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

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 …

SYNOPSIS. Focus on tadpole diet and foraging behavior offers potential for integrating
ecological and endocrinological approaches to understanding anuran metamorphosis …

Guyana has a very distinctive herpetofauna. In this first ever detailed modern accounting,
based on voucher specimens, we document the presence of 324 species of amphibians and …

Spiny‐backed tree frogs of the genus O steocephalus are conspicuous components of the
tropical wet forests of the A mazon and the G uiana S hield. Here, we revise the phylogenetic …

Abstract The South American and West Indian Casque‐headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae:
Lophyohylini) include 85 species. These are notably diverse in morphology (eg disparate …

The diversification processes underlying why Amazonia hosts the most species-rich
vertebrate fauna on earth remain poorly understood. We studied the spatio-temporal …

Amazonian lowland rainforests epitomize, as few other biomes, the terrestrial and freshwater
biological diversity of our planet. We provide here a comprehensive description of the larval …

Diversification processes acting across geographically continuous populations have been
rarely documented in Amazonia, because of the lack of fine-scale sampling over extensive …

Sarisariñama is a pink sandstone plateau with a total area (summit and slope) of 832 km 2
located about 600 km SE of Caracas, in Estado Bolívar, Venezuela. It includes diverse …