@article {92,
	title = {Ontogenetic diet change in the arthroleptid frog Schoutedenella xenodactyloides},
	journal = {Journal of Herpetology},
	volume = {40},
	number = {3},
	year = {2006},
	note = {Using Smart Source ParsingSEP},
	pages = {388-394},
	abstract = {Anuran amphibians are important consumers of arthropods in tropical ecosystems. Previous research has indicated that very small, terrestrial frogs, especially juveniles, largely consume small leaf litter arthropods. To date, few studies have examined diet in African anurans, and no studies exist of ontogenetic change in prey composition for any African frog. We investigated the change in diet that accompanies body size increase in the arthroleptid frog Schoutedenella xenodactyloides (Anura: Ranoidea) from a population located on the Mulanje Massif in Malawi, central Africa. Schoutedenella xenodactyloides is a miniature (< 22 mm snout-urostyle length; SUL), direct-developing frog that is often very abundant and is likely an important consumer of small leaf litter arthropods. Based on examination of stomach and intestinal contents from specimens that span the known range of posthatching body sizes, we document the taxonomic diversity of prey consumed by S. xenodactyloides. We present evidence that S. xenodactyloides exhibits a size-related ontogenetic change in the type and relative proportions of prey taxa. Small frogs (<= 13 min SUL) consume large numbers of collembolans and mites. As frogs attain larger body sizes; ants constitute a larger percentage of the total number of prey consumed; and collembolan and mite consumption falls below 10\% of the total prey items. The prey consumed by S. xenodactyloides include at least 10 orders of arthropods and an unidentified mollusk. This is a greater diversity of prey items than previously found in Schoutedenella as well as most other arthroleptid species.},
	author = {Blackburn, David C. and Moreau, Corrie S.}
}
@article {90,
	title = {Frogs with claws: Diversity, morphology, and function of pedal unguals in the Astylosternidae},
	journal = {Journal of Morphology},
	volume = {268},
	number = {12},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Dec 2007},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200800136900},
	author = {Blackburn, David C. and Hanken, James and Jenkins, Farish A., Jr.}
}
@article {220,
	title = {The amphibians and reptiles of Nouabale-Ndoki national park, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)},
	journal = {Salamandra},
	volume = {43},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Aug 20 2007},
	pages = {149-164},
	abstract = {We present an annotated list of 20 amphibian and 14 reptile species collected along the southern edge of Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, which comprises lowland forests that are part of the Congo River drainage basin. This study has resulted in the first definitive records of the frogs Aubria masako, Amietophrynus regularis, Cryptothylax greshoffii, Hyperolius balfouri, H. brachiofasciatus, Leptopelis brevirostris, and L. calcaratus meridionalis from the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Comparing four sites subjected to different degrees of human disturbance, we note differences in herpetofaunal composition among these sites, which we attribute to difference in tolerance of human activity, opportunistic colonisation by non-native species, and, in some cases, a preference for proximity to human habitations. We compare the results of our study to other herpetofaunal surveys of Central and West Africa in order to gain insight into which faunae are most similar to that of Nouabale-Ndoki National Park.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200800106908},
	author = {Jackson, Kate and Blackburn, David C.}
}
@article {709,
	title = {A new squeaker frog (Arthroleptidae: Arthroleptis) from the Cameroon Volcanic Line with redescriptions of Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911 {\textquotedblleft}1910{\textquotedblright} and A. variabilis Matschie, 1893},
	journal = {Breviora},
	volume = {515},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {1-23},
	author = {Blackburn, David C. and Kosuch, Joachim and Burger, Marius and Schmitz, Andreas and Wagner, Philip and Gonwouo, L. Nono and Hillers, Annika and R{\"o}del, Mark-Oliver}
}
@article {91,
	title = {A new species of Cardioglossa (Anura : Arthroleptidae) from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa},
	journal = {Copeia},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Sep 10 2008},
	pages = {603-612},
	abstract = {We describe a new frog species of the genus Cardioglosso from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa. Cardioglosso occidentalis, new species, is found in primary rainforests in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. We demonstrate that this species is morphologically and genetically distinct from C. leucomystax, the species to which these populations were previously assigned. Cardioglossa occidentalis differs from similar congeners by the following combination of markings: fusion or near fusion of all three dorsal lobes (cephalic, scapular, and lumbar); prominent white line extending anteriorly from arm terminates ventral to eye; dark mask extending posteriorly from eye continues unbroken beyond posterior border of scapular lobe; lateral body covered in very few, large dark spots rimmed with thin white. Cordioglosso occidentalis appears related to C. leucomystax, C. melanoguster, and C. schioetzi. This description brings the number of Cardioglossa species to 16.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200800591183},
