Variations in climatic conditions over space and time play an important role in speciation. In
this study, climate variables that may be influencing the evolution of the genus Neurergus …

The Anatolian Peninsula is very richly biodiverse in terms of its location and with new
studies, this wealth has gradually increased as new taxa of Anatolian origin are added to the …

Reptiles have a crucial part in maintaining global biodiversity and the functioning of dynamic
ecosystems, owing to their ecological roles and functions. Nevertheless, these organisms …

The genus Lacerta, particularly the green lizard (Lacerta viridis), is a significant lizard group
in the Western Palearctic. This study aims to predict its geographic range in Northern Türkiye …

The genus Anatololacerta is distributed in the eastern Mediterranean region including Asia
Minor and some east Aegean islands. Recent phylogenetic studies suggested that this …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are a powerful tool in conservation. Predictive habitat
models attempt to provide detailed predictions of distributions by relating the …

Basic knowledge of population status is effective for the conservation of many species,
especially threatened and endangered species. In this study, we used the Mark-recapture …

Ecological niche modeling predicts the potential distribution areas of species and
contributes to measuring the niche differentiation among taxa. Montivipera albizona and M …

Although the fire salamander, Salamandra infraimmaculata, relatively distributed in a broad
area in the Middle east, it lives in a narrow area in the southeast and south Anatolia in …

The Clarks' Lizard, Darevskia clarkorum is endemic to the Caucasian biodiversity hotspot,
remarkable in terms of biogeography and evolutionary history in the Palearctic Realm. The …