Terrestrial reproduction as an adaptation to steep terrain in African toads

A review of the reproductive biology of the only known matrotrophic viviparous anuran, the West African Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis

(2017) Laura Sandberger-Loua et al.   Zoosystematics and Evolution

Conserving the unique to save the diverse — Identifying key environmental determinants for the persistence of the viviparous Nimba toad in a West African World Heritage Site

(2016) Laura Sandberger-Loua et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The evolution of reproductive diversity in Afrobatrachia: A phylogenetic comparative analysis of an extensive radiation of African frogs

(2016) Daniel M. Portik et al.   EVOLUTION

No ecological opportunity signal on a continental scale? Diversification and life-history evolution of African true toads (Anura: Bufonidae)

(2016) H. Christoph Liedtke et al.   EVOLUTION

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

Environmental variation and rivers govern the structure of chimpanzee genetic diversity in a biodiversity hotspot

(2015) Matthew W Mitchell et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Anuran Reproductive Modes: Evolving Perspectives

(2015) Martha L. Crump   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Patterns of reproductive-mode evolution in Old World tree frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

(2015) Madhava Meegaskumbura et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

A Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs: A New Species of Fanged Frog with Internal Fertilization and Birth of Tadpoles

(2015) Djoko T. Iskandar et al.   PLoS One

The Reproductive Biology and Larvae of the First Tadpole-Bearing Frog, Limnonectes larvaepartus

(2015) Mirza D. Kusrini et al.   PLoS One

Life-history evolution and mitogenomic phylogeny of caecilian amphibians

(2014) Diego San Mauro et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Interspecific patterns for egg and clutch sizes of African Bufonidae (Amphibia: Anura)

(2014) H. Christoph Liedtke et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Forests as promoters of terrestrial life-history strategies in East African amphibians

(2013) H. Muller et al.   Biology Letters

Exceptional Convergence on the Macroevolutionary Landscape in Island Lizard Radiations

(2013) D. L. Mahler et al.   SCIENCE

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES REVEAL UNEXPECTED PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN FROGS

(2012) Ivan Gomez-Mestre et al.   EVOLUTION

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

DO LARVAL TRAITS RE-EVOLVE? EVIDENCE FROM THE EMBRYOGENESIS OF A DIRECT-DEVELOPING SALAMANDER, PLETHODON CINEREUS

(2011) Ryan R. Kerney et al.   EVOLUTION

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Gradual Adaptation Toward a Range-Expansion Phenotype Initiated the Global Radiation of Toads

(2010) I. Van Bocxlaer et al.   SCIENCE

DID EGG-LAYING BOAS BREAK DOLLO'S LAW? PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FOR REVERSAL TO OVIPARITY IN SAND BOAS (ERYX: BOIDAE)

(2009) Vincent J. Lynch et al.   EVOLUTION

Conservatism and diversification of plant functional traits: Evolutionary rates versus phylogenetic signal

(2009) D. Ackerly   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

(2009) Richard G. FitzJohn et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY