Aim In contrast to the attention given to southern Europe both as a centre of speciation and
differentiation and as a Pleistocene refugium of Western Palaearctic taxa, North Africa has …

A critical review of the evolutionary biology of Iberian and North African lizard members of
the genus Podarcis (Lacertidae) based on phylogeny, phylogeography, morphometrics …

Simple Summary The adrenal gland plays a fundamental role in the physiology of
vertebrates, regulating hydrosaline balance, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and stress …

In a phylogeographical survey of the Italian wall lizard, Podarcis sicula, DNA sequence
variation along an 887‐bp segment of the cytochrome b gene was examined in 96 …

Despite the remarkable species richness of the Mediterranean flora and its well-known
geological history, few studies have investigated its temporal and spatial origins. Most …

Evolutionary inference based on molecular phylogenetic methods has profoundly modified
the way that we understand biological diversity, unravelling a higher evolutionary diversity …

Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Sauria: Lacertidae), is highly diversified in Greece
and especially in the southern Aegean region. Out of the 28 recognized subspecies, 27 are …

Some aspects of the natural history of snakes of the colubrid genus Natrix have been well
studied. With their extensive European distribution and relative abundance, their ecology …

Wall lizards of the genus Podarcis (Sauria, Lacertidae) comprise 17 currently recognized
species in southern Europe, where they are the predominant reptile group. The taxonomy of …

Background The study of recently-diverged species offers significant challenges both in the
definition of evolutionary entities and in the estimation of gene flow among them. Iberian and …