The edible frog, Pelophylax esculentus, is a hybrid form that reproduces via clonal
propagation of only one of the parental genomes through generations of hybrids while the …

Spreading of alien water frog species (genus Pelophylax) has been reported across Europe,
posing a severe risk for the replacement or genetic swam** of indigenous species. Crna …

Studying the distribution of morphologically cryptic animal species is always a very difficult
task. Because most marsh frog species (the Pelophylax ridibundus complex) are cryptic, we …

The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) has been introduced in many areas in Central and
Western Europe as a result of commercial trade with Eastern Europe, and is rapidly …

We present the first comprehensive DNA barcoding study of German reptiles and
amphibians representing likewise the first on the European herpetofauna. A total of 248 …

Western European Water Frog species can be morphologically very similar, especially
Pelophylax ridibun dus and P. perezi. As these species, together with P. lessonae, produce …

The western Palaearctic water frogs in the genus Pelophylax comprise several distinct
species and three hybridogenetic hybrid forms. In this study, we focus on the Pelophylax …

Interspecific hybridization occurs in nature but can also be caused by human actions. It often
leads to infertile or fertile hybrids that exclude one parental genome during gametogenesis …

Semi-aquatic European water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) harbour rich helminth infra-
communities, whose effects on host population size in nature are poorly known. To study top …

Allochthonous water frogs (gen. Pelophylax) have been repeatedly introduced in several
European countries, causing dramatic consequences for the conservation of indigenous …