The banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus is a widespread elapid snake, likely to comprise
several distinct species in different geographic regions of Asia. Therefore, based on …

We infer phylogenetic relationships within Teioidea, a superfamily of Nearctic and
Neotropical lizards, using nucleotide sequences. Phylogenetic analyses relied on …

Snakes of the genus Boa are outstanding elements of the New World biota with a broad
sociological influence on pop culture. Historically, several taxa have been recognized in the …

Background Phylogeographic research has advanced in South America, with increasing
efforts on taxa from the dry diagonal biomes. However, the diversification of endemic fauna …

In the last decades research efforts studying Amazonian biodiversity have increased
substantially, with many new localities surveyed, new specimens collected, and some new …

Male genitalia are thought to be particularly rapidly evolving morphological structures, but
there have been few quantitative interspecific comparisons between the evolutionary rates …

Riama is the most speciose genus of the Neotropical lizard family Gymnophthalmidae. Its
more than 30 montane species occur throughout the northern Andes, the Cordillera de la …

We review the taxonomic status of the snakes belonging to the genus Atractus from the
Pantepui region on the basis of morphological characters (meristic, morphometric, color …

We revise the taxonomy of the agamid genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829, a widely distributed
terrestrial lizard from the Indian subcontinent based on detailed comparative analyses of …

We used molecular and morphological data to investigate the hidden diversity within the
Hypsiboas semilineatus species group, and more specifically within H. geographicus, an …