Using a nearly range-wide sampling, we investigated phylogeographic differentiation and
mitochondrial diversity of Testudo horsfieldii, the only tortoise species confined to Central …

Background To help conservation programs of the endangered spur-thighed tortoise and to
gain better insight into its systematics, genetic variation and evolution in the tortoise species …

We investigated the mitochondrial phylogeography of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo
graeca) in the Western Mediterranean. In North Africa, four major lineages (AD) occur that …

The leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is the most widely distributed sub‐Saharan
tortoise species, with a range extending from the Horn of Africa all over eastern Africa to the …

The Testudo graeca complex is a CITES-listed group of taxa (species or subspecies) that is
under threat from over-harvesting for the Western pet and Asian food trade. Taxonomically …

Testudo graeca has a wide distribution under different geographic, climatic and ecological
conditions, and shows high morphological differences especially in the Asian (Middle …

Tortoises of the Testudo graeca complex inhabit a patchy range that covers part of three
continents (Africa, Europe, Asia). It extends approximately 6500 km in an east-west direction …

As part of an ongoing project to generate a mitochondrial database for terrestrial tortoises
based on museum specimens, the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of 10 …

Studying phylogeographic histories in wide-ranging species provides key insights into those
processes shaping current species' distributions and genetic structuring. In this work, we …

The European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758), is one of the world's most
widely distributed chelonian species. We investigated its mitochondrial phylogeography and …