The genus Trachylepis is currently represented by 21 species in Angola, most of them part of
nomenclaturally and taxonomically challenging species complexes. In this study we present …

Abstract Aim The Australian deserts are home to a remarkable diversity of taxa that might
appear to have evolved in the absence of topographic and physical barriers to dispersal. In …

Evidence from numerous P an‐A frican savannah mammals indicates that open‐habitat
refugia existed in A frica during the Pleistocene, isolated by expanding tropical forests …

Within southern Africa, a link between past climatic changes and faunal diversification has
been hypothesized for a diversity of taxa. To test the hypothesis that evolutionary …

Aim Assessment of phylogenetic diversity and biogeographical affinities of the rodent fauna
from one of the most neglected areas in Africa. Location Angola (with biogeographical …

Marker selection has emerged as an important component of phylogenomic study design
due to rising concerns of the effects of gene tree estimation error, model misspecification …

As the fields of molecular systematics and phylogeography are advancing, it is necessary to
incorporate multiple loci in both population and species-level inference. Here, we present …

The drivers of species diversification and persistence are of great interest to current
biogeography, especially in those global biodiversity 'hotspots' harbouring most of Earth's …

African snake-eyed skinks are relatively small lizards of the genera Panaspis and
Afroablepharus. Species allocation of these genera frequently changed during the 20th …

Namibia is mostly an arid and semi-arid country with a high number of reptile and fewer
amphibian species. We review the herpetological literature dealing with Namibian species …