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Phylogeographic analysis and species distribution modelling of the wood frog Batrachyla leptopus (Batrachylidae) reveal interglacial diversification in south western Patagonia by Nuñez, José J, Suárez-Villota, Elkin Y, Quercia, Camila A, Olivares, Angel P, Sites, Jr, Jack W

“…The evolutionary history of southern South American organisms has been strongly influenced by Pleistocene climate oscillations. Amphibians are good models to…”
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Tracing the Origins of Iguanid Lizards and Boine Snakes of the Pacific by Noonan, Brice P., Sites Jr, Jack W.

“…In 1947, when Thor Heyerdahl’sKon‐Tikihit ground in the Tuamotu archipelago, 102 days and ∼4,000 km from its point of origin in South America, he inadvertently…”
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DEEP DIVERSIFICATION AND LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN 'DRY DIAGONAL': INTEGRATING CONTINENT-WIDE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION MODELING OF GECKOS by Werneck, Fernanda P., Gamble, Tony, Colli, Guarino R., Rodrigues, Miguel T., Sites, Jr, Jack W.

“…The relative influence of Neogene geomorphological events and Quaternary climatic changes as causal mechanisms on Neotropical diversification remains largely…”
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Revisiting the historical distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: new insights based on palaeodistribution modelling and palynological evidencegeb by Werneck, Fernanda P, Costa, Gabriel C, Colli, Guarino R, Prado, Darién E, Sites, Jack W. Jr

“…Aim To investigate the potential distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (SDTFs) during the Quaternary climatic fluctuations; to reassess the formerly…”
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A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi group) from Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina by Avila, Luciano Javier, Vrdoljak, Juan Esteban, Medina, Cintia Débora, Massini, Juan García, Perez, Cristian Hernán Fulvio, Sites, Jack W Jr, Morando, Mariana

“…A new species of the Liolaemus capillitas clade is described. Liolaemus galactostictos sp. nov. differs from other members of its group by a combination of…”
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Lizards as model organisms for linking phylogeographic and speciation studies by Camargo, Arley, Sinervo, Barry, Sites, Jack W. Jr

“…Lizards have been model organisms for ecological and evolutionary studies from individual to community levels at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Here we…”
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Allometric analysis of sexual dimorphism and morphological variation in two chromosome races of the Sceloporus grammicus complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Mexico by Lozano, Abraham, Sites Jr, Jack W., Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio, Marshall, Jonathon C., Pavón, Numa P., Cruz-Elizalde, Raciel

“…Sexual dimorphism is a widespread feature in the Animal Kingdom. In lizards of the Sceloporus grammicus complex, studies of sexual dimorphism that analyze the…”
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Three new karst-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata; Gekkoniade) from Peninsular Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. punctatonuchalis and C. vandeventeri by Wood, Jr, Perry Lee, Grismer, L Lee, Aowphol, Anchalee, Aguilar, César A, Cota, Micheal, Grismer, Marta S, Murdoch, Matthew L, Sites, Jr, Jack W

“…Three new species of Rock Geckos sp. nov., sp. nov., and sp. nov. of the and groups are described from the Thai portion of the Thai-Malay Peninsula. These new…”
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Integrative taxonomy and preliminary assessment of species limits in the Liolaemus walkeri complex (Squamata, Liolaemidae) with descriptions of three new species from Peru by Aguilar, César, Wood, Jr, Perry L, Cusi, Juan C, Guzmán, Alfredo, Huari, Frank, Lundberg, Mikael, Mortensen, Emma, Ramírez, César, Robles, Daniel, Suárez, Juana, Ticona, Andres, Vargas, Víctor J, Venegas, Pablo J, Sites, Jr, Jack W

“…Species delimitation studies based on integrative taxonomic approaches have received considerable attention in the last few years, and have provided the…”
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SPECIES DELIMITATION WITH ABC AND OTHER COALESCENT-BASED METHODS: A TEST OF ACCURACY WITH SIMULATIONS AND AN EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE WITH LIZARDS OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE) by Camargo, Arley, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W.

“…Species delimitation is a major research focus in evolutionary biology because accurate species boundaries are a prerequisite for the study of speciation. New…”
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Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches by Sinervo, Barry, Méndez-de-la-Cruz, Fausto, Miles, Donald B, Heulin, Benoit, Bastiaans, Elizabeth, Villagrán-Santa Cruz, Maricela, Lara-Resendiz, Rafael, Martínez-Méndez, Norberto, Calderón-Espinosa, Martha Lucía, Meza-Lázaro, Rubi Nelsi, Gadsden, Héctor, Avila, Luciano Javier, Morando, Mariana, De la Riva, Ignacio J, Sepulveda, Pedro Victoriano, Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte, Ibargüengoytía, Nora, Puntriano, César Aguilar, Massot, Manuel, Lepetz, Virginie, Oksanen, Tuula A, Chapple, David G, Bauer, Aaron M, Branch, William R, Clobert, Jean, Sites, Jack W. Jr

“…It is predicted that climate change will cause species extinctions and distributional shifts in coming decades, but data to validate these predictions are…”
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Accuracy and Precision of Species Trees: Effects of Locus, Individual, and Base Pair Sampling on Inference of Species Trees in Lizards of the Liolaemus darwinii Group (Squamata, Liolaemidae) by Camargo, Arley, Avila, Luciano J, Morando, Mariana, Sites, Jack W., Jr

“…Molecular phylogenetics has entered a new era in which species trees are estimated from a collection of gene trees using methods that accommodate their…”
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An integrative approach to address species limits in the southernmost members of the Liolaemus kingii group (Squamata: Liolaemini) by Sánchez, Kevin I., Avila, Luciano J., Sites Jr, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…[Display omitted] •We use an integrative approach to test species limits in Patagonian lizards.•We found support for a candidate species.•We detected…”
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Comparative phylogeography of codistributed species of Chilean Liolaemus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the central-southern Andean range by VICTORIANO, PEDRO F, ORTIZ, JUAN CARLOS, BENAVIDES, EDGAR, ADAMS, BYRON J, SITES JR, JACK W

“…In this study, we used a recently developed supertrees method to test for shared phylogeographical signal in partially overlapping geographical ranges of…”
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Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation by Townsend, Ted M., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Noonan, Brice P., Sites, Jack W., Kuczynski, Caitlin A., Wiens, John J., Reeder, Tod W.

“…[Display omitted] ► We perform a phylogenetic analysis of iguanian lizards using 29 nuclear loci. ► Most acrodont iguanian relationships are resolved with high…”
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Testing Species Boundaries in an Ancient Species Complex with Deep Phylogeographic History: Genus Xantusia (Squamata: Xantusiidae) by Sinclair, Elizabeth A., Bezy, Robert L., Bolles, Kathryn, Camarillo R., Jose L., Crandall, Keith A., Sites, Jr, Jack W.

“…Identification of species in natural populations has recently received increased attention with a number of investigators proposing rigorous methods for…”
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Estimating divergence dates and evaluating dating methods using phylogenomic and mitochondrial data in squamate reptiles by Mulcahy, Daniel G., Noonan, Brice P., Moss, Travis, Townsend, Ted M., Reeder, Tod W., Sites, Jack W., Wiens, John J.

“…[Display omitted] ▸ A genomic dataset of 25 nuclear loci is generated for squamate reptiles. ▸ Phylogeny is estimated using parsimony, maximum likelihood, and…”
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How lizards survived blizzards: phylogeography of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus group (Liolaemidae) reveals multiple breaks and refugia in southern Patagonia and their concordance with other codistributed taxa by Breitman, M. Florencia, Avila, Luciano J., Sites Jr, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Patagonia was shaped by a complex geological history, including the Miocene uplift of the Andes, followed by volcanism, marine introgressions, and extreme…”
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Around the world in 10 million years: biogeography of the nearly cosmopolitan true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) by Pramuk, Jennifer B., Robertson, Tasia, Sites, Jack W., Noonan, Brice P.

“…The species-rich family of true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) has been the focus of several earlier studies investigating the biogeography of geographically…”
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Lizards from the end of the world: Phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemini) by Breitman, M. Florencia, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…[Display omitted] ► Strong support for the monophyly of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section was found. ► L. lineomaculatus section is recovered as sister to…”
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