HOT PRESS 

    Ahmadzadeh F, Flecks M, Carretero MA, Böhme W, Ihlow F, Kapli P, Miraldo A and Rödder D (in press) Separate histories in both sides of the Mediterranean: Phylogeny and niche evolution of ocellated lizards. Journal of Biogeography. 

 

    Barata M, Perera A, and Harris DJ (in press) Cryptic variation in the Moroccan high altitude lizard Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Squamata: Lacertidae). African Journal of Herpetology.

 

    Carneiro D, García-Muñoz E, Kaliontzopoulou A, Llorente GA and Carretero MA (in press) Comparing ecophysiological traits in two Podarcis Wall lizards with overlapping ranges. Amphibia-Reptilia.

 

    Crocetta F, Mariottini P, Salvi D, Oliverio M (in press) Does GenBank provide a reliable DNA barcode reference to identify small alien oyster invading the Mediterranean Sea? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

 

    Cruz J, Sarmento P, Carretero MA, White PCL (in press) From exotic fish to exotic plantations: a multi-scale approach to understand amphibian occurrence in the Mediterranean region. PLoS ONE.

 

    Gutiérrez-Rodríguez J, Salvi D, Geffen E, Gafny S, Martínez-Solano I (in press). Isolation and characterization of novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in Iberian painted frogs (Discoglossus galganoi and D. jeanneae), with data on cross-species amplification in Discoglossus and Latonia (Alytidae). The Herpetological Journal.

 

     Lazić MM, Carretero MA, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Kaliontzopoulou A (in press) Effects of environmental disturbance on phenotypic variation: an integrated assessment of canalization, developmental stability, modularity and allometry in lizard head shape. American Naturalist.

 

     Maura M, Salvi D, Bologna MA, Nascetti G, Canestrelli D (in press) Northern richness and cryptic refugia: Phylogeography of the Italian smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris meridionalis. Biological Journal of Linnean Society.

 

     Rato C, Harris DJ, Perera A, Carvalho SB, Carretero MA, Rödder D (in press) A combination of divergence and conservatism in the niche evolution of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae). Ecological Research.

 

     Rato C, Resendes R, Tristão da Cunha R, Harris DJ (in press) First record of Tarentola substituta Joger, 1984, and genetic identification of Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Azores. Herpetozoa.

 

     Rato C, Silva-Rocha I, García-Miras E, García-Cardenete L, Fariña B, Carretero MA (in press) A molecular assessment of European populations of Indotyphops braminus (Daudin, 1803). Herpetozoa.

 

     Rato, C. & Carretero, M. A. (in press) Ecophysiology tracks phylogeny and meets ecological models in an Iberian gecko. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

 

    Roca V, Jorge F, Ilgaz C, Kumlutas Y, Dürmüş SH & Carretero MA (in press) Are the helminth communities from unisexual and bisexual lizards different? Evidence from gastrointestinal parasites of Darevskia spp. in Turkey. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.

 

    Roca V, Jorge F, Ilgaz C, Kumlutas Y, Dürmüş SH, Üzum N, Avcr A & Carretero MA. (in press): The gastrointestinal helminth community of the Spiny-Tailed lizard Darevskia rudis from Northern Turkey. Journal of Helminthology. doi:10.1017/S0022149X14000911 

 

     Rocha S, Valente J, Perera A and Harris DJ (in press) Deep genetic differentiation within Janetaescincus spp. from the Seychelles Islands. Herpetological Journal. 

            

    Roitberg ES, Eplanova GV, Kotenko TI, Amat F, Carretero MA, Kuranova VN, Bulakhova NA, Zinenko OI & Yakovlev VA (in press) Geographic variation of life-history traits in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis: testing Darwin's fecundity-advantage hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology .

 

     Salvi D, Macali A, Mariottini P (in press) Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of the bivalve family Ostreidae based on rRNA sequence-structure models and multilocus species tree. PLOS ONE.

 

    Silva-Rocha I, Sá-Sousa P, Fariña B & Carretero MA (in press): Molecular analysis confirms Madeira as source for insular and continental introduced populations of Teira dugesii (Sauria: Lacertidae). Salamandra. 

 

     Simão F, Carretero MA, Amaral MJ, Soares AMVM, Mateos E (in press) Composition and seasonal variation of epigeic arthropods in field margins of NW Portugal. Turkish Journal of Zoology.

