Reconstruction of past distribution for the Mongolian toad, (Anura: Bufonidae) using environmental modeling.

The use of ecological models enables determining the current distribution of species, but also their past distribution when matching climatic conditions are available. In specific cases, they can also be used to determine the likelihood of fossils to belong to the same species-under the hypothesis that all individuals of a species have the same ecological requirements. Here, using environmental modeling, we reconstructed the distribution of the Mongolian toad, , since the Last Glacial Maximum and thus covering the time period between the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene.