Species Delimitation

With the incorporation of molecular data into studies investigating widespread species in Southeast Asia, it has become apparent that we are greatly underestimating species diversity. The repeated observation of deeply divergent and well-supported clades within widespread species of amphibians and reptiles (particularly in the Philippines) has led to a renewed effort in trying to estimate and describe species boundaries. Several projects I am actively working on explore methods for species delimitation using both molecular and morphological data, in an attempt to arrive at well-supported estimates of species diversity.