Taxonomic Review of South American Butter Frogs: Phylogeny, Geographic Patterns, and Species Delimitation in the Leptodactylus latrans Species Group (Anura …

FM Magalhães, ML Lyra… - Herpetological …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The Leptodactylus latrans species group currently comprises eight medium-to large-sized
frog species with a convoluted taxonomic history, particularly related to the specific limits of …

[HTML][HTML] Multilocus phylogeny of Paratelmatobiinae (Anura: Leptodactylidae) reveals strong spatial structure and previously unknown diversity in the Atlantic Forest …

MTT Santos, RF de Magalhaes, ML Lyra… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic Forest harbors high levels of anuran diversity and endemism,
including several taxa restricted to small geographic ranges. Here, we provide a multilocus …

Life on the edge: tadpoles of Cycloramphidae (Amphibia; Anura), anatomy, systematics, functional morphology, and comments on the evolution of semiterrestrial …

PH dos Santos Dias, F Vera Candioti… - Journal of Zoological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary success of anurans can be partially explained by the occurrence of free‐
living larvae. Tadpoles occupy several distict habitats, including the terrestrial environment …

The fossil record and phylogeny of South American horned frogs (Anura, Ceratophryidae)

RO Gómez, GF Turazzini - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
South American horned frogs (Ceratophryidae), with their large heads, wide gapes and fang-
like teeth, are among the most charismatic, best-known and well-studied neobatrachian …

Colonization rather than fragmentation explains the geographical distribution and diversification of treefrogs endemic to Brazilian shield sky islands

CB Oswald, P Lemes, MTC Thomé… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Geographical patterns of montane biodiversity worldwide are related to biotic and
abiotic factors, such as historical climate dynamics and species dispersal capabilities, which …

Historical biogeography and multi-trait evolution in miniature toadlets of the genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)

TH Condez, CFB Haddad… - Biological Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary changes towards a miniaturized body plan may directly affect other important
phenotypic traits related to the physiology, behaviour and ecology of organisms. The frog …

Molecular phylogeny of Ischnocnema (Anura: Brachycephalidae) with the redefinition of its series and the description of two new species

PPG Taucce, C Canedo, JS Parreiras… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a new phylogenetic hypothesis for Ischnocnema, a Neotropical brachycephaloid
genus of ground-dwelling direct-develo** frogs. We performed Bayesian inference …

Revisiting the Vocal Repertoire of Thoropa miliaris and T. taophora (Anura: Cycloramphidae): Insights into the Acoustic Divergence among Lineages

AF Sabbag, TR Carvalho, CA Brasileiro… - …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Calls are the most conspicuous form of communication in anurans. They are generally
species specific, mediate mating behavior and, as such, are often emitted during the …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptic diversity in Brazilian endemic monkey frogs (Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae, Pithecopus) revealed by multispecies coalescent and integrative approaches

EKS Ramos, RF de Magalhaes, NCS Marques… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Even though Brazil is the world leader in amphibian diversity, a significant part of its richness
remains unknown or hidden under cryptic taxa. Here, we used model-based species …

Deep Genomic Divergence and Phenotypic Admixture of the Treefrog Dendropsophus elegans (Hylidae: Amphibia) Coincide With Riverine Boundaries at the …

RM Pirani, JFR Tonini, AT Thomaz… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Atlantic Forest (AF) domain is one of the Earth's biodiversity hotspots, known for its high
levels of species diversity and endemism. Factors related to palaeoenvironmental dynamics …