 

     Udroiu I, Sgura A, Vignoli L, Bologna M, D'Amen M, Salvi D., Ruzza A, Antoccia A, Tanzarella C (in press) The micronucleus test on Triturus carnifex as a tool for environmental biomonitoring. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.

 

     Žagar A, Simčič T, Carretero MA and Vrezec A (in press) The role of metabolism in understanding the altitudinal segregation pattern of two potentially interacting lizards. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

 

   2015

 

    Chiari Y, Glaberman S, Serén N, Carretero MA & Capellini I. (2015) Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperatures. Ecological Applications. DOI: 10.1890/14-0439.1 

 

    Guilherme F, Carretero MA & Farinha-Marques P (2015) Porto. in: Kelcey, J. G. (ed.) Vertebrates and Invertebrates of European Cities: Selected Non-Avian Fauna. Springer. New York.

 

    Kaliontzopoulou A, Carretero MA & Adams DC (2015) Ecomorphological variation in male and female wall lizards and the macroevolution of sexual dimorphism in relation to habitat use. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12540

 

    Silva-Rocha I, Salvi D, Sillero N, Mateo JA & Carretero MA (2015) Snakes on the Mediterranean Islands: an invasion tale with implications for native biodiversity conservation. PLoS ONE.  

   

    Žagar A, Krofel M & Carretero MA (2015): Attempted oophagy observed in Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768). Herpetozoa, 28(3/4). 

 

 

   2014 

 

    Andreone F, Cadle JE, Crottini A, Dawson J, Larney E, Rabemananjara FCE, Rabesihanaka S, Rabibisoa N, Rabsomanitrandrasana E, Rakotonanahary TF, Rosa GM (2014) A new meeting for amphibian conservation in Madagascar: ACSAM2. FrogLog, 111: 4-5.

 

    Andreone F, Crottini A, Rabemananjara FCE, Randrianirina JE, Razafindrabe T, Tessa G (2014) Age structure, population estimate and Bd-status of two critically endangered frogs from the Ankaratra Massif (Madagascar), Boophis willliamsi and Mantidactylus pauliani (Amphibia: Mantellidae). Scripta Herpetologica. Studied on Amphibians and Reptiles in honour of Benedetto Lanza, pp 17-29.

 

    Andreone F, Rabibisoa N, Randrianantoandro C, Crottini A, Edmonds D, Kraus F, Lewis JP, Moore M, Rabemananjara FCE, Rabemanantsoa JC, Vences M (2014) Risk review is under way for invasive toad. Nature, 512: 253.

 

    Carretero MA, Jorge F, Llorente GA and  Roca V (2014) Relationships between helminth communities and diet in Canarian lizards: the evidence from Gallotia atlantica. Journal of Natural History, 48 (19-20): 1199-1216.

 

    Crottini A, Andreone F, Edmonds D, Hansen CM, Lewis JP, Rabemanantsoa JC, Moore M, Kraus F, Vences M, Rabemananjara FCE, Randrianantoandro C (2014) A new challenge for amphibian conservation in Madagascar: the invasion of Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Toamasina province. FrogLog, 111: 46-47.

 

    Crottini A, Bollen, A, Weldon C, Dalton DL, Kotze A, Noël J, Iambana B, Andreone F (2014) Amphibian survey and current absence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Ivoloina Park, Toamasina (eastern Madagascar). African Journal of Herpetology, 63 (1): 70-78.

 

    Damas-Moreira I, Harris DJ, Rosado D, Tavares I, Maia JPMC, Salvi D, Perera A (2014) Consequences of haemogregarine infection on the escape distance in the lacertid lizard, Podarcis vaucheri. Acta Herpetologica, 9 (1): 119-123.

 

    Damas-Moreira I, Tomé B, Harris DJ, Maia JPMC, Salvi D (2014) Moroccan herpetofauna: distribution updates. Herpetozoa, 27 (1): 96-102.

 

    Jorge F, Perera A, Roca V, Carretero MA, Harris DJ, Poulin R (2014) Evolution of alternative male morphotypes in oxyurid nematodes: a case of convergence? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27 (8): 1631-1643.

 

    Maia JP, Álvares F, Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Leite JV, Harris DJ (2014) Molecular assessment of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in canids and rodents from North Africa, with implications to transmission dynamics across distinct taxonomic groups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50.

 

    Maia JP, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Gómez-Díaz E (2014) A comparison of multiple methods for estimating parasitemia of Hemogregarine hemoparasites (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) and its application for studying infection in natural populations. PloS one, 9: e95010.

 

    Marotta R*, Crottini A*, Raimondi E, Fondello C, Ferraguti M (2014) Alike but different: the evolution of the Tubifex tubifex species complex (Annelida, Clitellata) through polyploidization. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14: 73.

 

    Penny SG, Andreone F, Crottini A, Holderied MW, Rakotozafy LS, Schwitzer C, Rosa GM (2014) A new species of the Boophis rappiodes group (Anura, Mantellidae) from the Sahamalaza Peninsula, Northwest Madagascar, with acoustic monitoring of its nocturnal calling activity. ZooKeys, 435: 111-132.

 

    Pérez i de Lanuza G, Font E (2014) Ultraviolet vision in lacertid lizards: evidence from retinal structure, eye transmittance, SWS1 visual pigment genes and behavior. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 2899-2909.

 

    Pérez i de Lanuza G, Font E (2014). Now you see me, now you don’t: iridescence increases the efficacy of lizard chromatic signals. Naturwissenschaften, 101: 831-837.

 

    Salvador A, Busack SD & Carretero MA (2014): Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905). pp. 606-611, in: Salvador, A. (ed.) Fauna Iberica. Reptiles, 2ª edición revisada y aumentada. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC. Madrid.

                                  

    Salvador A & Carretero MA (2014) Podarcis hispanicus (Steindachner, 1870). pp. 537-556, in: Salvador, A. (ed.) Fauna Iberica. Reptiles, 2ª edición revisada y aumentada. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC. Madrid.

 

   Salvador A, Carretero MA & Sá-Sousa P (2014) Podarcis carbonelli Pérez-Mellado, 1981. pp. 527-537, in: Salvador, A. (ed.) Fauna Iberica. Reptiles, 2ª edición revisada y aumentada. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC. Madrid.

 

    Salvi D, Schembri PJ, Sciberras A, Harris DJ (2014) Evolutionary history of the Maltese wall lizard Podarcis filfolensis: insights on the ‘Expansion-Contraction’ model of the Pleistocene biogeography. Molecular Ecology, 23: 1167-1187.

 

    Sampaio F, Harris DJ, Perera A, Salvi D (2014) Phylogenetic and diversity patterns of Blanus worm lizards (Squamata: Amphisbaenia): insights from mitochondrial and nuclear gene genealogies and species-tree. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12075.

 

    Scanarini E, Crottini A, Andreone F (2014) Spedizione di ricerca nella Foresta di Betampona. Italian gekko Magazine, 4: 24-40.

 

    Silva-Rocha I, Salvi D, Harris DJ, Freitas S, Davis C, Foster J, Deichsel G & Carretero MA (2014) Molecular assessment of Podarcis sicula populations in Britain, Greece and Turkey reinforces a mulitple-origin invasion pattern in this species. Acta Herpetologica, 9(2): 253-258. 

 

    Serén N, Glaberman S, Carretero MA and Chiari Y (2014) Molecular evolution and functional divergence of the metallothionein gene family in vertebrates. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 78 (3-4): 217-233.

 

    Tomé B, Maia JPMC, Salvi D, Brito JC, Miguel AC, Perera A, Harris DJ (2014) Patterns of genetic diversity in Hepatozoon spp. from snakes of North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. Systematic Parasitology, 87: 249-258.

 

    Žagar A, Carretero MA, Krofel M, Lužnik M, Podnar M, Tvrtković N (2014) Reptile survey in Dinara Mountain (Croatia) revealed the southernmost population of Horvath’s rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi). Natura Croatica, 23 (1): 235-240.

 

 

   2013  

 

    Ahmadzadeh F, Carretero MA, Rödder D, Harris DJ, Freitas SN, Perera A and Böhme W (2013) Inferring the effects of past climate fluctuations on the distribution pattern of Iranolacerta (Reptilia, Lacertidae): evidences from mitochondrial DNA and species distribution models. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252: 141-148. 

