Diversity, distribution and molecular species delimitation in frogs and toads from the Eastern Palaearctic

Spatial patterns and conservation of genetic and phylogenetic diversity of wildlife in China

(2021) Yibo Hu et al.   Science Advances

Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus

(2021) ZHI-TONG LYU et al.   ZOOTAXA

Description of a new species of Bush frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Raorchestes) from northwestern Yunnan, China

(2021) YUN-HE WU et al.   ZOOTAXA

Defining the speciation continuum

(2021) Sean Stankowski et al.   EVOLUTION

Impact of the Miocene orogenesis on Kaloula spp. radiation and implication of local refugia on genetic diversification

(2021) Siti N. OTHMAN et al.   Integrative Zoology

Incorporating the speciation process into species delimitation

(2021) Jeet Sukumaran et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Distribution and Conservation Status of the Hyrcanian Wood Frog (Rana pseudodalmatina) in Azerbaijan

(2021) Artem Aleksandrovich Kidov et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Mass of genes rather than master genes underlie the genomic architecture of amphibian speciation

(2021) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A species of the genus Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from southeastern Guizhou Province, China

(2021) Tao Luo et al.   ZooKeys

Recent Progress in Taxonomic Studies, Biogeographic Analysis, and Revised Checklist of Amphibians in Indochina

(2021) Nikolay A. Poyarkov et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Integrating hybrid zone analyses in species delimitation: lessons from two anuran radiations of the Western Mediterranean

(2020) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   HEREDITY

A new species of Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from northern Vietnam with comments on the biogeography of the genus

(2020) Tan Van Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Are glacial refugia hotspots of speciation and cytonuclear discordances? Answers from the genomic phylogeography of Spanish common frogs

(2020) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China

(2020) Zhi-Tong Lyu et al.   ZooKeys

Shared response to changes in drainage basin: Phylogeography of the Yunnan small narrow‐mouthed frog, Glyphoglossus yunnanensis (Anura: Microhylidae)

(2020) Dong‐Ru Zhang et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The Origin and Evolution of Chromosomal Reciprocal Translocation in Quasipaa boulengeri (Anura, Dicroglossidae)

(2020) Yun Xia et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

The complete mitogenome of the large toothed toad, Oreolalax major (Anura: Megophryidae) with phylogenetic analysis

(2020) Tao Huang et al.   Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources

First record of Euphlyctis kalasgramensis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Punjab, Pakistan

(2020) Waqas Ali et al.   Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources

Phylogenetic Systematics of the Water Toad (Bufo stejnegeri) Elucidates the Evolution of Semi-aquatic Toad Ecology and Pleistocene Glacial Refugia

(2020) Jonathan J. Fong et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica

(2020) Jeroen Speybroeck et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

From mainland to islands: colonization history in the tree frog Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

(2020) Guo-Hua Yu et al.   Current Zoology

Taxonomic review of the Asian Horned Frogs (Amphibia: Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt) of Northeast India and Bangladesh previously misidentified as M. parva (Boulenger), with descriptions of three new species

(2020) Stephen Mahony et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Phylogenetic relationships of the Chinese torrent frogs (Ranidae: Amolops) revealed by phylogenomic analyses of AFLP-Capture data

(2020) Zhaochi Zeng et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Camera-trap surveys reveal high diversity of mammals and pheasants in Medog, Tibet

(2020) Xueyou Li et al.   ORYX

A new species of the toothed toad Oreolalax (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, China

(2020) Yinmeng Hou et al.   ZooKeys

A Phylogenetically Distinct Group of Glandirana rugosa Found in Kyushu, Japan

(2020) Akira Oike et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Relative Abundance Differences of Two Invasive Toad Species on Minami-Daito and Kita-Daito Islands, Japan

(2020) Hirotaka Komine et al.   CURRENT HERPETOLOGY

The roles of climate, geography and natural selection as drivers of genetic and phenotypic differentiation in a widespread amphibian Hyla annectans (Anura: Hylidae)

(2020) Shichao Wei et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A combined approach of mitochondrial DNA and anchored nuclear phylogenomics sheds light on unrecognized diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of the torrent frogs, genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae)

(2020) Yun-He Wu et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Yellow sea mediated segregation between North East Asian Dryophytes species

(2020) Amaël Borzée et al.   PLoS One

Defining Species When There is Gene Flow

(2020) Xiyun Jiao et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A new species of the Rana japonica group (Anura, Ranidae, Rana) from China, with a taxonomic proposal for the R. johnsi group

(2020) Han Wan et al.   ZooKeys

Resurrection of Amolops nepalicus Yang, 1991 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae), with Comments on the Record of A. cf. afghanus in Nepal and China and the Validity of Two Other Junior Synonyms of A. marmoratus (Blyth, 1855)

(2020) KAI WANG et al.   ZOOTAXA

A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae)

(2020) Vladislav A. Gorin et al.   PeerJ

Impact of the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution and Anthropogenic Factors on the Dispersion of Asian Black-Spined Toads (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)

(2020) Siti N. Othman et al.   Animals

Species Delimitation and Evolutionary History of Tree Frogs in the Hyla chinensis Group (Hylidae, Amphibian)

(2020) Peng Yan et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Multiple data revealed two new species of the Asian horned toad Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Anura, Megophryidae) from the eastern corner of the Himalayas

(2020) Shengchao Shi et al.   ZooKeys

The eastern boundary of the geographic range of the Pallas’ spadefoot Pelobates vespertinus (Anura, Amphibia) is limited by overwintering temperatures

(2020) Nina Bulakhova et al.   HERPETOZOA

Anuran accents: Continental‐scale citizen science data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of call variability

(2020) Savannah J. Weaver et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Herpetological phylogeographic analyses support a Miocene focal point of Himalayan uplift and biological diversification

(2020) Wei Xu et al.   National Science Review

A New Species of Buergeria From the Southern Ryukyus and Northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)

(2020) Masafumi Matsui et al.   CURRENT HERPETOLOGY

Hybridization and introgression between toads with different sex chromosome systems

(2020) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   Evolution Letters

Revisiting a speciation classic: Comparative analyses support sharp but leaky transitions between Bombina toads

(2020) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Unique Evolution of Hyla hallowellii Among Amphibians of the Central Ryukyus, Japan (Anura: Hylidae)

(2020) Norihiro Kuraishi et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

First record of Rhacophorus verrucopus Huang, 1983 from Myanmar

(2020) Shuo Liu et al.   HERPETOZOA

A new species of the genus Megophrys Gunther, 1864 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Mount Wuyi, China

(2019) KEVIN R. MESSENGER et al.   ZOOTAXA

A check list and population trends of invasive amphibians and reptiles in Taiwan

(2019) Ko-Huan Lee et al.   ZooKeys

Species Delimitation in Herpetology

(2019) David M. Hillis   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates )

(2019) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Description of a new species of Music frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) from Mt Dayao, southern China

(2019) Zhi-Tong Lyu et al.   ZooKeys

Call a spade a spade: taxonomy and distribution of Pelobates, with description of a new Balkan endemic

(2019) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   ZooKeys

A new species of Micryletta frog (Microhylidae) from Northeast India

(2019) Abhijit Das et al.   PeerJ

A new species of the Asian music frog genus Nidirana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Southwestern China

(2019) Shize Li et al.   PeerJ

A herpetological survey of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, and phylogenetic identification of Megophrys (Xenophrys) zhangi

(2019) Kyle A. O’Connell et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Correlative climatic niche models predict real and virtual species distributions equally well

(2019) Valentin Journé et al.   ECOLOGY

Model-based species delimitation: are coalescent species reproductively isolated?

(2019) Luke C Campillo et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Species delimitation of crab-eating frogs (Fejervarya cancrivora complex) clarifies taxonomy and geographic distributions in mainland Southeast Asia

(2019) Siriporn Yodthong et al.   ZooKeys

Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited

(2019) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeography, speciation and demographic history: Contrasting evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear markers of the Odorrana graminea sensu lato (Anura, Ranidae) in China

(2019) Zhuo Chen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny of spiny frogs Nanorana (Anura: Dicroglossidae) supports a Tibetan origin of a Himalayan species group

(2019) Sylvia Hofmann et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The roles of vicariance and dispersal in the differentiation of two species of the Rhinella marina species complex

(2019) Adam Bessa-Silva et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

(2019) Jin-Min Chen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Nanorana taihangnica and N. yunnanensis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) with novel gene arrangements and phylogenetic relationship of Dicroglossidae

(2018) Jia-Yong Zhang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Within-island diversification underlies parachuting frog (Rhacophorus ) species accumulation on the Sunda Shelf

(2018) Kyle A. O'Connell et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Geological data indicate that the interpretation for the age-calibrated phylogeny for the Kurixalus- genus frogs of South, South-east and East Asia (Lv et al., 2018) needs to be rethought

(2018) Jason R. Ali   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Prevalence of cryptic species in morphologically uniform taxa – Fast speciation and evolutionary radiation in Asian frogs

(2018) Zuyao Liu et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny of Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae) reveals taxonomic uncertainties and potential cases of over- and underestimation of species diversity

(2018) Kin Onn Chan et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A comprehensive phylogeny of the genus Kurixalus (Rhacophoridae, Anura) sheds light on the geographical range evolution of frilled swamp treefrogs

(2018) Yun-Yun Lv et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Correction: Acoustic differentiation and behavioral response reveals cryptic species within Buergeria treefrogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Taiwan

(2018) Ying-Han Wang et al.   PLoS One

Selection and environmental adaptation along a path to speciation in the Tibetan frogNanorana parkeri

(2018) Guo-Dong Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biogeographical structure and endemism pattern in reptiles of the Western Palearctic

(2018) Gentile Francesco Ficetola et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

A new species of Kurixalus from western Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

(2018) Guohua Yu et al.   ZooKeys

Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of the Polypedates leucomystax complex in Thailand

(2018) Kittisak Buddhachat et al.   PeerJ

The Distributions and Boundary of Two Distinct, Local Forms of Japanese Pond Frog, Pelophylax porosus brevipodus, Inferred From Sequences of Mitochondrial DNA

(2018) Yukari Nagai et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Geographical and temporal origins of terrestrial vertebrates endemic to Taiwan

(2018) Jiekun He et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Reconstruction of female heterogamety from admixture of XX-XY and ZZ-ZW sex-chromosome systems within a frog species

(2018) Mitsuaki Ogata et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Hotspots within a global biodiversity hotspot - areas of endemism are associated with high mountain ranges

(2018) Jalil Noroozi et al.   Scientific Reports

Evolutionary melting pots and reproductive isolation: A ring-shaped diversification of an odorous frog (Odorrana margaratea ) around the Sichuan Basin

(2018) Liang Qiao et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic Structure of the Hyrcanian Wood Frog, Rana pseudodalmatina (Amphibia: Ranidae) Using mtDNA Gene Sequences

(2018) M. Najibzadeh et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS

Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species

(2018) STEPHEN MAHONY et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new species of the odorous frog genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from southwestern China

(2018) Shize Li et al.   PeerJ

A new limestone-dwelling species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Vietnam

(2018) Nikolay A. Poyarkov et al.   PeerJ

The Korean Baekdudaegan Mountains: A Glacial Refugium and a Biodiversity Hotspot That Needs to Be Conserved

(2018) Mi Yoon Chung et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Diversity and phylogeography of Northeast Asian brown frogs allied to Rana dybowskii (Anura, Ranidae)

(2017) Bao-Tian Yang et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae)

(2017) Jin-Min Chen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multispecies coalescent delimits structure, not species

(2017) Jeet Sukumaran et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new species of Rana from the Dabie Mountains in eastern China (Anura, Ranidae)

