Amazonia through time: Andean uplift, climate change, landscape evolution, and biodiversity

C Hoorn, FP Wesselingh, H Ter Steege, MA Bermudez… - science, 2010‏ - science.org
The Amazonian rainforest is arguably the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem in the
world, yet the timing of the origin and evolutionary causes of this diversity are a matter of …

[HTML][HTML] A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae)

SB Hedges, CE Conn - Zootaxa, 2012‏ - mapress.com
Neotropical skinks are unique among lizards and other vertebrates in their degree of
convergence, in reproductive traits, with eutherian mammals. They have also been famously …

The challenge of species delimitation at the extremes: diversification without morphological change in Philippine sun skinks

AJ Barley, J White, AC Diesmos, RM Brown - Evolution, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
An accurate understanding of species diversity is essential to studies across a wide range of
biological subdisciplines. However, delimiting species remains challenging in evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist

GA Rivas, CR Molina, GN Ugueto, TR Barros… - Zootaxa, 2012‏ - biotaxa.org
We update the list of reptiles of Venezuela, reporting a total of 370 species from the country
(four of these exotic), arrangedin 122 genera (one exotic), 30 families and three orders …

Integrative overview of the herpetofauna from Serra da Mocidade, a granitic mountain range in northern Brazil

LJCL Moraes, AP de Almeida, R de Fraga… - ZooKeys, 2017‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Brazilian mountain ranges from the Guiana Shield highlands are largely unexplored,
with an understudied herpetofauna. Here the amphibian and reptile species diversity of the …

The lizards, crocodiles, and turtles of Honduras. Systematics, distribution, and conservation

JR McCranie - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 2018‏ - BioOne
I discuss the taxonomy, distribution, and conservation of the lizards, crocodiles, and turtles
occurring in the Central American country of Honduras. This is the fourth and final work in …

Resolving the higher-order phylogenetic relationships of the circumtropical Mabuya group (Squamata: Scincidae): An out-of-Asia diversification

BR Karin, M Metallinou, JL Weinell, TR Jackman… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Despite an abundance of phylogenetic studies focused on intrageneric relationships of
members of the Mabuya group, the intergeneric relationships have remained difficult to …

Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia

M Ribeiro-Júnior, S Amaral - Neotropical Biodiversity, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
In the last decades research efforts studying Amazonian biodiversity have increased
substantially, with many new localities surveyed, new specimens collected, and some new …

Leapfrogging into new territory: how Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche

BM Zimkus, LP Lawson, MF Barej, CD Barratt… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Mascarene ridged frog, Ptychadena mascareniensis, is a species complex that
includes numerous lineages occurring mostly in humid savannas and open forests of …

[HTML][HTML] Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas

H Zaher, FE Barbo, PS Martínez, C Nogueira… - Biota …, 2011‏ - SciELO Brasil
Elaboramos uma lista das espécies de répteis do Estado de São Paulo com base nos
registros confirmados de exemplares depositados nas três maiores coleções científicas do …