 

    Ahmadzadeh F, Flecks M, Carretero MA, Böhme W, Ilgaz C, Engler JO, Harris DJ, Üzùm N and Rödder D (2013) Rapid Lizard radiation lacking niche conservatism: ecological diversification within a complex landscape. Journal of Biogeography, 40: 1807-1818.

 

    Ahmadzadeh F, Flecks M, Carretero MA, Mozaffari O, Böhme W, Harris DJ, Freitas S and Rödder D (2013) Cryptic speciation patterns in Iranian rock lizards uncovered by integrative taxonomy. PLoS ONE, 8(12): e80563.

 

    Ahmadzadeh F, Flecks M, Rödder D, Böhme W, Ilgaz C, Engler JO, Harris DJ, Engler JO, Üzùm N and Carretero MA (2013) Multiple dispersal out of Anatolia: biogeography and evolution of oriental green lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110: 398-408.

 

    Andreone F, Crottini A and Rosa GM (2013) I misteriosi gechi della Riserva di Betampona, una foresta di bassa quota del Madagascar orientale. Italian gekko Magazine, 3: 1-6.

 

    Argaña E, Freitas S, Sillero N, Corti C, Drovetski SV, Garcia-Muñoz E, Ferreira D, Ferreira S and Carretero MA (2013)  An apparent case of bilateral gynandromorphy in the femoral pores of the Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia raddei. Herpetology Notes, 6: 67-80.

 

    Bicho RC, Amaral MJ, Faustino AMR, Rêma A, Carretero MA, Soares AMVM and Mann RM (2013) Thyroid disruption in the lizard Podarcis bocagei exposed to a mixture of herbicides: A field study. Ecotoxicology, 22: 156-165. 

 

    Bisconti R, Canestrelli D, Salvi D, Nascetti G (2013) A geographic mosaic of evolutionary lineages within the insular endemic newt Euproctus montanus. Molecular Ecology, 22, 143-156.

 

    Carretero MA, Rato C (2013) Una observación de actividad nocturna en Psammodromus algirus. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española. 24 (2): 6-8.

 

    Cervelli M, Salvi D, Polticelli F, Amendola R and Mariottini P (2013) Structure-function relationships in the evolutionary framework of spermine oxidase. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 76, 365-370. 

 

    Chiari Y, van der Meijden A, Mucedda M, Wagner N and Veith M (2013) No detection of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatis in Sardinian cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes. Amphibia-Reptilia, 34: 136-141. 

 

    Froufe E, Gonçalves DV, Brito JC, Harris DJ (2013) Nuclear and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of several geographically concordant lineages within a Sahelian gecko species, Ptyodactylus ragazzii. Amphibia-Reptilia, 34 (1): 85-93.

 

    García-Muñoz E and Carretero MA (2013) Comparative ecophysiology of two sympatric lizards. Laying the groundwork for mechanistic distribution models. Acta Herpetologica, 8(2): 123-128.

 

    García-Muñoz E, Ceacero F, Carretero MA, Parra G and Guerrero F (2013) Optimizing protection efforts for amphibian conservation in Mediterranean landscapes. Acta Oecologica, 49: 45-52.

 

    García-Muñoz E, Rato C, Jorge F and Carretero MA (2013) Lateralization in escape behaviour at different hierarchical levels in a gecko: Tarentola angustimentalis from eastern Canary Islands. PLoS ONE, 8(11): e78329.

 

    Gomes V, Žagar A, Carretero MA (2013) A case of massive infestation of a male Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis/bilineata) by Ixodes ricinus ticks. Natura Sloveniae, 15 (2): 57-61.

 

    Gonçalves DV, Álvares F, Brito JC (2013) Data on the distribution of herpetofauna of southern Niger with comments on Termit & Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 24 (1): 74-79.

 

    Graciá E, Botella F, Anadón JD, Edelaar P, Harris DJ and Giménez A (2013) Surfing in tortoises? Empirical signs of genetic structuring owing to range expansion. Biology Letters 9 (3): 20121091.

 

    Graciá E, Giménez A, Anadón JD, Harris DJ, Fritz U and Botella F (2013) The uncertainty of Late Pleistocene range expansions in the western Mediterranean: a case study of the colonization of south‐eastern Spain by the spur‐thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca. Journal of Biogeography, 40 (2): 323-334.

