …

In this study, we examined the phylogeographical structure of three frog species
(Anhydrophryne rattrayi, Arthroleptis wageri and Cacosternum nanum) in the Eastern and …

Recent taxonomic studies of forest habitats in South Africa have revealed the presence of
three new species of freshwater crabs, suggesting that decapod diversity within the …

Aim Low taxon sampling and taxonomic uncertainties still obscure our evolutionary
knowledge of many taxa, especially widespread lineages across diverse landscapes. Of …

Cladogenic diversification is often explained by referring to climatic oscillations and
geomorphic shifts that cause allopatric speciation. In this regard, southern Africa retains a …

Recent molecular phylogenetic work has found that Breviceps Merrem, 1820 comprises two
major clades, one of which, the B. mossambicus group, is widely distributed across southern …

The mitochondrial (mt) genome of the bushveld rain frog (Breviceps adspersus,
Brevicipitidae, Afrobatrachia) is the largest (28.8 kbp) among the vertebrates investigated to …