Cryptic species conservation: a review

D Hending - Biological Reviews, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cryptic species are groups of two or more taxa that were previously classified as single
nominal species. Being almost morphologically indistinguishable, cryptic species have …

Next‐generation species delimitation and taxonomy: implications for biogeography

M Vences, A Miralles, C Dufresnes - Journal of Biogeography, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
An accurate species‐level taxonomy is paramount for biogeographical research, and
conversely, biogeographical data are of importance for species delimitation. We here review …

[PDF][PDF] How not to describe a species: lessons from a tangle of anacondas (Boidae: Eunectes Wagler, 1830)

W Wüster, H Kaiser, MS Hoogmoed… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
A recent revision of the anacondas (Serpentes: Boidae: Eunectes), with the description of a
new species of green anaconda, generated extensive publicity, but also provoked …

Widely used, short 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene fragments yield poor and erratic results in phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation of amphibians

KO Chan, ST Hertwig, DN Neokleous, JM Flury… - BMC Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Springer
Abstract Background The 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene is the most widely sequenced
molecular marker in amphibian systematic studies, making it comparable to the universal …

Gene Flow Increases Phylogenetic Structure and Inflates Cryptic Species Estimations: A Case Study on Widespread Philippine Puddle Frogs (Occidozyga laevis)

KO Chan, CR Hutter, PL Wood Jr, YC Su… - Systematic …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
In cryptic amphibian complexes, there is a growing trend to equate high levels of genetic
structure with hidden cryptic species diversity. Typically, phylogenetic structure and distance …

Species delimitation, phylogenomics, and biogeography of Sulawesi flying lizards: a diversification history complicated by ancient hybridization, cryptic species, and …

JA Mcguire, X Huang, SB Reilly, DT Iskandar… - Systematic …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The biota of Sulawesi is noted for its high degree of endemism and for its substantial levels
of in situ biological diversification. While the island's long period of isolation and dynamic …

How to accurately delineate morphologically conserved taxa and diagnose their phenotypic disparities: species delimitation in cryptic Rhinolophidae (Chiroptera)

A Chornelia, J Lu, AC Hughes - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Systematics and taxonomy are the backbone of all components of biology and ecology, yet
cryptic species present a major challenge for accurate species identification. This is …

Candidate‐species delimitation in Desmognathus salamanders reveals gene flow across lineage boundaries, confounding phylogenetic estimation and clarifying …

RA Pyron, KA O'Connell, EM Lemmon… - Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dusky Salamanders (genus Desmognathus) currently comprise only 22 described,
extant species. However, recent mitochondrial and nuclear estimates indicate the presence …

Unsupervised machine learning for species delimitation, integrative taxonomy, and biodiversity conservation

RA Pyron - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Integrative taxonomy, combining data from multiple axes of biologically relevant variation, is
a major goal of systematics. Ideally, such taxonomies will derive from similarly integrative …

Combining species delimitation, species trees, and tests for gene flow clarifies complex speciation in scrub-jays

DA DeRaad, JE McCormack, N Chen… - Systematic …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Complex speciation, involving rapid divergence and multiple bouts of post-divergence gene
flow, can obfuscate phylogenetic relationships and species limits. In North America, cases of …