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 …

Highlights•Invasive lizards are more exploratory, bold and neophilic than a noninvasive
species.•Behaviour of native lizards was repeatable for all three behavioural traits.•Only …

Abstract Natural History Collections (NHCs) represent the world's largest repositories of long-
term biodiversity datasets. Specimen collection and voucher deposition has been the …

In recent years, great attention has been paid to many Podarcis species for which the
observed intra-specific variability often revealed species complexes still characterized by an …

Aim Recent literature is unveiling more complex responses of biodiversity to Pleistocenic
climatic oscillations than those derived from initial models based solely on southern glacial …

The intensification of agriculture has significant environmental consequences. This
intensification entails the simplification and homogenisation of the landscape, which leads to …

Unravelling when divergent lineages constitute distinct species can be challenging,
particularly in complex scenarios combining cryptic diversity and phylogenetic discordances …

The climate has undergone significant changes since the end of the Last Glacial Maximum
and in the course of the Holocene, parallel to important cultural transformations and …

Many lizard and amphisbaenian lineages possess follicular glands in the dermis of the inner
thighs and/or the area anterior to the cloaca. These tubular glands produce a holocrine …

In temperate areas, seasonal changes entail a source of environmental variation potentially
important for organisms. Temperate ectotherms may be adapted to the seasonal fluctuations …