A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of amphibian diversification: phase 2

• Grant number: 18/15425-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2
• Duration: May 01, 2019 - April 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Taran Grant
• Grantee: Taran Grant
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Almut Kelber ; Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Silva Jared ; Julian Faivovich ; Mariana Lúcio Lyra ; Marta Maria Antoniazzi ; Michele Pierotti ; Ralph Saporito
• Associated research grant: 12/10000-5 - A multi-disciplinary approach to the study of amphibian diversification, AP.JP
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/09363-0 - Efficacy of the coloration of Brachycephalus rotenbergae (Anura: Brachycephalidae) as an aposematic signal for visually oriented predators, BP.IC; 23/01358-8 - Technical Training (TT-5) Scholarship: Meeting the Computational Challenges of a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Study of Amphibian Diversification, BP.TT; 23/02490-7 - Technical Training (TT3) Scholarship: Specimen Collection, Preparation, Databasing, and Live Animal Husbandry, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 22/13952-9 - Technical Training (TT3) Scholarship: Specimen Collection, Preparation, Databasing, and Live Animal Husbandry, BP.TT; 22/02789-0 - Lost biodiversity in the genomic age: contributions from historical DNA to the systematics of rare and extinct frogs, BP.DD; 21/14522-5 - Do sympatric poison frogs (Anura: Dendrobatidae) have similar chemical defenses?, BP.IC; 21/14284-7 - Chemical defense of Brachycephalus: evaluation of tetrodotoxin quantities, aposematism and palatability (Anura, Brachycephalidae), BP.DD; 21/03515-8 - Hydroxylation of PTX (+)-251D in Adelphobates galactonotus, BP.MS; 21/01015-8 - Technical Training (TT3) Scholarship: Specimen Collection, Preparation, Databasing, and Live Animal Husbandry, BP.TT; 19/15910-9 - Technical training (TT3) scholarship: specimen collection, preparation, databasing, and live animal husbandry, BP.TT; 19/15969-3 - Tissue management, databasing and molecular biology, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

This project is developed along three overlapping and interrelated lines of investigation: amphibian systematics, chemical defense, and ecology and conservation biology. We will set up a cleanroom laboratory to obtain DNA sequences from historical museum specimens and will develop and implement procedures to obtain DNA sequences from a new set of 1041 nuclear DNA markers using next-generation sequencing methods. In addition to general studies of phenomic characters for phylogenetic analysis, we will study amphibian visual ecology and evolution, focusing especially on taxa that differ in key ecological traits, including diel activity and diet, and the changes the visual system undergoes during metamorphosis. We will also study the evolution of amphibian skin, focusing specifically on the morphology of glands used in breeding and chemical defense. A central analytical goal will be to understand the impact, relative to both method of DNA sequence alignment and phylogenetic optimality criterion, of comparatively small phenomic data partitions on the results of total evidence phylogenetic analyses when combined with much larger genomic data partitions. We will employ comparative and experimental approaches to document and explain variation in lipophilic alkaloid-based and tetrodotoxin-based chemical defenses at different temporal and spatial scales. Finally, we will install audio recording stations for long-term, continuous monitoring of anuran populations in stream, pond, and forest habitats within the Boracéia Biological Station, enabling us to quantify diel, seasonal, annual, and long-term variation in amphibian activity at each site. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; PINHEIRO, PAULO D. P.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; BALDO, DIEGO; MUNOZ, ARTURO; REICHLE, STEFFEN; BRANDAO, REUBER A.; GIARETTA, ARIOVALDO A.; THOME, MARIA TEREZA C.; et al. Phylogenetic relationships of the Boana pulchella Group (Anura: Hylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 155, FEB 2021. (18/18473-6, 19/25061-9, 13/50741-7, 18/15425-0, 17/26162-8)

ELIAS-COSTA, AGUSTIN J.; ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. Evolution of the strikingly diverse submandibular muscles in Anura. CLADISTICS, FEB 2021. (14/50342-8, 12/10000-5, 13/50741-7, 18/15425-0)

PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; BLOTTO, BORIS L.; BALDO, DIEGO; CHAPARRO, JUAN C.; RON, SANTIAGO R.; ELIAS-COSTA, AGUSTIN J.; IGLESIAS, PATRICIA P.; VENEGAS, PABLO J.; THOME, MARIA TEREZA C.; OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; et al. VOLUTION IN THE GENUS RHINELLA: A TOTAL EVIDENCE PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF NEOTROPICAL TRUE TOADS (ANURA: BUFONIDAE. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, n. 447, p. 1-155, MAR 31 2021. (12/10000-5, 14/03585-2, 15/11237-7, 13/20423-3, 16/25070-0, 13/50741-7, 18/15425-0)

ELIAS-COSTA, AGUSTIN J.; ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. Evolution of the strikingly diverse submandibular muscles in Anura. CLADISTICS, v. 37, n. 5, p. 489-517, OCT 2021. (12/10000-5, 13/50741-7, 18/15425-0, 14/50342-8)

GRANT, TARAN; BOLIVAR-GARCIA, WILMAR. A new species of Leucostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Gorgona Island, Colombia. ZOOKEYS, n. 1057, p. 185-208, AUG 27 2021. (12/10000-5, 18/15425-0)

ANDRADE LACERDA, JOAO VICTOR; FERREIRA, RODRIGO B.; ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; ZOCCA, CASSIO; LOURENCO, ANA CAROLINA C.. A New Species of Scinax Wagler (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil. ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY, v. 109, n. 2, p. 522-536, AUG 2021. (13/50741-7, 12/25427-4, 18/15425-0, 14/50342-8)

KATYUSCIA ARAUJO-VIEIRA; JOSÉ P. POMBAL JR.; ULISSES CARAMASCHI; GABRIEL NOVAES-E-FAGUNDES; VICTOR G.D. ORRICO; JULIÁN FAIVOVICH. A neotype for Hyla x-signata Spix, 1824 (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 60, 2020-12-04. (13/50741-7, 18/15425-0, 14/50342-8)

STRAUBE, NICOLAS; LYRA, MARIANA L.; PAIJMANS, JOHANNA L. A.; PREICK, MICHAELA; BASLER, NIKOLAS; PENNER, JOHANNES; RODEL, MARK-OLIVER; WESTBURY, V, MICHAEL; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; BARLOW, AXEL; et al. Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, JUN 2021. (13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 18/15425-0)

DE SOUZA CAVALCANTI, ISABELA RODRIGUES; CELESTE LUNA, MARIA; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; GRANT, TARAN. tructure and evolution of the sexually dimorphic integumentary swelling on the hands of dendrobatid poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatoidea. Journal of Anatomy, v. 240, n. 3, NOV 2021. (15/21007-9, 18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

BLOTTO, BORIS L.; BIJU, S. D.; PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; GRANT, TARAN. and and foot musculature of Sooglossoidea: synapomorphies, convergences and hind limb digging behaviour in anuran. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 135, n. 2, p. 336-393, FEB 2022. (18/15425-0, 16/21401-1, 15/11237-7, 13/20423-3, 12/10000-5, 19/24979-2)

MACHADO, DENIS JACOB; DE LUNA MARQUES, FERNANDO PORTELLA; JIMENEZ-FERBANS, LARRY; GRANT, TARAN. An empirical test of the relationship between the bootstrap and likelihood ratio support in maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis. CLADISTICS, DEC 2021. (18/15425-0, 15/18654-2, 13/05958-8, 12/10000-5)

OSPINA-SARRIA, JHON JAIRO; GRANT, TARAN. New phenotypic synapomorphies delimit three molecular-based clades of New World direct-developing frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephaloidea). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 195, n. 3, p. 19-pg., 2021-09-29. (18/15425-0, 14/03585-2, 16/25070-0, 12/10000-5)

ANGANOY-CRIOLLO, MARVIN; VIUCHE-LOZANO, ANDRES; PAULA ENCISO-CALLE, MARIA; HERNANDO BERNAL, MANUEL; GRANT, TARAN. The Enigmatic Hyloxalus edwardsi Species Group (Anura: Dendrobatidae): Phylogenetic Position, a New Species, and New Putative Morphological Synapomorphies. Herpetologica, v. 78, n. 4, p. 15-pg., 2022-12-01. (18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

JORGEWICH-COHEN, GABRIEL; TOLEDO, LUIS FELIPE; GRANT, TARAN. Genetic structure of American bullfrog populations in Brazil. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2022-06-15. (16/25358-3, 18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

MACHADO, DENIS JACOB; CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, SANTIAGO; GRANT, TARAN. Evidence of absence treated as absence of evidence: The effects of variation in the number and distribution of gaps treated as missing data on the results of standard maximum likelihood analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 154, JAN 2021. (12/10000-5, 15/18654-2, 18/15425-0)

YOVANOVICH, CAROLA A. M.; PIEROTTI, MICHELE E. R.; KELBER, ALMUT; JORGEWICH-COHEN, GABRIEL; IBANEZ, ROBERTO; GRANT, TARAN. Lens transmittance shapes ultraviolet sensitivity in the eyes of frogs from diverse ecological and phylogenetic backgrounds. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 287, n. 1918, JAN 15 2020. (15/14857-6, 18/11502-0, 11/50146-6, 18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

CHAVES-ACUNA, WAGNER; CHAVES, GERARDO; KLANK, JEREMY; ARIAS, ERICK; BOLANOS, FEDERICO; SHEPACK, ALEX; LEENDERS, TWAN; COSSEL, JOHN; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. Recent findings of Isthmohyla pictipes (Anura: Hylidae) in Costa Rica: variation and implications for conservation. Zootaxa, v. 4881, n. 3, p. 499-514, NOV 20 2020. (13/50741-7, 18/15425-0)

LYRA, MARIANA L.; LOURENCO, ANA CAROLINA C.; PINHEIRO, PAULO D. P.; PEZZUTI, TIAGO L.; BAETA, DELIO; BARLOW, AXEL; HOFREITER, MICHAEL; POMBAL JR, JOSE P.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. High-throughput DNA sequencing of museum specimens sheds light on the long-missing species of the Bokermannohyla claresignata group (Anura: Hylidae: Cophomantini). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 190, n. 4, p. 1235-1255, DEC 2020. (13/50741-7, 18/18473-6, 12/25370-2, 18/15425-0)

VERA CANDIOTI, FLORENCIA; GROSSO, JIMENA; PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; HAAD, M. BELEN; LESCANO, JULIAN; SIU-TING, KAREN; AGUILAR, CESAR; BALDO, DIEGO. Larval Anatomy of Andean Toads of the Rhinella spinulosa Group (Ahura: Bufonidae). HERPETOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, v. 34, p. 116-130, DEC 2020. (13/50741-7, 18/15425-0)

ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; LOURENCO, ANA CAROLINA C.; LACERDA, JOAO VICTOR A.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; BLOTTO, BORIS L.; RON, SANTIAGO R.; BALDO, DIEGO; PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; SUAREZ-MAYORGA, ANGELA M.; BAETA, DELIO; et al. Treefrog diversity in the Neotropics: Phylogenetic relationships of Scinaxini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 27, p. 143-pg., 2023-07-01. (18/15425-0, 03/10335-8, 14/50342-8, 21/10639-5, 06/52088-5, 13/20423-3, 13/50741-7, 11/50146-6, 15/11237-7, 05/56756-0, 12/10000-5, 19/24979-2)

DOS SANTOS DIAS, PEDRO HENRIQUE; CANDIOTI, FLORENCIA VERA; SABBAG, ARIADNE FARES; COLACO, GUSTAVO; DA SILVA, HELIO RICARDO; HADDAD, CELIO F. BAPTISTA; TELLES DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, ANA MARIA PAULINO; GRANT, TARAN. Life on the edge: Tadpoles of Cycloramphidae (Amphibia; Anura), anatomy, systematics, functional morphology, and comments on the evolution of semiterrestrial tadpoles. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, JUN 2021. (18/15425-0, 12/10000-5, 13/20420-4, 15/11239-0, 13/50741-7)

PAOLA FERRARO, DAIANA; OSCAR PEREYRA, MARTIN; EMILIO TOPA, PASCUAL; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. volution of macroglands and defensive mechanisms in Leiuperinae (Anura: Leptodactylidae. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 193, n. 2, p. 388-412, OCT 2021. (18/15425-0, 13/50741-7)

TABOADA, CARLOS; BRUNETTI, ANDRES E.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; FITAK, ROBERT R.; FAIGON SOVERNA, ANA; RON, SANTIAGO R.; LAGORIO, MARIA G.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; LOPES, NORBERTO P.; JOHNSEN, SONKE; et al. Multiple origins of green coloration in frogs mediated by a novel biliverdin-binding serpin. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 117, n. 31, p. 18574-18581, AUG 4 2020. (17/23725-1, 12/10000-5, 14/50342-8, 14/20915-6, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 18/15425-0)

JECKEL, ADRIANA M.; BOLTON, SARAH K.; WATERS, KATHERINE R.; ANTONIAZZI, MARTA M.; JARED, CARLOS; MATSUMURA, KUNIHIRO; NISHIKAWA, KEISUKE; MORIMOTO, YOSHIKI; GRANT, TARAN; SAPORITO, RALPH A.. Dose-dependent alkaloid sequestration and N-methylation of decahydroquinoline in poison frogs. OURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOG, v. 337, n. 5, p. 10-pg., 2022-02-24. (16/09999-9, 12/10000-5, 18/15425-0)

ARROYO, SANDY; TARGINO, MARIANE; ALBERTO RUEDA-SOLANO, LUIS; DAZA, JUAN M.; GRANT, TARAN. A new genus of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) from northern South America, with a systematic review of Tachiramantis. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 20, n. 1, p. 25-pg., 2022-12-31. (15/14959-3, 12/09401-5, 12/10000-5, 18/15425-0)

GRANT, TARAN. Outgroup sampling in phylogenetics: Severity of test and successive outgroup expansion. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, v. 57, n. 4, JULY 2019. (12/10000-5, 18/15425-0)

STRAUBE, NICOLAS; LYRA, MARIANA L.; PAIJMANS, JOHANNA L. A.; PREICK, MICHAELA; BASLER, NIKOLAS; PENNER, JOHANNES; RODEL, MARK-OLIVER; WESTBURY, V, MICHAEL; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; BARLOW, AXEL; et al. Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, v. 21, n. 7, p. 2299-2315, OCT 2021. (13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 18/15425-0)

ARECO GOMES MOURA, PEDRO HENRIQUE; ELIAS-COSTA, AGUSTIN J.; NUNES, IVAN; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. Diversity and evolution of the extraordinary vocal sacs of casque-headed treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 134, n. 2, p. 423-442, OCT 2021. (18/15425-0, 12/10000-5, 14/50342-8, 13/50741-7)

ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; LUNA, MARIA CELESTE; CARAMASCHI, ULISSES; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.. A new genus of lime treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae: Sphaenorhynchini). ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 286, p. 81-89, MAY 2020. (18/15425-0, 14/50342-8)

PINHEIRO, P. A. U. L. O. D. P.; BLOTTO, B. O. R. I. S. L.; RON, S. A. N. T. I. A. G. O. R.; STANLEY, E. D. W. A. R. D. L.; GARCIA, P. A. U. L. O. C. A.; HADDAD, C. E. L. I. O. F. B.; GRANT, T. A. R. A. N.; FAIVOVICH, J. U. L. I. A. N.. Prepollex diversity and evolution in Cophomantini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 195, n. 3, p. 27-pg., 2022-06-23. (19/25061-9, 13/50741-7, 15/11237-7, 18/15425-0, 14/50342-8, 12/10000-5, 18/18473-6)

MALAGOLI, LEO RAMOS; PEZZUTI, TIAGO LEITE; BANG, DAVI LEE; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; LYRA, MARIANA LUCIO; RIBEIRO GIOVANELLI, JOAO GABRIEL; DE ANCHIETTA GARCIA, PAULO CHRISTIANO; SAWAYA, RICARDO JANNINI; BAPTISTA HADDAD, CELIO FERNANDO. A new reproductive mode in anurans: Natural history of Bokermannohyla astartea (Anura: Hylidae) with the description of its tadpole and vocal repertoire. PLoS One, v. 16, n. 2, FEB 17 2021. (08/50928-1, 14/50342-8, 14/23677-9, 17/27137-7, 13/50741-7, 17/26162-8, 18/15425-0)

PINHEIRO, PAULO D. P.; CARRIZO, GUSTAVO R.; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. The identity of the poorly known treefrog Hyla varelae Carrizo, 1992 (Anura: Hylidae). ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 283, p. 186-191, NOV 2019. (12/10000-5, 18/18473-6, 13/50741-7, 18/15425-0)

JECKEL, ADRIANA M.; MATSUMURA, KUNIHIRO; NISHIKAWA, KEISUKE; MORIMOTO, YOSHIKI; SAPORITO, RALPH A.; GRANT, TARAN; IFA, DEMIAN R.. Use of whole-body cryosectioning and desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging to visualize alkaloid distribution in poison frogs. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, v. 55, n. 6, JUN 2020. (16/09999-9, 18/03577-0, 18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

CERVINO, NADIA G.; ELIAS-COSTA, AGUSTIN J.; PEREYRA, MARTIN O.; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN. A closer look at pupil diversity and evolution in frogs and toads. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 288, n. 1957, AUG 25 2021. (18/15425-0, 13/50741-7)

