We present a comprehensive summary of the distribution of the lizards of Iran accompanied
by an annotated checklist. The updated maps of distribution of all 146 species of 41 genera …

Rodents of the Meriones shawii/grandis complex have been attested to in North Africa since
the Middle Pleistocene and are abundant in archaeological sites. Today, they are widely …

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 …

Aim We provide a new quantitative analysis of lizard reproductive ecology. Comparative
studies of lizard reproduction to date have usually considered life‐history components …

Knowledge on the spatial distribution of taxa is crucial for the decision-making processes in
conservation and management of biodiversity that rely on precise distribution data. We …

Situated at the junction of three continents, Europe, Asia and Africa, the Eastern
Mediterranean is an ideal region to study the effects of palaeogeography, ecology and long …

Background The evolutionary history of the biota of North Africa and Arabia is inextricably
tied to the complex geological and climatic evolution that gave rise to the prevalent deserts …

Apathya is a lacertid genus occurring mainly in south-east Turkey and its adjacent regions
(part of Iran and Iraq). So far two morphological species have been attributed to the genus; …

Libya has one of the most depauperate reptile faunas in Africa, but it also remains one of the
most poorly documented. Although localized collecting was carried out during the Italian …

We generated a phylogeny for Caucasian rock lizards (Darevskia), and included six other
families of true lizards (Lacertini), based on complete mitochondrial genome analysis. Next …