Phylogenetic analysis using up to 1325 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA from 179
specimens and 30 species of Chalcides, Sphenops, Eumeces, Scincopus and Scincus …

While traditionally species recognition has been based solely on morphological differences
either typological or quantitative, several newly developed methods can be used for a more …

Amniotes possess variability in sex determination, from environmental sex determination
(ESD), where no sex chromosomes are present, to genotypic sex determination (GSD) with …

Animal signals can differ considerably in complexity and composition, even among closely
related species. Work on vocal and visual signals has revealed how sexual selection can …

Mountain lizards are highly vulnerable to climate change, and the continuous warming of
their habitats could be seriously threatening their survival. We aim to compare the thermal …

A broad sample of Darevskia rudis from the main part of its range was reviewed with regard
to external morphology (discriminant, UPGMA, MST and ANOVA analyses) and osteology …

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

This paper describes the preparation of flow-sorted chromosome paints from the Iberian
Rock lizard Iberolacerta monticola, exemplifying their subsequent use in cross-species …

Satellite DNAs compose a large portion of all higher eukaryotic genomes. The turnover of
these highly repetitive sequences is an important element in genome organization and …

Abstract The European Smooth snake, Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768, presents a
continuous distribution range across central and northern Europe, with isolated fragmented …