We provide a review and synthesis of key findings in phylogeographic research on terrestrial
animals in the Aegean archipelago (Greece) and surrounding regions (Greek mainland …

Research on the taxonomy of European amphibians and reptiles has increased noticeably
over the last few decades, indicating the need for recognition of new species and the …

Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and
evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species …

Background Amphibians are rapidly vanishing. At the same time, it is most likely that the
number of amphibian species is highly underestimated. Recent DNA barcoding work has …

The Mediterranean peninsulas contain much genetic and species diversity, which
decreases toward higher latitudes in Europe. In considering how such diversity evolved …

Aim Our aims were to assess the phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in eastern
Mediterranean water frogs and to estimate divergence times using different geological …

Partitioned Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of routine genetic data sets, constructed using
MrBayes, can become trapped in regions of parameter space characterized by …

Abstract Kotschy's Gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi, is a small gecko native to southeastern
Europe and the Levant. It displays great morphological variation with a large number of …

The nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) occurs in a large part of the south-eastern
Europe and Asia Minor. Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed for a total of 59 …

Evolutionary relationships of the tree frogs from the Middle East and the demographic
histories of their populations were studied using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear …