River network rearrangements promote speciation in lowland Amazonian birds

LJ Musher, M Giakoumis, J Albert, G Del-Rio… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Large Amazonian rivers impede dispersal for many species, but lowland river networks
frequently rearrange, thereby altering the location and effectiveness of river barriers through …

Comparative osteology of paradoxical frogs (Hylidae: Pseudae) with comments on diagnostic features, evolutionary trends and potential aquatic adaptations

GF Turazzini, RO Gómez - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2023 - Elsevier
Paradoxical frogs (Pseudae) are mostly aquatic anurans thriving in tropical and subtropical
South America that have long attracted attention because of their gigantic tadpoles, but also …

New insights on the molecular phylogenetic relationships of paradoxical frogs of the genus Pseudis with emphasis on the systematics of P. platensis (Anura: Hylidae)

A Caballero-Gini, F Brusquetti… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Paradoxical frogs are exclusively aquatic anurans distributed across much of South
America. They have been the subject of several phylogenetic studies, but the results of these …

Uncovering inbreeding, small populations, and strong genetic isolation in an Australian threatened frog, Litoria littlejohni

SE Stock, K Klop-Toker, S Wallace, O Kelly… - Conservation …, 2023 - Springer
The status of many amphibian populations remains unclear due to undetected declines
driven by disease and difficulties in obtaining accurate population estimates. Here, we used …

Biogeographic inferences across spatial and evolutionary scales

V Wishingrad, RC Thomson - Molecular ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of biogeography unites landscape genetics and phylogeography under a common
conceptual framework. Landscape genetics traditionally focuses on recent‐time, population …

Genetic structure and landscape effects on gene flow in the Neotropical lizard Norops brasiliensis (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

EM Fonseca, NS Pope, WE Peterman, FP Werneck… - Heredity, 2024 - nature.com
One key research goal of evolutionary biology is to understand the origin and maintenance
of genetic variation. In the Cerrado, the South American savanna located primarily in the …

Coalescent simulations indicate that the São Francisco River is a biogeographic barrier for six vertebrates in a seasonally dry South American forest

FEA Coelho, WX Guillory, M Gehara - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The riverine barrier hypothesis has been extensively explored in Neotropical rainforests,
while its importance in drier regions such as the Caatinga, a seasonally dry tropical forest in …

Hydrographic basins dictate the genetic structure of the paradoxical frog Pseudis bolbodactyla (Anura: Hylidae) in the rivers of Central Brazil

DJ Santana, EA Myers, EM Fonseca… - Biological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Rivers are prominent landscape features, acting as key promoters of diversification among
freshwater organisms. Albeit generally considered potential barriers to species movement …

Effects of Environmental Variation in Structuring Population Genetic Variation in the False-Water Cobras (Xenodontinae: Hydrodynastes)

PS Carvalho, DJ Santana, H Zaher, EA Myers - Evolutionary Biology, 2023 - Springer
Although rivers are known to promote diversification and shape phylogeographic patterns,
they can also be permeable and facilitate the dispersal of species. Using multiple molecular …

Unravelling the cryptic diversity and evolution of the dwarf swamp frog Pseudopaludicola mystacalis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in open habitats of South America

CR Porto, CP Fazolato, R Marques, H Batalha-Filho… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2022 - brill.com
Many studies on the diversity of the South American biota support the role of ecological and
geological events as main drivers of species diversification. For many groups …