Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimate modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians

• Grant number: 11/50146-6
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• Duration: January 01, 2012 - June 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
• Grantee: Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/03462-4 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimatic modeling, and taxonomy of Neotropical reptiles and amphibians, BP.TT; 19/00636-9 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimatic modeling, and taxonomy of Neotropical reptiles and amphibians, BP.TT; 18/17410-0 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimate modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 18/02544-1 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimatic modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians, BP.TT; 17/15025-0 - Systematics of the genus Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura: Hylidae: Lophyohylinae), based on morphological and molecular characters, and phylogeography of p. luteolus (Wied, 1824), BP.DR; 16/03146-4 - Unveiling geographical, ecological, and evolutionary relationships of a Neotropical species complex of unisexual lizards of genus Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) through Ecological Niche Modeling, BP.PD; 15/12841-5 - Chemical characterization of epidermal, cloacal and preanal and femoral glands secretions of the Brazilian lizards species of Teiidae Family (Squamata), BP.DR; 15/01839-0 - Gymnodactylus phylogeography of the Atlantic Forest darwinii group (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae), BP.PD; 14/24431-3 - Phylogeny and systematic review of the species of the Bothrops jararacussu group (Squamata, Crotalinae) and phylogeography of B. jararacussu Lacerda, 1884, with biogeographic hypotheses test for the existence of past forest contact Amazon- Atlantic Forest, BP.DR; 13/22477-3 - Hybridization and mechanisms of reproductive isolation of Atlantic Forest lizards, BP.PD; 12/21213-0 - Review of Bothrops bilineata (Serpentes, Viperidae) based on morphological and molecular data, BP.MS; 12/15754-8 - Ecogeographical consequences of evolution of the snake-like morphotype in squamates, BP.PD; 12/01319-8 - Developmental mechanisms of limb reduction in Squamata, BP.PD; 12/10163-1 - Phylogeny and systematics of the lizards genus Leposoma gr. parietale (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), based on morphological and molecular characters, BP.DR; 12/02212-2 - Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group (Squamata: Teiidae), based on morphological and molecular caracters, BP.PD; 12/09463-0 - Molecular differentiation and morphological variation in microteiid lizards of the tribe Iphisiini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), BP.DR - associated scholarships

Abstract

Recent analyses of endemism and levels of antropic threat identified the so called hotspots targets for conservation. However, our knowledge about the origin and distribution of the biodiversity in those areas remains scarce. Such a deficiency limits our power of conservation with respect to the environmental changes caused by a man. One of the aims of this project is addressed to study the influence of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations of the herpetofauna and the levels of genetic diversity of frogs and lizards living in elevated and lowland regions of the Atlantic Forest. By combining special climatic modeling coupled to phylogeography, the project will be recording diversity patterns in an insufficiently studied, highly threatened and megadiverse region, bringing important contributions for the conservation of the remaining fragments of this hotspot. We will be also focusing on the role of mountains as areas favoring adaptive diversification of the herpetofauna, either as refuges to species adapted to cold climates during hot phases, or as evolutionary scenarios for ecogeographic speciation. We also proceed further our ongoing research with reptiles and amphibians from several Brazilian ecosystems under morphological, karyological, taxonomic, phylogenetic and phylogeographic approaches, contributing to a better understanding of their evolution and the biogeographic history of the continent. In a particular case we will be conducting a comparative phylogeographic study of a South American clade of lizards and its ecological equivalent in Africa in order to establish intercontinental correlations on their history and origin. The collections obtained in unsampled or little known areas in State of Sao Paulo and in other Brazilian ecosystems will improve the knowledge on our biodiversity, describing new rate which, associated to the phylogenetic and phylogeographic data obtained, will contribute to reevaluate conservation strategies to target species. (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)

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)

ARIAS, FEDERICO JOSE; RECODER, RENATO; BEATRIZ ALVAREZ, BLANCA; ETHCEPARE, EDUARDO; QUIPILDOR, MATIAS; LOBO, FERNANDO; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. Diversity of teiid lizards from Gran Chaco and Western Cerrado (Squamata: Teiidae). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 47, n. 2, p. 144-158, MAR 2018. (11/50146-6, 03/10335-8, 12/02212-2)

MARQUES-SOUZA, SERGIO; PRATES, IVAN; FOUQUET, ANTOINE; CAMACHO, AGUSTIN; KOK, PHILIPPE J. R.; NUNES, PEDRO M. S.; DAL VECHIO, FRANCISCO; RECODER, RENATO SOUSA; MEJIA, NATHALIA; TEIXEIRA JUNIOR, MAURO; et al. Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 47, n. 3, p. 255-265, MAY 2018. (12/10163-1, 15/01300-3, 11/50146-6, 12/15754-8)

STRANGAS, MARIA L.; NAVAS, CARLOS A.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; CARNAVAL, ANA C.. Thermophysiology, microclimates, and species distributions of lizards in the mountains of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. ECOGRAPHY, v. 42, n. 2, SI, p. 354-364, FEB 2019. (08/57687-0, 13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

FOUQUET, ANTOINE; LEBLANC, KILLIAN; FRAMIT, MARLENE; REJAUD, ALEXANDRE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, SANTIAGO; PELOSO, V, PEDRO L.; PRATES, IVAN; MANZI, SOPHIE; SUESCUN, UXUE; et al. Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae: Adelastes, Otophryne, Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 132, n. 2, p. 233-256, FEB 2021. (12/15754-8, 13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

THOME, MARIA TEREZA C.; CARSTENS, BRYAN C.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; GALETTI JR, PEDRO MANOEL JR; ALEXANDRINO, JOAO; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.. A role of asynchrony of seasons in explaining genetic differentiation in a Neotropical toad. HEREDITY, v. 127, n. 4, JUL 2021. (11/51392-0, 13/50741-7, 11/50146-6, 18/03428-5, 03/10335-8, 12/06611-9)

FOUQUET, ANTOINE; LEBLANC, KILLIAN; FABRE, ANNE-CLAIRE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; MENIN, MARCELO; COURTOIS, ELODIE A.; DEWYNTER, MAEL; HOLTING, MONIQUE; ERNST, RAFFAEL; PELOSO, PEDRO; et al. Comparative osteology of the fossorial frogs of the genus Synapturanus (Anura, Microhylidae) with the description of three new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 293, p. 46-73, JUL 2021. (03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

REJAUD, ALEXANDRE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; CRAWFORD, ANDREW J.; CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, SANTIAGO; JARAMILLO, ANDRES F.; CHAPARRO, JUAN C.; GLAW, FRANK; GAGLIARDI-URRUTIA, GIUSSEPE; MORAVEC, JIRI; DE LA RIVA, IGNACIO J.; et al. Historical biogeography identifies a possible role of Miocene wetlands in the diversification of the Amazonian rocket frogs (Aromobatidae:Allobates). Journal of Biogeography, v. 47, n. 11, AUG 2020. (13/50297-0, 11/50146-6)

RIVERA, DANIELLE; PRATES, IVAN; FIRNENO, JR., THOMAS J.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CALDWELL, JANALEE P.; FUJITA, MATTHEW K.. hylogenomics, introgression, and demographic history of South American true toads (Rhinella. Molecular Ecology, v. 31, n. 3, DEC 2021. (13/50297-0, 12/15754-8, 03/10335-8, 17/08357-6, 11/50206-9, 11/50146-6)

JUAN CAMILO ARREDONDO; FELIPE G. GRAZZIOTIN; GUSTAVO J. SCROCCHI; MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES; SANDRO LUÍS BONATTO; HUSSAM ZAHER. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Philodryadini Cope, 1886 (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae): Rediscovering the diversity of the South American Racers. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 60, 2020-11-13. (11/50146-6, 11/50206-9, 03/10335-8, 16/50127-5)

THOME, MARIA TEREZA C.; CARSTENS, BRYAN C.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; ALEXANDRINO, JOAO; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.. Genomic data from the Brazilian sibilator frog reveal contrasting pleistocene dynamics and regionalism in two South American dry biomes. Journal of Biogeography, v. 48, n. 5, FEB 2021. (13/09088-8, 11/50146-6, 11/51392-0, 18/03428-5, 13/50741-7)

MELO-SAMPAIO, PAULO R.; PRATES, IVAN; PELOSO, PEDRO L. V.; RECODER, RENATO; DAL VECHIO, FRANCISCO; MARQUES-SOUZA, SERGIO; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.. A new nurse frog from Southwestern Amazonian highlands, with notes on the phylogenetic affinities of Allobates alessandroi (Aromobatidae). Journal of Natural History, v. 54, n. 1-4, SI, MAR 2020. (13/50297-0, 11/50146-6)

ALMEIDA-SILVA, DIEGO; DE OLIVEIRA ROCHA-BARROS, VIVIAN CELIA; FERREIRA, RODRIGO BARBOSA; VERDADE, VANESSA KRUTH. THE TADPOLE OF ZACHAENUS CARVALHOI IZECKSOHN, 1983 (ANURA: CYCLORAMPHIDAE). Zootaxa, v. 4668, n. 1, p. 145-147, SEP 9 2019. (11/50146-6)

PRATES, IVAN; D'ANGIOLELLA, ANNELISE B.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; MELO-SAMPAIO, PAULO R.; DE QUEIROZ, KEVIN; BELL, RAYNA C.. Evolutionary drivers of sexual signal variation in Amazon Slender Anoles. Evolution, v. 75, n. 6, p. 1361-1376, JUN 2021. (11/50146-6, 03/10335-8, 13/50297-0)

RECODER, RENATO SOUSA; MAGALHAES-JUNIOR, ARNALDO; RODRIGUES, JULIANA; DE ARRUDA PINTO, HUGO BONFIM; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CAMACHO, AGUSTIN. Thermal Constraints Explain the Distribution of the Climate Relict Lizard Colobosauroides carvalhoi (Gymnophthalmidae) in the Semiarid Caatinga. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 13, n. 3, p. 249-259, DEC 2018. (11/50146-6)

PAZ, A.; SPANOS, Z.; BROWN, J. L.; LYRA, M.; HADDAD, C.; RODRIGUES, M.; CARNAVAL, A.. Phylogeography of Atlantic Forest glassfrogs (Vitreorana): when geography, climate dynamics and rivers matter. HEREDITY, v. 122, n. 5, p. 545-557, MAY 2019. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 14/50342-8, 11/50146-6, 13/50741-7)

NETO, ANTONIO MOLLO; VERDADE, VANESSA KRUTH; SANTANA, DIEGO JOSE; VARELA RIOS, CELSO HENRIQUE; HOFFMANN DE CARVALHO, ROSE MARIE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. Reproductive biology and geographic variation of Zachaenus carvalhoi (Anura: Cycloramphidae), a Brazilian Atlantic Forest frog. Phyllomedusa, v. 15, n. 2, p. 127-135, DEC 2016. (08/08853-4, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6, 01/05470-8)

THOME, MARIA TEREZA C.; SEQUEIRA, FERNANDO; BRUSQUETTI, FRANCISCO; CARSTENS, BRYAN; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; ALEXANDRINO, JOAO. Recurrent connections between Amazon and Atlantic forests shaped diversity in Caatinga four-eyed frogs. Journal of Biogeography, v. 43, n. 5, p. 1045-1056, MAY 2016. (11/51392-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6, 12/06611-9, 13/50741-7)

YOVANOVICH, CAROLA A. M.; PIEROTTI, MICHELE E. R.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; GRANT, TARAN. A dune with a view: the eyes of a neotropical fossorial lizard. Frontiers in Zoology, v. 16, JUN 10 2019. (15/14857-6, 18/11502-0, 11/50146-6, 12/10000-5)

CURCIO, FELIPE FRANCO; SCALI, STEFANO; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. TAXONOMIC STATUS OF ERYTHROLAMPRUS BIZONA JAN (1863) (SERPENTES, XENODONTINAE): ASSEMBLING A PUZZLE WITH MANY MISSING PIECES. HERPETOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, v. 29, p. 40-64, 2015. (11/50146-6)

