The last species list of the European herpetofauna was published by Speybroeck, Beukema
and Crochet (2010). In the meantime, ongoing research led to numerous taxonomic …

The banded newt (genus Ommatotriton) is widely distributed in the Near East (Anatolia,
Caucasus and the Levant)–an understudied region from the perspective of phylogeography …

Despite numerous works devoted to hybrid origin of parthenogenesis in reptiles, the causes
of hybridization between different species, resulting in the origin of parthenogenetic forms …

Darevskia rock lizards include both sexual and parthenogenetic species, mostly distributed
in the heterogeneous and ecologically diverse Caucasus. The parthenogenetic species …

Hybridization is a common evolutionary process with multiple possible outcomes. In
vertebrates, interspecific hybridization has repeatedly generated parthenogenetic hybrid …

The all-female Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia rostombekowi and other unisexual species
of this genus reproduce normally via true parthenogenesis. Typically, diploid …

The parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia armeniaca and Darevskia dahli are widespread
throughout the Lesser Caucasus, although they occupy different habitats. While these forms …

Revealing biodiversity allows the accurate determination of the underlying causes of many
biological processes such as speciation and hybridization. These processes contain many …

Genetic diversity is not always congruent with phenotypic heterogeneity, resulting in cryptic
species complexes which cause a great struggle for scientists trying to define 'species' and …

Abstract Background The parthenogenetic Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia armeniaca, like
most other parthenogenetic vertebrate species, originated through interspecific hybridization …