(2017) Chencheng Wang et al.   ZooKeys

A new species of the genus Rana from Henan, central China (Anura, Ranidae)

(2017) Haipeng Zhao et al.   ZooKeys

A new species of the genus Kurixalus from Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

(2017) Guohua Yu et al.   ZooKeys

A new species of Limnonectes (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Vietnam

(2017) CUONG THE PHAM et al.   ZOOTAXA

The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice

(2017) JÖRN KÖHLER et al.   ZOOTAXA

The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable megophryid frog Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Anura, Megophryidae)

(2017) Yanyu Zhao et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

Phylogeographic and population insights of the Asian common toad (Bufo gargarizans) in Korea and China: population isolation and expansions as response to the ice ages

(2017) Amaël Borzée et al.   PeerJ

The reanalysis of biogeography of the Asian tree frog, Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae): geographic shifts and climatic change influenced the dispersal process and diversification

(2017) Tao Pan et al.   PeerJ

Phylogeny and biogeography of South Chinese brown frogs (Ranidae, Anura)

(2017) Yu Zhou et al.   PLoS One

Acoustic differentiation and behavioral response reveals cryptic species within Buergeria treefrogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Taiwan

(2017) Ying-Han Wang et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Phylogenies indicate a Paleo-Tibetan Origin of Himalayan Lazy Toads (Scutiger)

(2017) Sylvia Hofmann et al.   Scientific Reports

Deep genetic structure and ecological divergence in a widespread human commensal toad

(2016) Guinevere O. U. Wogan et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogeography reveals an ancient cryptic radiation in East-Asian tree frogs (Hyla japonica group) and complex relationships between continental and island lineages

(2016) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Red River barrier and Pleistocene climatic fluctuations shaped the genetic structure ofMicrohyla fissipescomplex (Anura: Microhylidae) in southern China and Indochina

(2016) Zhi-Yong Yuan et al.   Current Zoology

Inter- and intra-specific genetic divergence of Asian tiger frogs (genus Hoplobatrachus), with special reference to the population structure of H. tigerinus in Bangladesh

(2016) Nasrin Sultana et al.   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

Integrative taxonomy helps to reveal the mask of the genusGynandropaa(Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae)

(2016) Yan HUANG et al.   Integrative Zoology

Evolutionary melting pots: a biodiversity hotspot shaped by ring diversifications around the Black Sea in the Eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis )

(2016) Christophe Dufresnes et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Influence of geology and human activity on the genetic structure and demography of the Oriental fire-bellied toad ( Bombina orientalis )

(2016) Jonathan J. Fong et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Spatiotemporal Diversification of the True Frogs (GenusRana): A Historical Framework for a Widely Studied Group of Model Organisms

(2016) Zhi-Yong Yuan et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

(2016) Shu-Ping Wu et al.   ZooKeys

Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar

(2016) CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Mt. Gaoligongshan of western Yunnan Province, China

(2016) JIAN-HUAN YANG et al.   ZOOTAXA

Genetic reconstruction of a bullfrog invasion to elucidate vectors of introduction and secondary spread

(2016) Pauline L. Kamath et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Red River barrier and Pleistocene climatic fluctuations shaped the genetic structure ofMicrohyla fissipescomplex (Anura: Microhylidae) in southern China and Indochina

(2016) Zhi-Yong Yuan et al.   Current Zoology

Distribution, congruence, and hotspots of higher plants in China

(2016) Lina Zhao et al.   Scientific Reports

Historical biogeography resolves the origins of endemic Arabian toad lineages (Anura: Bufonidae): Evidence for ancient vicariance and dispersal events with the Horn of Africa and South Asia

(2015) Daniel M. Portik et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Robust molecular phylogeny and palaeodistribution modelling resolve a complex evolutionary history: glacial cycling drove recurrent mtDNA introgression amongPelophylaxfrogs in East Asia

(2015) Shohei Komaki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Molecular and Morphological Evidence forRana kunyuensisas a Junior Synonym ofRana coreana(Anura: Ranidae)

(2015) Yu Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

DNA barcoding and the identification of tree frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae)

(2015) Ning-Xin Dang et al.   Mitochondrial DNA

Phylogenetic relationships linkingDuttaphrynus(Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) species based on 12S and 16S rDNA sequences

(2015) Suman Pratihar et al.   Mitochondrial DNA

Tree of Life Reveals Clock-Like Speciation and Diversification

(2015) S. Blair Hedges et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Pan-African phylogeography of a model organism, the African clawed frog ‘Xenopus laevis’

(2015) Benjamin L. S. Furman et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa

(2015) Lauren A. Oliver et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Amphibians crossing the Bering Land Bridge: Evidence from holarctic treefrogs (Hyla, Hylidae, Anura)

(2015) Jia-Tang Li et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Last Glacial Maximum climate over Korean Peninsula in PMIP3 simulations

(2015) Seong-Joong Kim et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)

(2015) Rafe M. Brown et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Phylogeny and Differentiation of Wide-Ranging Ryukyu Kajika FrogBuergeria japonica(Amphibia: Rhacophoridae): Geographic Genetic Pattern Not Simply Explained by Vicariance Through Strait Formation

(2015) Atsushi Tominaga et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Population Genetic Structure and Species Status of Asiatic Toads (Bufo gargarizans) in Western China

(2015) Guannan Wen et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A New Tree Frog of the GenusGracixalusfrom Thailand (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)

(2015) Masafumi Matsui et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Lineage divergence in Odorrana graminea complex (Anura: Ranidae: Odorrana)

(2015) RONGCHUAN XIONG et al.   ZOOTAXA

Black-spotted pond frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) on the Chinese Loess Plateau represents a cryptic species: Evidence from molecular phylogeny and ecological niche modeling

(2015) De Ma et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Phylogeography of Nanorana parkeri (Anura: Ranidae) and multiple refugia on the Tibetan Plateau revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

(2015) Jun Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Phylogeny of Asian Bufonids inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Anura: Amphibia): implication for the speciation of East Asian Bufonids

(2015) Zhaojie Peng et al.   Mitochondrial DNA Part A

Mitochondrial genomes of Japanese Babina frogs (Ranidae, Anura): unique gene arrangements and the phylogenetic position of genus Babina

(2015) Ryosuke Kakehashi et al.   GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS

A New Species of Euphlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Barisal, Bangladesh

(2015) Mohammad Sajid Ali Howlader et al.   PLoS One

Do Cryptic Species Exist in Hoplobatrachus rugulosus? An Examination Using Four Nuclear Genes, the Cyt b Gene and the Complete MT Genome

(2015) Danna Yu et al.   PLoS One

Vicariance and Its Impact on the Molecular Ecology of a Chinese Ranid Frog Species-Complex (Odorrana schmackeri, Ranidae)

(2015) Yongmin Li et al.   PLoS One

A New Species of Leptolalax(Anura: Megophryidae) from Southern China

(2015) SUNG Yikhei et al.   Asian Herpetological Research

Cytonuclear discordance and historical demography of two brown frogs, Rana tagoi and R. sakuraii (Amphibia: Ranidae)

(2014) Koshiro Eto et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A New Phylogeographic Pattern of Endemic Bufo bankorensis in Taiwan Island Is Attributed to the Genetic Variation of Populations

(2014) Teng-Lang Yu et al.   PLoS One

Biogeographic Analysis Reveals Ancient Continental Vicariance and Recent Oceanic Dispersal in Amphibians

(2014) R. Alexander Pyron   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Genetic divergences of South and Southeast Asian frogs: a case study of several taxa based on 16S ribosomal RNA gene data with notes on the generic name Fejervarya

(2014) Mahmudul HASAN et al.   TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Genetic Diversity and Differentiation of the Ryukyu Endemic FrogBabina holstias Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA

(2014) Atsushi Tominaga et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

AN ADAPTIVE RADIATION OF FROGS IN A SOUTHEAST ASIAN ISLAND ARCHIPELAGO

(2013) David C. Blackburn et al.   EVOLUTION

Identification and potential origin of invasive clawed frogsXenopus(Anura: Pipidae) in Sicily based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

(2013) F. Lillo et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana

(2013) Miguel Vences et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny and diversification of the genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) inferred from two mitochondrial genes

(2013) Xiaohong Chen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Complete mitochondrial genomes resolve phylogenetic relationships within Bombina (Anura: Bombinatoridae)

(2013) Maciej Pabijan et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Species splitting puts conservation at risk

(2013) Frank E. Zachos   NATURE

Diversification of rhacophorid frogs provides evidence for accelerated faunal exchange between India and Eurasia during the Oligocene

(2013) Jia-Tang Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Re-evaluating the taxonomic status of Chiromantis in Thailand using multiple lines of evidence (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae)

(2013) ANCHALEE AOWPHOL et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new species of Kaloula (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from southern Guangxi, China

(2013) YUNMING MO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Molecular Phylogeny Supports the Validity of Polypedates impresus Yang 2008

(2013) PAN Shulin et al.   Asian Herpetological Research

Ongoing invasions of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis: a global review

(2012) G. J. Measey et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The Postzygotic Isolation of a Unique Morphotype of FrogRana rugosa(Ranidae) Found on Sado Island, Japan

(2012) Hiromi Ohtani et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Geological events play a larger role than Pleistocene climatic fluctuations in driving the genetic structure ofQuasipaa boulengeri(Anura: Dicroglossidae)

(2012) Fang Yan et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Speciation in theRana chensinensisspecies complex and its relationship to the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

(2012) WEI-WEI ZHOU et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Phylogenetic resolution and systematics of the Asian tree frogs,Rhacophorus(Rhacophoridae, Amphibia)

(2012) Jia-Tang Li et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Phylogenetic and taxonomic relationships of thePolypedates leucomystaxcomplex (Amphibia)

(2012) NORIHIRO KURAISHI et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Molecular phylogeny of treefrogs in the Rhacophorus dugritei species complex (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with descriptions of two new species

(2012) JIA-TANG LI et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Testing Hypotheses of Pleistocene Population History Using Coalescent Simulations: Refugial Isolation and Secondary Contact in Pseudepidalea raddei (Amphibia: Bufonidae)

(2012) DONG Bingjun et al.   Asian Herpetological Research

On the Brown Frogs from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with Descriptions of Two New Species (Amphibia, Anura)

(2012) Masafumi MATSUI   CURRENT HERPETOLOGY

Past and present: Phylogeography of the Bufo gargarizans species complex inferred from multi-loci allele sequence and frequency data

(2011) Aibin Zhan et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Systematic relationships of Oriental tiny frogs of the family Microhylidae (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA genealogy

(2011) Masafumi Matsui et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mitochondrial DNA diversification, molecular phylogeny, and biogeography of the primitive rhacophorid genus Buergeria in East Asia

(2011) Toshitaka Nishizawa et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Strict consistency between genetic and topographic landscapes of the brown tree frog (Buergeria robusta) in Taiwan

(2011) Hung-Du Lin et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

(2011) J. Garcia-Porta et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Multilocus species tree analyses resolve the radiation of the widespread Bufo bufo species group (Anura, Bufonidae)

(2011) E. Recuero et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeography of the Fanged Dicroglossine Frog,Limnonectes fujianensis(Anura, Ranidae), in Taiwan

(2011) Nian-Hong Jang-Liaw et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A New Species of theFejervarya limnocharisComplex from Japan (Anura, Dicroglossidae)

(2011) Hon Tjong Djong et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Matrilineal History of the Rana longicrus Species Group (Rana, Ranidae, Anura) and the Description of a New Species from Hunan, Southern China

(2011) YAN Fang et al.   Asian Herpetological Research

A New Species of the Genus Feirana (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the Western Qinling Mountains of China