	author = {Blackburn, David C. and Kosuch, Joachim and Schmitz, Andreas and Burger, Marius and Wagners, Philipp and Gonwouo, L. Nono and Hillers, Annika and R{\"o}del, Mark-Oliver}
}
@article {87,
	title = {A new species of Cardioglossa (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) endemic to Mount Manengouba in the Republic of Cameroon, with an analysis of morphological diversity in the genus},
	journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {154},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Nov 2008},
	pages = {611-630},
	abstract = {A new frog species of the genus Cardioglossa, that is probably restricted to less than 10 km(2) of gallery forest near the summit of Mount Manengouba in the Republic of Cameroon, is described. Unlike all other Cardioglossa, in life the coloration of the new species is typically brownish red, with no dorsal markings, but with a pair of thin, golden white lines that extend posteriorly from the tip of the rostrum and terminate just above and behind the tympanum. This new species is morphologically similar to C. oreas, another high-altitude species endemic to the Cameroonian mountains: both have small tympana and lack the hypertrophied third manual digit typical of males of other Cardioglossa. The tadpole of the new species is similar to that of C. occidentalis, the only other Cardioglossa for which the tadpole is fully described, but differs in having a broad anterolaterally projecting supraoral labium, lacking ventral pigmentation, and having a relatively longer spiracular tube. Several features of tadpole morphology are convergent with the unusual fossorial tadpole of the microhylid Otophryne and suggest a similar convergence in ecology. Principal components analysis of morphometric data, followed by discriminant function analysis, was used to explore patterns of morphological similarity within Cardioglossa. These analyses provide support for five species groups: (1) C. aureoli (distinct from other Cardioglossa); (2) C. escalerae, C. gratiosa and C. nigromaculata; (3) C. gracilis, C. melanogaster and C. schioetzi; (4) C. sp. nov. and C. oreas; and (5) C. cyaneospila, C. pulchra, C. venusta and C. trifasciata. The inclusion of C. cyaneospila in the last group supports previous suggestions of past biotic connections between the Albertine Rift mountains and those of the Cameroon Volcanic Line. The description of this new species further emphasizes Mt Manengouba as a centre of anuran endemism within the Cameroonian mountains and reaffirms the importance of this ecoregion within sub-Saharan Africa. (C) 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 154, 611-630.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200800706548},
	author = {Blackburn, David C.}
}
@article {89,
	title = {[TITLE BLANK]},
	journal = {Herpetological Review},
	volume = {39},
	number = {2},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Jun 2008},
	pages = {208-209},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV201000032046},
	author = {Blackburn, David C. and Droissart, Vincent}
}
@article {86,
	title = {Biogeography and evolution of body size and life history of African frogs: phylogeny of squeakers (Arthroleptis) and long-fingered frogs (Cardioglossa) estimated from mitochondrial data},
	journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
	volume = {49},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Dec 2008},
	pages = {806-826},
	abstract = {The evolutionary history of living African amphibians remains poorly understood. This study estimates the phylogeny within the frog genera Arthroleptis and Cardioglossa using approximately 2400 bases of mtDNA sequence data (12S, tRNA-Valine, and 16S genes) from half of the described species. Analyses are conducted using parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian methods. The effect of alignment on phylogeny estimation is explored by separately analyzing alignments generated with different gap costs and a consensus alignment. The consensus alignment results in species paraphyly, low nodal support, and incongruence with the results based on other alignments, which produced largely similar results. Most nodes in the phylogeny are highly supported, yet several topologies are inconsistent with previous hypotheses. The monophyly of Cardioglossa and of miniature species previously assigned to Schoutedenella was further examined using Templeton and Shimodaira-Hasegawa tests. Cardioglossa monophyly is rejected and C. aureoli is transferred to Arthroleptis. These tests do not reject Schoutedenella monophyly, but this hypothesis receives no support from non-parametric bootstrapping or Bayesian posterior probabilities. This phylogeny provides a framework for reconstructing historical biogeography and analyzing the evolution of body size and life history. Direct development and miniaturization appear at the base of Arthroleptis phylogeny concomitant with a range expansion from Central Africa to throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200900118906},
	author = {Blackburn, David C.}
}
@article {744,
	title = {Description and phylogenetic relationships of two new species of miniature Arthroleptis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania},
	journal = {Breviora},
	volume = {517},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {1-17},
	author = {Blackburn, David C.}
}
@article {2428,
	title = {A new puddle frog (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus) from the Mambilla Plateau in eastern Nigeria},
	journal = {African Journal of Herpetology},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {33-52},
	author = {Blackburn, David C.}
}
