Shared phylogeographic structuring and recurrent hybridization underlie the diversification of Microhyla frog complexes in the Indochinese biodiversity hotspot

C. Dufresnes A. V. Trofimets V. Gorin Parinya Pawangkhanant N. S. Kliukin Dmitriy V. Arkhipov S. Lê Mahmudul Hasan M. Muin A. T. Amarasinghe Amir Hamidy Jin-Min Chen Yun-He Wu S. Lorphengsy S. N. Nguyen Hai-Tao Zhao Jie-Qiong Jin R. Murphy Tan van Nguyen S. Litvinchuk Zhi-Yong Yuan Jing Che C. Suwannapoom N. Poyarkov

Aug 2026 · bioRxiv · 0 citations · 51 references

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The Indochinese biodiversity hotspot is portrayed as a dynamic evolutionary system where cycles of fragmentation and reconnection have repeatedly reshaped lineage boundaries, and the complex phylogeographic structure recovered exemplifies the urgent need for taxonomic revisions.

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