CARNAVAL, ANA CAROLINA; WALTARI, ERIC; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; ROSAUER, DAN; VANDERWAL, JEREMY; DAMASCENO, ROBERTA; PRATES, IVAN; STRANGAS, MARIA; SPANOS, ZOE; RIVERA, DANIELLE; et al. Prediction of phylogeographic endemism in an environmentally complex biome. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 281, n. 1792, OCT 7 2014. (13/50297-0, 11/50146-6, 03/10335-8, 13/22477-3)

PRATES, IVAN; RIVERA, DANIELLE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; CARNAVAL, ANA C.. A mid-Pleistocene rainforest corridor enabled synchronous invasions of the Atlantic Forest by Amazonian anole lizards. Molecular Ecology, v. 25, n. 20, p. 5174-5186, OCT 2016. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

PRATES, IVAN; XUE, ALEXANDER T.; BROWN, JASON L.; ALVARADO-SERRANO, DIEGO F.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; HICKERSON, MICHAEL J.; CARNAVAL, ANA C.. Inferring responses to climate dynamics from historical demography in neotropical forest lizards. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 113, n. 29, p. 7978-7985, JUL 19 2016. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

FOUQUET, ANTOINE; MARINHO, PEDRO; REJAUD, ALEXANDRE; CARVALHO, THIAGO R.; CAMINER, MARCEL A.; JANSEN, MARTIN; RAINHA, RAISSA N.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; WERNECK, FERNANDA P.; LIMA, ALBERTINA P.; et al. Systematics and biogeography of the Boana albopunctata species group (Anura, Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 19, n. 4, p. 375-399, MAY 19 2021. (11/50146-6, 13/50741-7, 13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 17/08489-0)

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)

DAL VECHIO, FRANCISCO; PRATES, IVAN; GRAZZIOTIN, FELIPE G.; GRABOSKI, ROBERTA; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. Molecular and phenotypic data reveal a new Amazonian species of pit vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops). Journal of Natural History, v. 54, n. 37-38, p. 2415-2437, OCT 1 2020. (11/50146-6, 03/10335-8, 13/50297-0)

MORAES-DA-SILVA, A. N. T. O. N. I. O.; AMARO, RENATA CECILIA; SALES NUNES, PEDRO M.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CURCIO, FELIPE FRANCO. Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4903, n. 2, p. 217-241, JAN 7 2021. (11/50146-6)

GOICOECHEA, NOEMI; FROST, DARREL R.; DE LA RIVA, IGNACIO; PELLEGRINO, KATIA C. M.; SITES, JR., JACK; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; PADIAL, JOSE M.. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. CLADISTICS, v. 32, n. 6, p. 624-671, DEC 2016. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

SOUZA, SERGIO MARQUES; PELLEGRINO, KATIA C. M.; SALES NUNES, PEDRO M.; TEIXEIRA JUNIOR, MAURO; GORDO, MARCELO; DE CARVALHO, VINICIUS T.; ALMEIDA, ALEXANDRE; DE OLIVEIRA, DEYLA PAULA; FRAZAO, LUCIANA; HRBEK, TOMAS; et al. On the Discovery of Bisexual Populations of the Parthenogenetic Lizard Leposoma percarinatum (Gymnophthalmidae), with Insights into the Origin of Parthenogenesis in Leposoma. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 10, n. 2, p. 121-131, AUG 2015. (12/10163-1, 11/50146-6)

RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; VINA BERTOLOTTO, CAROLINA ELENA; AMARO, RENATA CECILIA; YONENAGA-YASSUDA, YATIYO; XAVIER FREIRE, ELIZA MARIA; MACHADO PELLEGRINO, KATIA CRISTINA. Molecular phylogeny, species limits, and biogeography of the Brazilian endemic lizard genus Enyalius (Squamata: Leiosauridae): An example of the historical relationship between Atlantic Forests and Amazonia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 81, p. 137-146, DEC 2014. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

PRATES, IVAN; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; MELO-SAMPAIO, PAULO ROBERTO; CARNAVAL, ANA CAROLINA. Phylogenetic relationships of Amazonian anole lizards (Dactyloa): Taxonomic implications, new insights about phenotypic evolution and the timing of diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 82, n. A, p. 258-268, JAN 2015. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

SALES NUNES, PEDRO M.; CURCIO, FELIPE F.; ROSCITO, JULIANA G.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.. Are Hemipenial Spines Related to Limb Reduction? A Spiny Discussion Focused on Gymnophthalmid Lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, v. 297, n. 3, SI, p. 482-495, MAR 2014. (12/01319-8, 11/50146-6)

PRATES, IVAN; MELO-SAMPAIO, PAULO ROBERTO; DE QUEIROZ, KEVIN; CARNAVAL, ANA CAROLINA; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; DRUMMOND, LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA. Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics. Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 41, n. 1, p. 87-103, JAN 2020. (13/50297-0, 11/50146-6)

MORAES-DA-SILVA, ANTONIO; AMARO, RENATA CECILIA; SALES NUNES, PEDRO M.; STRUSSMANN, CHRISTINE; TEIXEIRA JUNIOR, MAURO; ANDRADE JR, ALBEDI; SUDRE, VINICIUS; RECODER, RENATO; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CURCIO, FELIPE FRANCO. Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. Zootaxa, v. 4651, n. 3, p. 445-470, AUG 6 2019. (11/50146-6)

ZORNOSA-TORRES, CAMILA; AUGUSTO-ALVES, GUILHERME; LYRA, MARIANA L.; DA SILVA JUNIOR, JOSE CASSIMIRO; GARCIA, PAULO C. A.; LEITE, FELIPE; VERDADE, VANESSA; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; GASPARINI, JOAO LUIZ; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; et al. Anurans of the Caparao National Park and surroundings, southeast Brazil. Biota Neotropica, v. 20, n. 3, 2020. (14/23388-7, 11/50146-6, 13/50741-7, 19/03170-0, 03/10335-8, 01/05470-8, 16/25358-3)

ALMEIDA-SILVA, DIEGO; SILVA-SOARES, THIAGO; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; VERDADE, VANESSA KRUTH. New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 5068, n. 4, p. 517-532, NOV 18 2021. (11/50146-6, 01/05470-8, 03/10335-8)

FOUQUET, ANTOINE; LOEBMANN, DANIEL; CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, SANTIAGO; PADIAL, JOSE M.; ORRICO, VICTOR G. D.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; ROBERTO, IGOR JOVENTINO; KOK, PHILIPPE J. R.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.. From Amazonia to the Atlantic forest: Molecular phylogeny of Phyzelaphryninae frogs reveals unexpected diversity and a striking biogeographic pattern emphasizing conservation challenges. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 65, n. 2, p. 547-561, NOV 2012. (03/10335-8, 11/50146-6, 10/51071-7)

OLIVEIRA, ELIANA F.; GEHARA, MARCELO; SAO-PEDRO, VINICIUS A.; CHEN, XIN; MYERS, EDWARD A.; BURBRINK, FRANK T.; MESQUITA, DANIEL O.; GARDA, ADRIAN A.; COLLI, GUARINO R.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; et al. Speciation with gene flow in whiptail lizards from a Neotropical xeric biome. Molecular Ecology, v. 24, n. 23, p. 5957-5975, DEC 2015. (11/50146-6, 12/02212-2)

TEIXEIRA, JR., MAURO; PRATES, IVAN; NISA, CAROLINA; CAMARAO SILVA-MARTINS, NATHALIA SUZAN; STRUESSMANN, CHRISTINE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. Molecular data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of diversification and a cryptic new species of lowland Stenocercus Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 94, n. A, p. 410-423, JAN 2016. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

GUERRA-FUENTES, RICARDO ARTURO; ROSCITO, JULIANA G.; SALES NUNES, PEDRO M.; OLIVEIRA-BASTOS, PRISCILLA RACHEL; ANTONIAZZI, MARTA MARIA; CARLOS, JARED; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. Through the Looking Glass: The Spectacle in Gymnophthalmid Lizards. Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, v. 297, n. 3, SI, p. 496-504, MAR 2014. (11/50146-6)

WERNECK, FERNANDA P.; LEITE, RAFAEL N.; GEURGAS, SILVIA R.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.. Biogeographic history and cryptic diversity of saxicolous Tropiduridae lizards endemic to the semiarid Caatinga. BMC Evolutionary Biology, v. 15, MAY 23 2015. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

DI-NIZO, CAMILLA BRUNO; VENTURA, KAREN; FERGUSON-SMITH, MALCOLM ANDREW; MARY O'BRIEN, PATRICIA CAROLINE; YONENAGA-YASSUDA, YATIYO; SILVA, MARIA JOSE DE J.. Comparative Chromosome Painting in Six Species of Oligoryzomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) and the Karyotype Evolution of the Genus. PLoS One, v. 10, n. 2, FEB 6 2015. (05/04557-3, 10/03432-0, 11/50146-6)

PRATES, IVAN; MELO-SAMPAIO, PAULO ROBERTO; DRUMMOND, LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA; TEIXEIRA, JR., MAURO; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CARNAVAL, ANA CAROLINA. Biogeographic links between southern Atlantic Forest and western South America: Rediscovery, re-description, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare montane anole lizards from Brazil. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 113, p. 49-58, AUG 2017. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

PELOSO, PEDRO L. V.; FROST, DARREL R.; RICHARDS, STEPHEN J.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; DONNELLAN, STEPHEN; MATSUI, MASAFUMI; RAXWORTHY, CRISTOPHER J.; BIJU, S. D.; LEMMON, EMILY MORIARTY; LEMMON, ALAN R.; et al. The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae). CLADISTICS, v. 32, n. 2, p. 113-140, APR 2016. (03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

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DAMASCENO, ROBERTA P.; CARNAVAL, ANA CAROLINA; SASS, CHODON; RECODER, RENATO SOUSA; MORITZ, CRAIG; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT. Geographic restriction, genetic divergence, and morphological disparity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forests: Insights from Leposoma lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 154, JAN 2021. (03/10335-8, 11/50146-6, 15/11498-5, 13/50297-0, 13/22477-3)

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PRATES, IVAN; PENNA, ANNA; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CARNAVAL, ANA CAROLINA. Local adaptation in mainland anole lizards: Integrating population history and genome-environment associations. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, v. 8, n. 23, p. 11932-11944, DEC 2018. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

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KOK, PHILIPPE J. R.; BITTENBINDER, MATYAS A.; VAN DEN BERG, JORIS K.; MARQUES-SOUZA, SERGIO; SALES NUNES, PEDRO M.; LAKING, ALEXANDRA E.; TEIXEIRA, JR., MAURO; FOUQUET, ANTOINE; MEANS, D. BRUCE; MACCULLOCH, ROSS D.; et al. Integrative taxonomy of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900 identifies a new species in the eastern Pantepui region, north-eastern South America. Journal of Natural History, v. 52, n. 13-16, SI, p. 1029-1066, 2018. (11/50146-6, 12/10163-1, 13/50297-0)

PELOSO, PEDRO L. V.; DE OLIVEIRA, RENAN M.; STURARO, MARCELO J.; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; LIMA-FILHO, GERALDO R.; BITAR, YOUSZEF O. C.; WHEELER, WARD C.; ALEIXO, ALEXANDRE. Phylogeny of Map Tree Frogs, Boana semilineata Species Group, with a New Amazonian Species (Anura: Hylidae). South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 13, n. 2, p. 150-169, AUG 2018. (03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)

STURARO, MARCELO JOSE; RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T.; COLLI, GUARINO R.; KNOWLES, L. LACEY; AVILA-PIRES, TERESA C. S.. Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 275, p. 37-65, JUL 2018. (13/50297-0, 03/10335-8, 11/50146-6)