Say no to Taxonomic Vandalism! Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Wood et al. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106731
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Here’s the link for 50 days of open access: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1akqs3m3nMy7yw
Integrative taxonomic and geographic variation analyses in Cyrtodactylus aequalis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Myanmar (Burma): one species, two different stories. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191082
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Systematics and natural history of mountain reed snakes (genus Macrocalamus; Calamariinae) https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz092
Species delimitation in the grey zone: introgression obfuscates phylogenetic inference and species boundaries in a cryptic frog complex (Ranidae: Pulchrana picturata). https://doi.org/10.1101/832683
For the FrogCap preprint: FrogCap: A modular sequence capture probe set for phylogenomics and population genetics for all frogs, assessed across multiple phylogenetic scales. https://doi.org/10.1101/825307
Grismer et al. 2019. Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.4
https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4668.1.3
Murdoch et al. 2019. Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4554.1.1
Cyrtodactylus intermedius from Khao Kitchakoot, Thailand.
The boys are back in Burma (Myanmar) in search of “Cyrts” (Cyrtodactylus) for our ongoing research on the landscape genomics of karst adapted geckos in the Salween basin. In an attempt to get over jet lag, we stuffed ourselves with thai food and spent the afternoon doing some sightseeing around the Bogyoke Market, the Strand waterfront, and the Sule Pagoda.
More new species of Geckos from Myanmar! Plenty more to come!
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4483.2.4
Some of the recent work that we have been doing on the herpetofauna of Myanmar. Lots more to come!
