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Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation (2008)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., Van Der Meijden, A., Glaw, F., Cannatella, D. C., & Vences, M. (2008). Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation. Evolution, 62(8), 1890-1907. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00420.x

Cophyline narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) are a diverse endemic radiation of Madagascar. Cophylines contain a high proportion of range restricted species and constitute a good model system to understand patterns of evolutionary diversifica... Read More about Patterns of endemism and species richness in Malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation.

Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species (2008)
Journal Article
Wollenberg, K. C., Lötters, S., Mora-Ferrer, C., & Veith, M. (2008). Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 93(3), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00906.x

A phylogenetic approach was performed to infer whether variation in conspicuous colour-patterns of a poison frog (Dendrobatidae: Dendrobates tinctorius) has evolved neutrally or under selection. Colour and pattern were split into components that were... Read More about Disentangling composite colour patterns in a poison frog species.

Pretty in pink: a new treefrog species of the genus Boophis from north-eastern Madagascar (2008)
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Wollenberg, K. C., Andreone, F., Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (2008). Pretty in pink: a new treefrog species of the genus Boophis from north-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa, 1684(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1684.1.3

Treefrogs of the genus Boophis comprise the most species-rich genus among all Malagasy frogs. In this paper we describe a new species to be added to this genus from Masoala Peninsula and nearby areas. Related populations have been found in three loca... Read More about Pretty in pink: a new treefrog species of the genus Boophis from north-eastern Madagascar.

Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon) (2008)
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Münchenberg, T., Wollenberg, K. C., Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (2008). Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon). Amphibia-Reptilia, 29(3), 319-327. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853808785112101

The iguanid subfamily Oplurinae consists of seven species of small to medium-sized, arboreal, sand-dwelling or rock-dwelling lizards endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros, belonging to the genera Oplurus and Chalarodon. We here present the first comp... Read More about Molecular phylogeny and geographic variation of Malagasy iguanas (Oplurus and Chalarodon).