The last species list of the European herpetofauna was published by Speybroeck, Beukema
and Crochet (2010). In the meantime, ongoing research led to numerous taxonomic …

Interspecific introgression is a potentially important source of novel variation of adaptive
significance. Although multiple cases of adaptive introgression are well documented …

The continuous decline of biodiversity is determined by the complex and joint effects of
multiple environmental drivers. Still, a large part of past global change studies reporting and …

European marbled newts come in two species that have abutting ranges. The northern
species, Triturus marmoratus, is found in France and the northern part of the Iberian …

The slow-worm lizards (Anguis) comprise five species occurring throughout most of the
Western Palearctic. Although these species are relatively uniform morphologically–with the …

Hybridization between the European smooth and palmate newts has recurrently been
mentioned in the literature. The only two studies that attempted to quantify the frequency of …

Many herpetofauna species have been introduced outside of their native range. MtDNA
barcoding is regularly used to determine the provenance of such populations. The alpine …

When two putatively cryptic species meet in nature, hybrid zone analysis can be used to
estimate the extent of gene flow between them. Two recently recognized cryptic species of …

Biogeographic processes have led to different evolutionary taxa occurring in the northern
and southern edges of the Alpine Mountains in Western Europe. The integrity of this diversity …

Ecologically distinct species may respond to landscape changes in different ways. In
addition to basic ecological data, the extent of the geographic range has been successfully …