ORRICO, VICTOR G. D.; GRANT, TARAN; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; RIVERA-CORREA, MAURICIO; RADA, MARCO A.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; CASSINI, CARLA S.; VALDUJO, PAULA H.; SCHARGEL, WALTER E.; MACHADO, DENIS J.; et al. The phylogeny of Dendropsophini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae). CLADISTICS, v. 37, n. 1, p. 73-105, JAN 2021. (06/52088-5, 12/10000-5, 17/26162-8, 05/56756-0, 18/15425-0, 13/50741-7, 12/12500-5)

BLOTTO, BORIS L.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; CARDOSO, MONICA C. S.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; DIAS, IURI R.; MARCIANO-JR, EUVALDO; DAL VECHIO, FRANCISCO; ORRICO, VICTOR G. D.; BRANDAO, REUBER A.; DE ASSIS, CLODOALDO LOPES; et al. The phylogeny of the Casque-headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini). CLADISTICS, v. 37, n. 1, p. 36-72, JAN 2021. (03/10335-8, 13/50741-7, 11/50146-6, 12/12500-5, 18/15425-0, 13/20423-3, 14/50342-8, 12/10000-5, 17/26162-8)

DIAS, PEDRO HENRIQUE DOS SANTOS. The remarkable larval anatomy ofProceratophrys minutaNapoli, Cruz, Abreu andDel-Grande,2011(Amphibia: Anura: Odontophrynidae). Journal of Morphology, v. 281, n. 9, JUL 2020. (15/11239-0, 12/10000-5, 18/15425-0, 13/20420-4)

NOVAES-E-FAGUNDES, GABRIEL; ARAUJO-VIEIRA, KATYUSCIA; ENTIAUSPE-NETO, OMAR M.; ROBERTO, IGOR J.; ORRICO, VICTOR G. D.; SOLE, MIRCO; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; LOEBMANN, DANIEL. A new species of Scinax Wagler (Hylidae: Scinaxini) from the tropical forests of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4903, n. 1, p. 1-41, JAN 6 2021. (18/15425-0, 13/50741-7, 14/50342-8)

DIAS, PEDRO HENRIQUE DOS SANTOS; ANGANOY-CRIOLLO, MARVIN; RADA, MARCO; GRANT, TARAN. The tadpoles of the funnel-mouthed dendrobatids (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethinae: Silverstoneia): external morphology, musculoskeletal anatomy, buccopharyngeal cavity, and new synapomorphies. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, v. 59, n. 3, FEB 2021. (15/11239-0, 18/15425-0, 13/20420-4, 12/10000-5)

MAILHO-FONTANA, PEDRO LUIZ; JARED, CARLOS; ANTONIAZZI, MARTA MARIA; SCIANI, JULIANA MOZER; ARVALHO PIMENTA, DANIEL C.; STOKES, AMBER N.; GRANT, TARAN; BRODIE, III, EDMUND D.; BRODIE, JR., EDMUND D.. Variations in tetrodotoxin levels in populations of Taricha granulosa are expressed in the morphology of their cutaneous glands. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, DEC 6 2019. (15/00999-3, 14/18703-0, 17/10488-1, 18/15425-0, 18/03265-9, 12/10000-5, 14/15334-4)

DOS SANTOS DIAS, PEDRO HENRIQUE; CANDIOTI, FLORENCIA VERA; SABBAG, ARIADNE FARES; COLACO, GUSTAVO; DA SILVA, HELIO RICARDO; HADDAD, CELIO F. BAPTISTA; TELLES DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA, ANA MARIA PAULINO; GRANT, TARAN. Life on the edge: Tadpoles of Cycloramphidae (Amphibia; Anura), anatomy, systematics, functional morphology, and comments on the evolution of semiterrestrial tadpoles. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, v. 59, n. 6, p. 1297-1321, AUG 2021. (18/15425-0, 13/50741-7, 15/11239-0, 12/10000-5, 13/20420-4)

MINDER, BASIL; MENDONCA, JACQUELINE N.; GRANT, TARAN; LOPES, NORBERTO P.. Gas-Phase Fragmentation Reactions of Protonated Pumiliotoxin (+)-251D and Allopumiliotoxin (+)-267A in ESI-MS/MS. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2023-06-20. (21/03515-8, 20/02207-5, 18/15425-0)

WATERS, KATHERINE R.; DUGAS, MATTHEW B.; GRANT, TARAN; SAPORITO, RALPH A.. The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frogs. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 15-pg., 2023-09-27. (18/15425-0)