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 …

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 …

Recent studies found major conflicts between traditional taxonomy and genetic
differentiation of grass snakes and identified previously unknown secondary contact zones …

The Sardinian grass snake, Natrix helvetica cetti, is an endangered endemic snake
subspecies with a restricted and highly fragmented geographic distribution. Information on …

We used a dataset of georeferenced photos of 5,751 grass snakes from iNaturalist to
evaluate subspecific variation of Natrix natrix in coloration and pattern. Our results provide …

Aim Allopatric speciation is the primary mode of diversification in the Mediterranean Basin.
However, the contribution of climatic adaptation during this process is contradictory. In this …

Grass snakes are widely distributed across the Western Palearctic. Recent phylogeographic
studies provided evidence that three distinct parapatric species exist. Two of these occur in …

Background Genetic architecture of a species is a result of historical changes in population
size and extent of distribution related to climatic and environmental factors and …

Based on broad, nearly rangewide sampling, we reanalysed the phylogeography of the
Lacerta viridis complex using the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and the intron 7 of the …

Using 12 microsatellite loci, mitochondrial DNA sequences and previously published
morphological evidence, we examined the phylogeographic and taxonomic structure of …