Understanding species from an ecological and phylogenetic perspective facilitates an
understanding of their conservation status in relation to the changing world. The frog genus …

Water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are one of the most widespread and diverse, but also most
invasive amphibians of the Western Palearctic region. As such, Pelophylax studies face the …

Molecular analyses are decisive in distinguishing closely related taxa when traditional field
criteria cannot, and DNA-based identification methods have become common practice in …