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A comparison of multiple methods for estimating parasitemia of hemogregarine hemoparasites (apicomplexa: adeleorina) and its application for studying infection in natural populations

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A new genus and species of Apoloniinae (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Oman ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 September 2012

A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia

scientific article published in 2023

A preliminary analysis of phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the dangerously venomous Carpet Vipers, Echis (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences

scientific article published in 2009

A review of the geckos of the genus Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Oman based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear data, with descriptions of eight new species ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

A robust molecular phylogeny of the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) with a discussion on morphological synapomorphies ⬇️

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An evaluation of the taxonomic validity of Testudo werneri

scientific article published in 2007

An integrative assessment of the diversity, phylogeny, distribution, and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles (Sauropsida, Squamata) of the United Arab Emirates

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

An integrative study of island diversification: Insights from the endemic Haemodracon geckos of the Socotra Archipelago

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel

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An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae)

scientific article published in 2010

An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands

scholarly article by RAQUEL VASCONCELOS et al published 25 January 2012 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Assessing the diversity, host-specificity and infection patterns of apicomplexan parasites in reptiles from Oman, Arabia.

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Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions

scientific article published on 20 October 2010

Behavioural changes and the adaptive diversification of pigeons and doves.

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

Biogeographical crossroad across the Pillars of Hercules: Evolutionary history of Psammodromus lizards in space and time

scholarly article by Joana Mendes et al published 24 September 2017 in Journal of Biogeography

Biogeography and contemporary climatic differentiation among Moroccan Salamandra algira

scholarly article by Wouter Beukema et al published 28 September 2010 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Biogeography of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae), with special emphasis on the Mesalina adramitana group from Arabia and the Socotra Archipelago

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Biogeography of Neurergus strauchii barani Öz, 1994 and N. s. strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) (Amphibia: Salamandridae) assessed using morphological and molecular data

scientific article published in 2006

Case 3711—Iberolacerta Arribas and Darevskia Arribas (Chordata, Squamata, Lacertidae): proposals to deem these names available either from Arribas (1997) or from Arribas (1999)

scientific article published on 15 September 2018

Characterization of microsatellite loci markers for the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

Combining molecular and landscape tools for targeting evolutionary processes in reserve design: An approach for islands

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Comments on the Systematic Revision of Adeleid Haemogregarines: Are More Data Needed?

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Complex biogeographical distribution of genetic variation within Podarcis wall lizards across the Strait of Gibraltar

scholarly article by David James Harris et al published September 2002 in Journal of Biogeography

Complex phylogeography in the Southern Smooth Snake (Coronella girondica) supported by mtDNA sequences

scientific article published in 2012

Conflicting patterns of nucleotide diversity between mtDNA and nDNA in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica.

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Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

scientific article (publication date: 31 December 2012)

Contributions to ophiology in Zootaxa 2001–2020: patterns and trends ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 May 2021

Cryptic diversity and non-adaptive radiation of montane New Guinea skinks (Papuascincus; Scincidae)

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Cryptic diversity in Ptyodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates uncovered by an integrative taxonomic approach

scientific article published on 2 August 2017

Cryptic diversity revealed in the leaf‐toed gecko Asaccus montanus(Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) from the Hajar Mountains of Arabia ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Cryptic diversity within the Anatololacerta species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Anatolian Peninsula: evidence from a multi-locus approach.

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Desert lizard diversity worldwide: effects of environment, time, and evolutionary rate

Divergence times and colonization of the Canary Islands by Gallotia lizards

scientific article published on 20 March 2010

Diversification in arid mountains: biogeography and cryptic diversity of Pristurus rupestris rupestris in Arabia

Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic

scientific article published on 18 November 2021

Ecological preferences of the endemic reptile community of Socotra ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Ecological specialisation, rather than the island effect, explains morphological diversification in an ancient radiation of geckos

Ecological specialization, rather than the island effect, explains morphological diversification in an ancient radiation of geckos

scientific article published in 2021

Elusive but widespread? The potential distribution and genetic variation of Hyalosaurus koellikeri (Günther, 1873) in the Maghreb

Endemic diversification in the mountains: genetic, morphological, and geographical differentiation of the Hemidactylus geckos in southwestern Arabia ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Evaluating the phylogenetic signal limit from mitogenomes, slow evolving nuclear genes, and the concatenation approach. New insights into the Lacertini radiation using fast evolving nuclear genes and species trees

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Evidence of tail autotomy in the European plethodontid Hydromantes (Atylodes) genei (Temmick and Schlegel, 1838) (Amphibia: Urodela: Plethodontidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 December 2010

Evolution along allometric lines of least resistance: Morphological differentiation in Pristurus geckos

Evolution around the Red Sea: Systematics and biogeography of the agamid genus Pseudotrapelus (Squamata: Agamidae) from North Africa and Arabia

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Evolution, biogeography and systematics of the western Palaearctic Zamenis ratsnakes

scholarly article by Daniele Salvi et al published 17 June 2018 in Zoologica Scripta

Evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae:Uromastyx) from the Saharo-Arabian region ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

Evolutionary history of the genus Tarentola (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Mediterranean Basin, estimated using multilocus sequence data

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Evolutionary patterns of the mitochondrial genome in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Extreme genetic diversity in the lizard Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Werner, 1929): a montane cryptic species complex

scientific article (publication date: 4 September 2012)

Filling in the gap: two new records and an updated distribution map for the Gulf Sand gecko Pseudoceramodactyluskhobarensis Haas, 1957

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Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

From morphology and karyology to molecules. New methods for taxonomical identification of asexual populations of freshwater planarians. A tribute to Professor Mario Benazzi

scientific article published in 1999

Genetic structure of lake and stream populations in a Pyrenean amphibian (Calotriton asper ) reveals evolutionary significant units associated with paedomorphosis

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Genetic uniformity of Rana pyrenaica Serra-Cobo, 1993 across its distribution range: a preliminary study with mtDNA sequences

scientific article published in 2008

Genomics reveals introgression and purging of deleterious mutations in the Arabian leopard ( Panthera pardus nimr )

Getting off to a good start? Genetic evaluation of the ex situ conservation project of the Critically Endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Hidden in the Arabian Mountains: Multilocus phylogeny reveals cryptic diversity in the endemic Omanosaura lizards

scholarly article by Joana Mendes et al published 6 February 2018 in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Hidden relationships and genetic diversity: Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Levantine lizards of the genus Phoenicolacerta (Squamata: Lacertidae).

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity – The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands

scholarly article by Raquel Vasconcelos et al published September 2012 in Biological Conservation

Incidence of pigmented skin tumors in a population of wild Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Insight into an island radiation: the Tarentola geckos of the Cape Verde archipelago

scholarly article by Raquel Vasconcelos et al published 10 February 2010 in Journal of Biogeography

Integral chain management of wildlife diseases

Integrative phylogeography of Calotriton newts (Amphibia, Salamandridae), with special remarks on the conservation of the endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the planarian Dugesia polychroa (Schmidt) (Platyhelminthes:Tricladida).

scientific article published in April 1997

Jailed in the mountains: Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic newt species across the Pyrenees

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Lessons from a complex biogeographical scenario: morphological characters match mitochondrial lineages within Iberian Coronella austriaca (Reptilia: Colubridae)

scholarly article by GUSTAVO A. LLORENTE et al published 14 March 2012 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Life history trait differences between a lake and a stream-dwelling population of the Pyrenean brook newt (Calotriton asper)

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Margarita Metallinou (1985–2015)

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Marked genetic structuring and extreme dispersal limitation in the Pyrenean brook newt Calotriton asper (Amphibia: Salamandridae) revealed by genome-wide AFLP but not mtDNA.

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Micro-Hotspots for Conservation: An Umbrella Tree Species for the Unique Socotran Reptile Fauna

Microendemicity in the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species of geckos of the genus Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)

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Mitochondrial DNA structure of the Iberian populations of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius italicus italicus (Faxon, 1914).

scientific article published on 18 June 2010

Molecular analysis of the diversity of terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published in 2009

Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex).

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Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas, 1996)

scientific article (publication date: 10 September 2004)

Morphology matches mtDNA lineages in the southern smooth snake (Coronella girondica) from Iberia

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Multilocus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of theHemidactylus robustusspecies group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species from Yemen and Ethiopia

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New insights on phylogeography and distribution of painted frogs (Discoglossus) in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula

New records on the distribution of the Spanish sand racer species (Squamata, Psammodromus ) in Spain, Iberian Peninsula ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 March 2020

No signs of inbreeding despite long-term isolation and habitat fragmentation in the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Nuclear and mitochondrial multilocus phylogeny and survey of alkaloid content in true salamanders of the genus Salamandra (Salamandridae).

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Origin and evolution of paralogous rRNA gene clusters within the flatworm family Dugesiidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida).

scientific article published in August 1999

Origin and in situ diversification in Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago

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Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae).

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Out of Arabia: a complex biogeographic history of multiple vicariance and dispersal events in the gecko genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae).

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Parallel gigantism and complex colonization patterns in the Cape Verde scincid lizards Mabuya and Macroscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences.

scientific article published in August 2001

Parasites in a hotspot: diversity and specificity patterns of apicomplexans infecting reptiles from the Socotra Archipelago

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Patterns of diversification in islands: A comparative study across three gecko genera in the Socotra Archipelago.