(2011) YANG Xin et al.   Asian Herpetological Research

Rampant historical mitochondrial genome introgression between two species of green pond frogs, Pelophylax nigromaculatus and P. plancyi

(2010) Kui Liu et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Amphibian and reptile biogeographic regions of Northern Eurasia, mapped separately

(2010) Yu. S. Ravkin et al.   Contemporary Problems of Ecology

The integrative future of taxonomy

(2010) Jose M. Padial et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in eastern Mediterranean water frogs were determined by geological processes and climate change in the Late Cenozoic

(2010) Çiğdem Akın et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Phylogeography and historical demography of Polypedates leucomystax in the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines: Evidence for recent human-mediated range expansion?

(2010) Rafe M. Brown et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae (family Ranidae) and unexpected diversity of mt gene arrangements in ranids

(2010) Atsushi Kurabayashi et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic relationships of megophryid frogs of the genus Leptobrachium (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA gene sequences

(2010) Masafumi Matsui et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Spiny frogs (Paini) illuminate the history of the Himalayan region and Southeast Asia

(2010) J. Che et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Phylogeny of the Diversified Frogs of GenusFejervarya(Anura: Dicroglossidae)

(2010) Manabu Kotaki et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Genetic Divergence and Evolutionary Relationship inFejervarya cancrivorafrom Indonesia and Other Asian Countries Inferred from Allozyme and MtDNA Sequence Analyses

(2010) Nia Kurniawan et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Phyletic Diversity in the Frog Rana rugosa (Anura: Ranidae) with Special Reference to a Unique Morphotype Found from Sado Island, Japan

(2010)   CURRENT HERPETOLOGY

EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF HIGH TROPICAL DIVERSITY IN OLD WORLD FROGS (RANIDAE)

(2009) John J. Wiens et al.   EVOLUTION

New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction

(2009) Jia-tang Li et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Toward understanding the distribution of Laurasian frogs: A test of Savage’s biogeographical hypothesis using the genus Bombina

(2009) Yuchi Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Estimation of the Origin of Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) Introduced to the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

(2009) Norihiro Kuraishi et al.   PACIFIC SCIENCE

Intraspecific Relationships of Populations of the Brown FrogRana sauteri(Ranidae) on Taiwan, Inferred from Mitochondrial CytochromebSequences

(2009) Nian-Hong Jang-Liaw et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Systematics and Herpetology in the Age of Genomics

(2008) John J. Wiens   BIOSCIENCE

Phylogeography and Demographic History of Chinese Black-Spotted Frog Populations (Pelophylax nigromaculata): Evidence for Independent Refugia Expansion and Secondary Contact

(2008) Hua Zhang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Natural Hybridization and Directional Introgression of Two Species of Japanese Toads Bufo japonicus formosus and Bufo torrenticola (Anura: Bufonidae) Resulting from Changes in Their Spawning Habitat

(2008) Yuji Yamazaki et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis (Amphibia: Anura) from Bangladesh and other Asian countries revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences

(2008) Mohammad Shafiqul Alam et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny of the Asian spiny frog tribe Paini (Family Dicroglossidae) sensu Dubois

(2008) Jing Che et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The boundary of palaearctic and oriental realms in western China

(2008) Ling Chen et al.   Progress in Natural Science-Materials International

Phylogenetic relationships among Rhacophorinae (Rhacophoridae, Anura, Amphibia), with an emphasis on the Chinese species

(2008) GUOHUA YU et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Phylogeography of the Rice Frog, Fejervarya multistriata (Anura: Ranidae), from China Based on mtDNA D-loop Sequences

(2008) Jing Zhong et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Phylogeography of Sylvirana latouchii (Anura, Ranidae) in Taiwan

(2008) Nian-Hong Jang-Liaw et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A phylogenetic analysis of the frog genera Vibrissaphora and Leptobrachium, and the correlated evolution of nuptial spine and reversed sexual size dimorphism

(2007) Yuchi Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic relationships of the mustache toads inferred from mtDNA sequences

(2007) Ding-Qi Rao et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION