Fire is a powerful environmental disturbance with the ability to shape many biomes
worldwide. However, global warming, land-use changes and other anthropogenic factors …

The physiological mechanisms, behavioral adjustments, and ecological associations that
allow animal species to live in extreme environments have evoked the attention of many …

Many studies propose that Quaternary climatic cycles contracted and/or expanded the
ranges of species and biomes. Strong expansion–contraction dynamics of biomes presume …

The relationships between morphology, performance, behavior and ecology provide
evidence for multiple and complex phenotypic adaptations. The anuran body plan, for …

The outstanding biodiversity of the Guiana Shield has raised many questions about its
origins and evolution. Frogs of the genera Adelastes, Otophryne and Synapturanus form an …

Burrowing is one of the many locomotor modes of frogs (order Anura) and is found within
many clades. Burrowing is generally categorized into two groups: forward-burrowing and …

Understanding population divergence involves testing diversification scenarios and
estimating historical parameters, such as divergence time, population size and migration …

Body shape is predicted to differ among species for functional reasons and in relation to
environmental niche and phylogenetic history. We quantified morphological differences in …

The extant anuran fauna of Madagascar is exceptionally rich and almost completely
endemic. In recent years, many new species have been described and understanding of the …

Aim To test three different scenarios to account for the geographic distribution of genetic
variation in Dermatonotus muelleri, a fossorial frog endemic of the South American diagonal …