Significant advances have been made in species delimitation and numerous methods can
test precisely defined models of speciation, though the synthesis of phylogeography and …

Many phylogeographic studies on species with large ranges have found genetic–
geographic structure associated with changes in habitat and physical barriers preventing or …

Phylogeographic inference has provided extensive insight into the relative roles of
geographical isolation and ecological processes during evolutionary radiations. However …

Restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) has emerged as a useful tool in
systematics and population genomics. A common feature of RADseq data sets is that they …

New world coralsnakes of the genus Micrurus are a diverse radiation of highly venomous
and brightly colored snakes that range from North Carolina to Argentina. Species in this …

Coralsnakes of the genus Micrurus are a diverse group of venomous snakes ranging from
the southern United States to southern South America. Much uncertainty remains over the …

A recent paper proposing taxonomic changes in the South American snake genus Eunectes
Wagler, 1830 (anacondas) is analysed. This paper raises an unusually high number of …

Abstract The Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) inhabits deserts and arid grasslands
of the western United States and Mexico. Despite considerable interest in its highly toxic …

The uplift and final connection of the Central American land bridge is considered the major
event that allowed biotic exchange between vertebrate lineages of northern and southern …

Range expansion is a widespread biological process, with well‐described theoretical
expectations associated with the colonization of novel ranges. However, comparatively few …