Genetic structure can be influenced by local adaptation to environmental heterogeneity and
biogeographic barriers, resulting in discrete population clusters. Geographic distance …

As DNA sequencing technologies and methods for delimiting species with genomic data
become more accessible and numerous, researchers have more tools than ever to …

The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, consists of 172 species,
including 18 anurans, three salamanders, 140 squamates, and 11 turtles. Among the 10 …

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

Mexico houses a substantial diversity of amphibians and reptiles, with a large number of
endemics. We generated a checklist of Mexico's herpetofauna and their distribution among …

Sonora has a rich natural diversity, including reptiles and amphibians. Sonora's location on
the United States-Mexico border creates some unique conservation challenges for its …

The Transvolcanic Belt (TVB) of Mexico is a biogeographic province of significant
biodiversity, acting as a transition zone between eastern and western Mexico. Using …

Terrestrial organisms that use traveling waves to locomote must leverage heterogeneities to
overcome drag on the elongate body. While previous studies illuminated how habitat …

Although the differentiation of clades at the species level is usually based on a justifiable
and testable conceptual framework, the demarcation of supraspecific boundaries is less …

Predators with diverse diets can use generalized feeding behavior to consume different prey
types or can alter behavior based upon the functional demands of each prey type. Prey …