Species review of amphibian extinction risks in Madagascar: conclusions from the Global Amphibian Assessment

F Andreone, JE Cadle, N Cox, F Glaw… - Conservation …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We assessed the extinction risks of Malagasy amphibians by evaluating their distribution,
occurrence in protected areas, population trends, habitat quality, and prevalence in …

The amphibian tree of life

DR Frost, T Grant, J Faivovich, RH Bain, A Haas… - Bulletin of the American …, 2006 - BioOne
The evidentiary basis of the currently accepted classification of living amphibians is
discussed and shown not to warrant the degree of authority conferred on it by use and …

A time‐calibrated species tree of Crocodylia reveals a recent radiation of the true crocodiles

JR Oaks - Evolution, 2011 - academic.oup.com
True crocodiles (Crocodylus) are the most broadly distributed, ecologically diverse, and
species‐rich crocodylian genus, comprising about half of extant crocodylian diversity and …

Multiple overseas dispersal in amphibians

M Vences, DR Vieites, F Glaw… - … of the Royal …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibians are thought to be unable to disperse over ocean barriers because they do not
tolerate the osmotic stress of salt water. Their distribution patterns have therefore generally …

[PDF][PDF] DNA barcoding and systematic review of Minervaryan frogs (Dicroglossidae: Minervaryd) of peninsular India: Resolution of a taxonomic conundrum with …

S Garg, SD Biju - Asian Herpetological Research, 2021 - researchgate.net
The genus Minervarya is among the most widely distributed, commonly occurring, and
taxonomically confusing groups of dicroglossid frogs in India. Recent studies have provided …

Clade age and not diversification rate explains species richness among animal taxa

MA McPeek, JM Brown - The American Naturalist, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
Animal taxa show remarkable variability in species richness across phylogenetic groups.
Most explanations for this disparity postulate that taxa with more species have phenotypes …

Phylogeny and biogeography of a cosmopolitan frog radiation: Late Cretaceous diversification resulted in continent-scale endemism in the family Ranidae

F Bossuyt, RM Brown, DM Hillis… - Systematic …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ranidae is a large anuran group with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. We investigated
the phylogenetic relationships and early biogeographic history of ranid frogs, using 104 …

A biogeographic synthesis of the amphibians and reptiles of Indochina

RH Bain, MM Hurley - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2011 - BioOne
ABSTRACT Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam) houses over 600 species of
amphibians and reptiles, roughly a quarter of which has been described within the last 15 …

Endemic ranid (Amphibia: Anura) genera in southern mountain ranges of the Indian subcontinent represent ancient frog lineages: evidence from molecular data

K Roelants, J Jiang, F Bossuyt - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2004 - Elsevier
The geological history of the Indian subcontinent is marked by successive episodes of
extensive isolation, which have provided ideal settings for the development of a unique floral …

Mitochondrial phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region

P Lymberakis, N Poulakakis, G Manthalou… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2007 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic relationships in the western fraction of Rana (Pelophylax) have not been
resolved till now, even though several works have been devoted to the subject. Here, we …