We redescribe the only previously known species of Myrsidea from bulbuls, M. pycnonoti Eichler. Sixteen new species are described; they and their type hosts are: M. phillipsi ex Pycnonotus goiavier goiavier (Scopoli), M. gieferi ex P. goiavier suluensis Mearns, M. kulpai ex P. flavescens Blyth, M. finlaysoni ex P. finlaysoni Strickland, M. kathleenae ex P. cafer (L.), M. warwicki ex Ixos philippinus (J. R. Forster), M. mcclurei ex Microscelis amaurotis (Temminck), M. zeylanici ex P. zeylanicus (Gmelin), M. plumosi ex P. plumosus Blyth, M. eutiloti ex P. eutilotus (Jardine and Selby), M. adamsae ex P. urostictus (Salvadori), M. ochracei ex Criniger ochraceus F. Moore, M. borbonici ex Hypsipetes borbonicus (J. R. Forster), M. johnsoni ex P. atriceps (Temminck), M. palmai ex C. ochraceus, and M. claytoni ex P. eutilotus. A key is provided for the identification of these 17 species.

A new species

Using information on Brazilian species, Pimenta et al . assert that we overestimated the number of threatened amphibians. This claim, based on a misunderstanding of the IUCN-The World Conservation Union Red List criteria and a strongly evidentiary attitude to listing species, almost certainly

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/309/5743/1999.3.full.pdf

Response to Comment on "Status and Trends of Amphibian Declines and Extinctions Worldwide"

http://home.gwu.edu/~rpyron/publications/Pyron_Wiens_2011.pdf

A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

Hylidae is a large family of American, Australopapuan, and temperate Eurasian treefrogs of approximately 870 known species, divided among four subfamilies. Although some groups of Hylidae have been addressed phylogenetically, a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis has never been presented. The first goal of this paper is to review the current state of hylid systematics. We focus on the very large subfamily Hylinae (590 species), evaluate the monophyly of named taxa, and examine the evidential basis of the existing taxonomy. The second objective is to perform a phylogenetic analysis using mostly DNA sequence data in order to (1) test the monophyly of the Hylidae; (2) determine its constituent taxa, with special attention to the genera and species groups which form the subfamily Hylinae, and c) propose a new, monophyletic taxonomy consistent with the hypothesized relationships. We present a phylogenetic analysis of hylid frogs based on 276 terminals, including 228 hylids and 48 outgroup taxa. Includ...

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Systematic review of the frog family hylidae, with special reference to hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision

Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative assessment of the amphibian chytridiomycosis panzootic, one of the most impactful examples of disease spread, and demonstrate its role in the decline of at least 501 amphibian species over the past half-century, including 90 presumed extinctions. The effects of chytridiomycosis have been greatest in large-bodied, range-restricted anurans in wet climates in the Americas and Australia. Declines peaked in the 1980s, and only 12% of declined species show signs of recovery, whereas 39% are experiencing ongoing decline. There is risk of further chytridiomycosis outbreaks in new areas. The chytridiomycosis panzootic represents the greatest recorded loss of biodiversity attributable to a disease.

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Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

Frogs of Boracéia

Brazilian amphibians: list of species

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00287.x

The phylogenetic relationships of the charismatic poster frogs, Phyllomedusinae (Anura, Hylidae)

Frogs of Borac?ia

Threatened species lists are often used to evaluate the conservation status of species and habitats. Specialists are always consulted to yield and update lists and, as a rule, their opinions are respected and properly used. The lists produced are, therefore, reliable documents based on all

Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Cruz

Papers

Frogs of Boracéia

Brazilian amphibians: list of species

The phylogenetic relationships of the charismatic poster frogs, Phyllomedusinae (Anura, Hylidae)

Frogs of Borac?ia

Comment on "Status and trends of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide".