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  1. Osteology of the ranoid burrowing African anurans <em>Breviceps</em> and <em>Hemisus</em>

    Osteology of the ranoid burrowing African anurans Breviceps and Hemisus

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: D.E. van Dijk --- Department of Zoology, South Africa
    To facilitate classification of isolated fossil bones, one genus of each of ten anuran African families was chosen, and criteria were sought (with two or more character states) which could be used to indicate the presence of a genus or...
  2. Multi-locus phylogeny and evolution of reproductive modes in the Pyxicephalidae, an African endemic clade of frogs

    Multi-locus phylogeny and evolution of reproductive modes in the Pyxicephalidae, an African endemic clade of frogs

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Arie van der Meijden --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal Angelica Crottini --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Jeanne Tarrant --- North-West University, South Africa Andrew Turner --- CapeNature, South Africa Miguel Vences --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
    The ranoid family Pyxicephalidae is an endemic group of African frogs, with the majority of its diversity concentrated in South Africa. Here we present the first molecular phylogeny that includes as many as nine of the ten pyxicephalid genera, omitting...