DNA barcoding Madagascar's amphibian fauna

RGB Perl, ZT Nagy, G Sonet, F Glaw, KC Wollenberg… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2014‏ - brill.com
We provide a DNA barcoding survey of Malagasy amphibians, including 251 of the 292
nominal species known to date, by complementing previous data with 280 newly determined …

An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: Integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the …

MD Scherz, A Crottini, C Hutter, A Hildenbrand… - Megataxa, 2022‏ - flore.unifi.it
Malagasy frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis in the mantellid frog genus Mantidactylus
currently comprise 14 described species of mostly brown, riparian frogs. Data from DNA …

A reverse taxonomic approach to assess macrofaunal distribution patterns in abyssal Pacific polymetallic nodule fields

A Janssen, S Kaiser, K Meissner, N Brenke, L Menot… - Plos one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Heightened interest in the exploitation of deep seafloor minerals is raising questions on the
consequences for the resident fauna. Assessing species ranges and determination of …

'Barcode fishing'for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species

MD Scherz, SM Rasolonjatovo, J Köhler, L Rancilhac… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Taxonomic progress is often hindered by intrinsic factors, such as morphologically cryptic
species that require a broad suite of methods to distinguish, and extrinsic factors, such as …

Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)

L Rancilhac, T Bruy, MD Scherz, EA Pereira… - Journal of Natural …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
The subgenus Mantidactylus is a group of frogs endemic to Madagascar, including the
largest anuran species on the island. Although these frogs are common and widely …

[HTML][HTML] A new species of Amazonian snouted treefrog (Hylidae: Scinax) with description of a novel species-habitat association for an aquatic breeding frog

M Ferrão, R de Fraga, J Moravec, IL Kaefer, AP Lima - PeerJ, 2018‏ - peerj.com
The genus Scinax is one of the most specious genera of treefrogs of the family Hylidae.
Despite the high number of potential new species of Scinax revealed in recent studies, the …

Macrolides and Alcohols as Scent Gland Constituents of the Madagascan Frog Mantidactylus femoralis and Their Intraspecific Diversity

D Poth, PS Peram, M Vences… - Journal of Natural …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Acoustic and, to a lesser degree, visual signals are the predominant means of signaling in
frogs. Nevertheless, certain lineages such as the mantelline frogs from Madagascar use the …

A new snouted treefrog of the genus Scinax (Anura, Hylidae) from the white-sand forests of central Amazonia

M Ferrão, J Moravec, AS Ferreira, LJCL Moraes… - Breviora, 2022‏ - BioOne
We describe through integrative taxonomy a new species of snouted treefrog of the genus
Scinax from white-sand forests of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve in …

Species distribution and assembly patterns of frog larvae in rainforest streams of Madagascar

A Strauß, RD Randrianiaina, M Vences, J Glos - Hydrobiologia, 2013‏ - Springer
Many tropical rainforests harbour species-rich assemblages of frogs and, consequently, of
tadpoles. These larvae are often morphologically highly diverse, especially in their oral …

Nidicolous tadpoles rather than direct development in Malagasy frogs of the genus Gephyromantis

RD Randrianiaina, KC Wollenberg… - Journal of Natural …, 2011‏ - Taylor & Francis
Frogs in the genus Gephyromantis from Madagascar were assumed to have a direct
developmental mode, ie the complete embryonic and larval development within the egg, but …