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Phylogenetic relationships of Sardinian cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes, based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data

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Phylogenetic relationships of Semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris

scientific article (publication date: 9 July 2014)

Phylogenetic relationships of the Chalcides skink species from the Chafarinas Islands with those from mainland North Africa

scientific article published in 2017

Phylogeny and Systematic Revision of the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus from the Horn of Africa (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

Phylogeny and biogeography of Arabian populations of the Persian Horned Viper Pseudocerastes persicus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

scientific article published in 2016

Phylogeny of the arachnid order Opiliones (Arthropoda) inferred from a combined approach of complete 18S and partial 28S ribosomal DNA sequences and morphology

scientific article published in March 1999

Phylogeny of the genus Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia; Colubridae) with a first record from the Sultanate of Oman

scientific article (publication date: 23 October 2015)

Phylogeography of Psammodromus algirus (Lacertidae) revisited: systematic implications

Phylogeography of competing sexual and parthenogenetic forms of a freshwater flatworm: patterns and explanations ⬇️

scientific article published on November 17, 2003

Phylogeography of the Ibero-Maghrebian red-eyed grass snake (Natrix astreptophora) ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Phylogeography of the false smooth snakes, Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae): mitochondrial DNA sequences show European populations arrived recently from Northwest Africa.

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Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Radiation, multiple dispersal and parallelism in the skinks, Chalcides and Sphenops (Squamata: Scincidae), with comments on Scincus and Scincopus and the age of the Sahara Desert.

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Reconstructing Squamate Biogeography in Afro-Arabia Reveals the Influence of a Complex and Dynamic Geologic Past

Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of Haemosporida (Apicomplexa) based on the cyt b gene with characterization of Haemocystidium in geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) from Oman.

scientific article published on 12 September 2015

Review of the distribution and conservation status of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands

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Review of the systematics, distribution, biogeography and natural history of Moroccan amphibians

scientific article (publication date: 22 May 2013)

Sexual dimorphism and age structure of the Montseny newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Species boundaries to the limit: validating species delimitation methods is critical to avoid taxonomic inflation in the genomic era

Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia

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Stable isotopes and diet uncover trophic-niche divergence and ecological diversification processes of endemic reptiles on Socotra Island

scientific article published in 2017

Swimming through the sands of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Phylogeny of sandfish skinks (Scincidae, Scincus) reveals a recent and rapid diversification

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Systematics and biogeography of Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Arabia

scientific article (publication date: 14 July 2014)

Systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Mabuya, with special emphasis on the Amazonian skink Mabuya nigropunctata (Reptilia, Scincidae).

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Systematics and phylogeography ofAcanthodactylus schreiberiand its relationships withAcanthodactylus boskianus(Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)

scientific article published in 2014

Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species

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Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera

scientific article (publication date: 22 March 2007)

Systematics of the Saharo‐Arabian clade of the Palearctic naked‐toed geckos with the description of a new species of Tropiocolotes endemic to Oman ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Saharo-Arabian naked-toed geckos genus Tropiocolotes

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences.

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Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Pristurus minimus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) with the discovery of the smallest Arabian vertebrate

scientific article published on 19 May 2019

Taxonomic revision of Algero-Tunisian Pleurodeles (Caudata: Salamandridae) using molecular and morphological data. Revalidation of the taxon Pleurodeles nebulosus (Guichenot, 1850)

scientific article (publication date: 9 April 2004)

Taxonomy and biogeography of Bunopus spatalurus (Reptilia; Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula

scientific article published in 2015

Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) from the Iberian peninsula: first records of the family Rhynchodemidae, with the description of a new Microplana species

scientific article published in 1998

Testing the island effect on phenotypic diversification: insights from the Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago.

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The complete mitochondrial genome of

The demise of a wonder: Evolutionary history and conservation assessments of the Wonder Gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae) in Arabia

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

The pernicious effect of retroactive changes in the Code: Darevskia and nomenclatorial stability, a reply to BUSACK et al. (2016) ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: Biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa

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The taxonomy of the Tarentola mauritanica species complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae): Bayesian species delimitation supports six candidate species.

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

Trade and stowaways: molecular evidence for human-mediated translocation of eastern skinks into the western Mediterranean

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Two newly recognized species of Hemidactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai, Egypt

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Underground cryptic speciation within the Maghreb: multilocus phylogeography sheds light on the diversification of the checkerboard worm lizard Trogonophis wiegmanni

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Unexpectedly High Levels of Cryptic Diversity Uncovered by a Complete DNA Barcoding of Reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago

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Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel

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Using multilocus approach to uncover cryptic diversity within Pseudotrapelus lizards from Saudi Arabia

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

What can 18S rDNA do for bivalve phylogeny?

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

When selection deceives phylogeographic interpretation: the case of the Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758).

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