New Amphibians and Global Conservation: A Boost in Species Discoveries in a Highly Endangered Vertebrate Group

By J. Köhler, D. Vieites, Ronald M. Bonett, Francisco Hita Garcia, F. Glaw, D. Steinke, M. Vences. 2005

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change

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Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic Amazonian species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) (2009, background): “First, some biologists interpreted the steady increase in species discoveries using molecular phylogenetics in recent decades as a symptom of taxonomic instability and failure in the identification of true species (Isaac et al., 2004; and responses of Köhler et al., 2005; Padial & De la Riva, 2006).”
The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward (2015, unknown): “F or p er so na l u se o nl y. Passerine birds (5756, 127) Parrots (367, 5) Falcons (64, 2) Seriemas (2, 1) Kingfisher and allies (152, 9) Woodpeckers (406, 8) Hornbills (62, 2) Trogons (44, 1) Cuckoo roller (1, 1) Mousebirds (5, 1) Owls (213, 2) Hawks, eagles, vultures (249, 4) Pelicans, frigatebir”
Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura) (2006, methodology): “This progress in knowledge results from intensive exploration of poorly known regions in Madagascar and from systematic application of bioacoustic and molecular techniques (Köhler et al. 2005).”
Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory (2009, background): “Among terrestrial vertebrates, amphibians are characterized by a rapid rate of species discovery (8, 9), with an overall increase in the number of amphibian species globally of 19.”
Deciphering the products of evolution at the species level: the need for an integrative taxonomy (2009, methodology): “We evaluate the reliability of species through a reanalysis of their morphological characters, by exploring differences in their advertisement calls (as evidence of prezygotic reproductive isolation), and by evaluating their monophyly through phylogenetic analyses of a fragment of the mitochondrial ”
A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela) (2009, background): “The recent ‘‘boost in species discoveries in a highly endangered vertebrate group’’ (Köhler et al., 2005) has another important consequence.”
Overcoming data deficiency in reptiles (2016, background): “Hundreds of reptile species are still being discovered per year (Uetz and Hošek, 2015) on par with rapid species discoveries in amphibians (Köhler et al., 2005).”
Amphibians over the edge: silent extinction risk of Data Deficient species (2014, background): “However, new amphibian species are still being described at a rapid rate, and true richness is therefore likely to be substantially above current figures (Glaw & K€ohler, 1998; Dubois, 2005; Kohler et al., 2005; Rowley et al., 2010).”
Threatened Amphibians of the World (2008, background): “Amphibians of the Indomalayan Realm 83 The global number of recognized amphibian species has risen dramatically over the past two decades (Hanken 1999; Köhler et al. 2005), making amphibians one of the animal groups with the highest proportional rate of description of new species (Hanken 1999).”
Integrative taxonomy of Malagasy treefrogs: combination of molecular genetics, bioacoustics and comparative morphology reveals twelve additional species of Boophis (2010, background): “Because bioacoustic evidence has been extensively used in the taxonomy of Malagasy frogs (Köhler et al. 2005), and the calls of most Boophis are known (Vences et al. 2006), the taxonomic knowledge of this group can be considered comparatively well assessed.”