Malagasy frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis in the mantellid frog genus Mantidactylus
currently comprise 14 described species of mostly brown, riparian frogs. Data from DNA …

The Lygodactylus madagascariensis species group, constituting the subgenus
Domerguella, currently contains five valid species of inconspicuous dwarf geckos from …

Morphologically cryptic taxa have proved to be a long-standing challenge for taxonomists.
Lineages that show strong genomic structuring across the landscape but are phenotypically …

The oldest published mention of a reptile skeleton identified at species level appears in the
“De quadrupedibus digitatis […],” issued posthumously in 1637 by Ulisse Aldrovandi, the …

The terrestrial blood feeding leeches of family Haemadipsidae are abundant throughout the
Indo-Pacific, a region which encompasses many of the world's biodiversity hotspots …

Madagascar has historically suffered from high fragmentation of forested habitats, often
leading to biodiversity loss. Neverthless, forest fragments still retain high levels of biological …

Based on a large number of specimens and genetic samples, we revise the chameleons of
the phenetic Calumma nasutum species group using an integrative taxonomic approach …

Advancements in tissue visualization techniques have spurred significant gains in the
biomedical sciences by enabling researchers to integrate their datasets across anatomical …

We here present the first detailed study of the specimen KNM-RU 18340 from Rusinga
Island (Kenya), the only known complete early Miocene chameleon skull, using micro-CT …

Stump-toed frogs (genus Stumpffia Boettger, 1881) are a diverse group of small-bodied
frogs endemic to Madagascar. Seven species of this genus occur on Marojejy, a steep …