“…Cryptic diversity is an essential component of diagnosing biodiversity, and it is difficult to detect, especially under ongoing global climate change and habitat loss (Balint et al., ; Bickford et al., ). Empirical studies have identified evolutionary patterns of cryptic diversity similar to our study in other biodiversity hotspots (Bell et al., ; Carnaval, Hickerson, Haddad, Rodrigues, & Moritz, ; Demos, Peterhans, Agwanda, & Hickerson, ; Hedin, Carlson, & Coyle, ; Muñoz‐Ortiz, Velásquez‐Álvarez, Guarnizo, & Crawford, ; Wachter et al., ). However, previous studies did not consider the role of niche conservatism in impacting cryptic speciation.…”