Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar.

Using an integrative taxonomic approach including genetic and morphological data, we formally describe a new microendemic gecko species belonging to the clade, previously referred to as D. We name this taxon currently known from Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest (south-central Madagascar), as The new species differs from other species of the clade by ≥ 12.4% uncorrected -distance at the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and it forms a monophyletic group in the COI mtDNA phylogenetic tree.

How Do Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Metrics Change Along an Aridity Gradient in a Tropical Dry Forest?

Ecological indicators based on biodiversity metrics are valuable and cost-effective tools to quantify, track and understand the effects of climate change on ecosystems. Studying changes in these indicators along climatic gradients in space is a common approach to infer about potential impacts of climate change over time, overcoming the limitations of lack of sufficiently long time-series data. Here, we studied the response of complementary biodiversity metrics in plants: taxonomic diversity (species richness and Simpson index) and functional diversity (diversity and redundancy) in 113 sampling sites along a spatial aridity gradient (from 0.