Research on the taxonomy of European amphibians and reptiles has increased noticeably
over the last few decades, indicating the need for recognition of new species and the …

Aim Our aims were to assess the phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in eastern
Mediterranean water frogs and to estimate divergence times using different geological …

In most pan-Eurasiatic species complexes, two phenomena have been traditionally
considered key processes of their cladogenesis and biogeography. First, it is hypothesized …

Water frogs inhabiting Cyprus represent a distinct evolutionary species of Messinian origin
that is formally described in this paper. The systematic status of Cypriot frogs is evidenced by …

Abstract Water frogs [genus Pelophylax (Rana)] that occur around the eastern
Mediterranean Sea provide an opportunity to study early stages of speciation. The …

One of the most frequently translocated species outside their native range in Europe are
water frogs of the genus Pelophylax. Recently, water frogs belonging to the same genus …

Spreading of alien water frog species (genus Pelophylax) has been reported across Europe,
posing a severe risk for the replacement or genetic swamping of indigenous species. Crna …

The Eurasian water frog species and their geographic ranges have undergone considerable
changes in the last four decades, but the Iranian populations have largely remained …

Oxynoemacheilus nasreddini, new species, from Lake Akşehir, Eber, Eğirdir, and Ilgın
basins in Central Anatolia is distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in …

We found in two water frogs captured in Cyprus, the distribution area of P. cypriensis,
nuclear alleles and mitochondrial haplotypes that are characteristic of Anatolian water frogs …