In this paper we present a phylogenetic analysis of the treefrogs of the Boana pulchella Group with the goals of (1) providing a rigorous test of its monophyly; (2) providing a test of relationships supported in previous studies; and (3) exploring the relationships of the several species not included in previous analyses. The analyses included>300 specimens of 37 of the 38 species currently included in the group, plus 36 outgroups, exemplars of the diversity of Boana and the other genera of the hylid tribe Cophomantini. The dataset included eight mitochondrial genes (12S, 16S, CytB, COI, ND1, tRNAIle, tRNALeu, and tRNAVal) and five nuclear genes (RHO, TYR, RAG-1, CXCR4, SIAH1). Leer más,

In our study, we focused on fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) as a model system for several reasons. First, fire salamanders have extensively diversified in the Iberian peninsula, where many genetically differentiated lineages meet and interact in so-called areas of secondary contact, giving us the opportunity to investigate patterns of hybridization in early stages of the speciation process. Leer más.

La Fundación Oceanogràfic llevará en los próximos meses a la Serra Calderona el «ofegabous» (Pieurodeles waltl), un anfibio considerado como vulnerable en el catálogo de Especies de la Comunitat Valenciana. Replicará así el modelo desarrollado con éxito en Sueras, en la Serra d’Espadà, y que ha sido seleccionado entre los diez mejores de la Comunitat Valenciana en la Convocatoria Medioambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible que promueven la Fundación Bancaja y Bankia. Leer más.