 

    Gvoždík V, Benkovský N, Crottini A, Bellati A, Moravec J, Romano A, Sacchi R and Jandzik D (2013) An ancient lineage of slow worms, genus Anguis (Squamata: Anguidae), survived in the Italian Peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69: 1077-1092.

 

    Harris DJ and Rato C (2013) Why aren't red list species on the EDGE? A reply to Winter et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28(6): 321-322.

 

    Harris DJ, Ferreira AF and Martins AMDF (2013) High levels of mitochondrial DNA diversity within oxychilid land snails (subgenus Drouetia Gude, 1911) from São Miguel island, Azores. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79 (2): 177-182.

 

    Harris DJ, Graciá E, Jorge F, Maia JPMC, Perera A, Carretero MA and Giménez A (2013) Molecular detection of Hemolivia (Apicomplexa: Haemogregarinidae) from ticks of North African Testudo graeca (Testudines: Testudinidae), and an estimation of their phylogenetic relationships using 18S rRNA sequences. Comparative parasitology, 80(2): 292-296.

 

    Harris DJ, Seabra-Babo J, Tavares J and Maia, JPMC (2013) Putative Ichthyophthirius identified in the amphibian Epidalea calamita through molecular screening. European Association of Fish Pathologists. 33(1), 25-28.

 

    Harris DJ, Spigonardi MP, Maia JPMC and Cunha RT (2013) Molecular survey of parasites in introduced Pelophylax perezi water frogs in the Azores. Acta Parasitologica. 58 (4): 607-611.

 

    Harris, DJ, Damas-Moreira I, Maia JPMC and Perera A (2013) First report of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in Caecilians, with description of a new species. Journal of Parasitology 100 (1): 117-120.

 

    Jorge F, Carretero MA, Roca V, Poulin R and Perera A (2013) What you get is what they have? Detectability of intestinal parasites in reptiles using faeces. Parasitology Research, 112: 4001-4007.

 

    Jorge F, Perera A, Carretero MA, Harris DJ and Roca V (2013) Cryptic species unveiled: The case of the nematode Spauligodon atlanticus. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 51(3): 187-202.

 

    Kaliontzopoulou A, Bandeira V and Carretero MA (2013) Sexual dimorphism in locomotor performance and its relation to morphology in Podarcis bocagei wall lizards. Journal of Zoology, 289: 294-302.

 

    Kaliontzopoulou A, Salvi D, Gomes V, Maia JPMC and Kaliontzopoulos P (2013) Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta). Acta Herpetologica, 8(1):75-78.

 

    Lazić MM, Kaliontzopoulou A, Carretero MA and Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. (2013) Lizards from urban areas are more asymmetric: using fluctuating asymmetry to evaluate environmental disturbance. PLoS ONE, 8(12): e84190.

 

    Lima A, Harris D.J., Rocha S., Miralles A, Glaw F and Vences M. (2013) Phylogenetic relationships of Trachylepis skink species from Madagascar and the Seychelles (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 67: 615-629. 

 

    Litvinchuk SN, Crottini A, Federici S, De Pous P., Donaire D, Andreone F, Kalezić ML, Džukić G, Lada GA, Borkin LJ and Rosanov JM (2013) Phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in the common spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Pelobatidae), reveals evolutionary history, postglacial range expansion and secondary contact. Organism Diversity & Evolution, 13: 433–451.

 

    Loire E, Chiari Y, Bernard A, Cahais V, Romiguier J, Nabholz B, Lourenço JM and Galtier N (2013) Population genomics of the endangered giant Galapagos tortoises. Genome Biology, 14: R136.

 

    Lourenço JM, Glémin S, Chiari Y and Galtier N (2013) The determinants of the molecular substitution process in turtles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26: 38-50.

 

    Mashkaryan V, Vamberger M, Arakelyan M, Hezaveh N, Carretero MA, Corti C, Harris DJ and Fritz U. (2013) Gene flow among deeply divergent mtDNA lineages of Testudo graeca (Linnaeus, 1758) in Transcaucasia. Amphibia-Reptilia, 34: 337-351.

 

    Mezzasalma M, Guarino FA, Aprea G, Petraccioli A, Crottini A and Odierna G (2013) Karyological evidence for diversification of Italian slow worm populations (Squamata, Anguidae). Comparative Cytogenetics, 7(3): 217–227. 

 

    Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development C, Arranz SE, Avarre J-C, Balasundaram C, Bouza C, Calcaterra NB, Cezilly F, Chen S-l, Cipriani G, Cruz VP, D'Esposito D, Daniel C, Dejean A, Dharaneedharan S, Díaz J, Du M, Durand J-D, Dziadek J, Foresti F, Peng-cheng F, Gao Q-b, García G, Gauffre-Autelin P, Giovino A, Goswami M, Guarino C, Guerra-Varela J, Gutiérrez V, Harris DJ, Heo M-S, Khan G, Kim M, Lakra WS, Lauth J, Leclercq P, Lee J, Lee S-H, Lee S, Lee T, Li Y-h, Liu H, Liu S, Malé P-JG, Mandhan RP, Martinez P, Mayer VE, Mendel J, Mendes NJ, F. Mendonça F, Minias A, Minias P, Oh K-S, Oliveira C, Orivel J, Orsini L, Pardo BG, Perera A, Procaccini G, Rato C, Ríos N, Scibetta S, Sharma BS, Sierens T, Singh A, Terer T, Triest L, Urbánková S, Vera M, Villanova GV, Voglmayr H, Vyskočilová M, Wang H, Wang J-l, Wattier RA, Xing R, Yadav K, Yin G, Yuan Y, Yun J-C, Zhang F-q, Zhang J-h and Zhuang Z. (2013) Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2012–31 January 2013. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13 (3): 546-549.

 

    Orozco-terWengel P, Chiari Y, Vieites DR, Pedrono M and Louis E Jr (2013) Isolation and characterization of four polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Malagasy spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides and cross-amplification in Pyxis planicauda. Amphibia-Reptilia, 34: 125-128.

 

    Osojnik N, Žagar A, Carretero MA, García-Muñoz E and Vrezec A (2013) Eco-physiological dissimilarities of two sympatric lizards. Herpetologica, 69(4): 445-454.

 

    Pedroso D, Sousa P, Harris DJ and van der Meijden A (2013) Phylogeography of Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones: Buthidae): A multigene molecular approach reveals further complex evolutionary history in the Maghreb. African Zoology, 48(2).

 

    Perera A, Maia JPMC, Jorge F and Harris DJ (2013) Molecular screening of nematodes in lacertid lizards from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands using 18S rRNA sequences. Journal of Helminthology, 87: 189-194.

 

    Pezdirc M, Žagar A and Carretero MA (2013) First record of dicephalism in Vipera ammodytes (Laurenti, 1758) from Slovenia. Herpetozoa, 26 (1/2): 94-95.

 

    Polidori C, Crottini A, della Venezia L, Selfa J, Saino N and Rubolini D (2013): Food load manipulation ability shapes flight morphology in females of central-place foraging Hymenoptera. Frontiers in Zoology, 10: 36.

 

    Rato C, Carranza S, Perera A and Harris DJ ( 2013) Evolutionary patterns of the mitochondrial genome in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica. Gene, 512 (1): 166-173.

 

    Rocha S., Posada, D. and Harris, D.J. (2013) Phylogeography and diversification history of day-gecko genus Phelsuma on the Seychelles islands. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 (1): 3.

 

    Salvi D, Harris DJ, Kaliontzopoulou A, Carretero MA and Pinho C (2013) Persistence across Pleistocene Ice Ages in Mediterranean and extra-Mediterranean refugia: phylogeographic insights from the common wall lizard. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13: 147.

 

    Sillero N and Carretero MA (2013) Modelling the past and future distribution of contracting species. The Iberian lizard Podarcis carbonelli as a case study. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252: 289-298.

 

    Tomé B, Maia JPMC and Harris DJ (2013) Molecular assessment of apicomplexan parasites in the snake Psammophis from North Africa: Do multiple parasite lineages reflect the final vertebrate host diet? Journal of Parasitology. 99 (5): 883-887.

 

    Valente J, Rocha S and Harris DJ (2013). Differentiation within the endemic burrowing skink Pamelaescincus gardineri, across the Seychelles islands, assessed by mitochondrial and nuclear markers. African Journal of Herpetology, 63 (1): 25-33.

 

    van der Meijden, A., P. Lobo Coelho, P. Sousa, A. Herrel (2013) Choose your weapon: Defensive behavior is associated with morphology and performance in Scorpions. PlosONE 8(11): e78955.

 

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