Snakebites in Europe are mostly due to bites from Viperidae species of the genus Vipera.
This represents a neglected public health hazard with poorly defined incidence, morbidity …

Biodiversity analyses can greatly benefit from coherent species delimitation schemes and up-
to-date distribution data. In this article, we have made the daring attempt to delimit and map …

Delimiting and naming biodiversity is a vital step toward wildlife conservation and research.
However, species delimitation must be consistent across biota so that the limited resources …

Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and
evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species …

The advent of genomic methods allows us to revisit the evolutionary history of organismal
groups for which robust phylogenies are still lacking, particularly in species complexes that …

This work examines the possible behaviour of Neanderthal groups at the Cueva Des-
Cubierta (central Spain) via the analysis of the latter's archaeological assemblage …

The northern Mediterranean reptiles and amphibians show contrasting biogeographic
histories during the Plio-Pleistocene. The influence of European climate changes on the …

Using two mitochondrial DNA fragments and 13 microsatellite loci, we examined the
phylogeographic structure and taxonomy of two codistributed snake species (Natrix natrix …

This paper represents an update of the list of Italian amphibians and reptiles published 15
years ago by Razzettiet al.(2006) and of the checklist published in 1993 by the late …

The salamander genus Salamandra is widespread across Europe, North Africa, and the
Near East and is renowned for its conspicuous and polymorphic colouration and diversity of …