A combined palaeomodelling approach reveals the role as selective refugia of the Mediterranean peninsulas

L Macaluso, A Bertini, G Carnevale, JT Eronen… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
The northern Mediterranean reptiles and amphibians show contrasting biogeographic
histories during the Plio-Pleistocene. The influence of European climate changes on the …

Phylogenomics of Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae) indicates Balkan-Apennine mitochondrial capture associated with the Messinian event

V Gvoždík, T Nečas, D Jablonski, EM Lemmon… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
A dated phylogenetic hypothesis on the evolutionary history of the extant taxa of the Western
Palearctic lizards Anguis and Pseudopus is revised using genome-wide nuclear DNA and …

[PDF][PDF] The distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles in Turkey

Ç Yaşar, K ÇIçek, J Mulder, CV Tok - North-Western Journal of …, 2021 - academia.edu
Knowledge on the spatial distribution of taxa is crucial for the decision-making processes in
conservation and management of biodiversity that rely on precise distribution data. We …

[HTML][HTML] Insights on the existence of ancient glacial refugee in the Northern Black/Azov Sea Lowland, with the description of the first stygobiotic microcrustacean …

IN Marin, DM Palatov - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
A new species of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (Crustacea: Amphipoda:
Niphargidae), co-existing with other stygobiotic amphipods, Diasynurella kiwi Marin and …

[HTML][HTML] The biogeography of Elaphe sauromates (Pallas, 1814), with a description of a new rat snake species

D Jablonski, OV Kukushkin, A Avcı, S Bunyatova… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Background The rat snake genus Elaphe once comprised several dozens of species
distributed in temperate through tropical zones of the New and Old World. Based on …

Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis reveals multiple Pleistocene glacial refugia for the Yellow‐spotted mountain newt, Neurergus derjugini (Caudata …

M Malekoutian, M Sharifi, S Vaissi - Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogeography is often used to investigate the effects of glacial cycles on current genetic
structure of various plant and animal species. This approach can also identify the number …

Cryptic diversity in the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)

D Jablonski, ZT Nagy, A Avcı, K Olgun, OV Kukushkin… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2019 - brill.com
The smooth snake, Coronella austriaca, is a common snake species widespread in the
Western Palearctic region. It does not form conspicuous morphological variants and …

Cryptic refugee on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasian Ridge: Discovery of Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in the North Ossetia–Alania …

I Marin, D Palatov - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2021 - Elsevier
An endemic subterranean species of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (Crustacea:
Amphipoda: Niphargidae) belonging to the cave-dwelling “carpathicus” species group is …

[PDF][PDF] Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant

D Jablonski, MA Ribeiro-Júnior… - Vertebrate …, 2021 - vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com
The Levant represents one of the most important reptile diversity hotspots and centers of
endemism in the Western Palearctic. The region harbored numerous taxa in glacial refugia …

Mitochondrial DNA variation and Quaternary range dynamics in the endangered Yellow Spotted Mountain Newt, Neurergus derjugini (Caudata, Salamandridae)

M Afroosheh, D Rödder, P Mikulicek… - Journal of Zoological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In temperate regions of the Earth Pleistocene, climatic fluctuations significantly influenced
distribution of species. However, little is known on how glacial and interglacial cycles …