The 21st century will be that of the crisis of biodiversity and of extinctions: a majority of the
planet's species might disappear before having even been studied by man. The discipline in …

This paper is devoted to a review of the specific taxonomy of the frog genus Philautus Gistel,
1848. From 1822 to 1999, 177 nominal species were either described as members of this …

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 …

New species are discovered every day--and cataloguing all of them has grown into a nearly
insurmountable task worldwide. Now, this definitive reference manual acts as a style guide …

The Linnaean classification system provides the universal reference system for
communicating about the diversity of life and its hierarchic history. Several limitations that …

The genera of the subfamily Eupelminae are revised for the world. Seventeen subgenera
and 22 species groups are recognized in 33 genera. Twenty-three generic names are …

Taxonomy is a scientific discipline in permanent evolution, and will remain so for a long time
still. This is mostly due to the importance of the taxonomic impediment (Anonymous, 1994) …

The scientific names (nomina) of higher-ranked taxa (above the superfamily) of animals are
not regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, but by “consensus” …

Research on the taxonomy of European amphibians and reptiles has increased noticeably
over the last few decades, indicating the need for recognition of new species and the …

Four protein‐encoding mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b, NADH‐dehydrogenase subunits
1, 2 and 4) and one nuclear (c‐mos) gene were sequenced to infer phylogenetic …