Hylidae is a large family of American, Australopapuan, and temperate Eurasian treefrogs of
approximately 870 known species, divided among four subfamilies. Although some groups …

Avoiding Attack discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid predator attacks
and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It …

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 …

The known diversity of dart-poison frog species has grown from 70 in the 1960s to 247 at
present, with no sign that the discovery of new species will wane in the foreseeable future …

This paper presents larval evidence and evaluates its contribution to the discussion of frog
phylogeny; 136 larval characters, 6 reproductive biology characters, and 14 adult …

Aposematism is the association, in a prey organism, of the presence of a warning signal with
unprofitability to predators. The origin of aposematism is puzzling, because of its predicted …

Advanced frogs (Neobatrachia) are usually divided into two taxa, Ranoidea (the firmisternal
frogs) and Hyloidea (all other neobatrachians). We investigated phylogenetic relationships …

The Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya is revised, resulting in one new genus, one
new species, five synonymies and one species classified as nomen dubium. We present an …

Few studies to date have examined genetic variability of widespread tropical amphibian
species over their distributional range using different kinds of molecular markers. Here, we …

Miniaturization has evolved numerous times and reached impressive extremes in the Anura.
I compared the skeletons of miniature frog species to those of closely related larger species …