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Geographic morphological variation in parapatric Western Palearctic tree frogs, Hyla arborea and Hyla savignyi: are related species similarly affected by climatic conditions? by GVOŽDÍK, VÁCLAV, MORAVEC, JIŘÍ, KRATOCHVÍL, LUKÁŠ

“…Tree frogs Hyla arborea and Hyla savignyi are similar, closely-related species distributed in Europe and the Middle East. We investigated geographic variation…”
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Overseas dispersal of Hyperolius reed frogs from Central Africa to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe by Bell, Rayna C., Drewes, Robert C., Channing, Alan, Gvoždík, Václav, Kielgast, Jos, Lötters, Stefan, Stuart, Bryan L., Zamudio, Kelly R.

“…Aim: To infer the colonization history of reed frog species endemic to the oceanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, Hyperolius molleri and H. thomensis, we…”
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Pan-African phylogeography of a model organism, the African clawed frog 'Xenopus laevis' by Furman, Benjamin L. S., Bewick, Adam J., Harrison, Tia L., Greenbaum, Eli, Gvoždík, Václav, Kusamba, Chifundera, Evans, Ben J.

“…The African clawed frog Xenopus laevis has a large native distribution over much of sub‐Saharan Africa and is a model organism for research, a proposed disease…”
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No ecological opportunity signal on a continental scale? Diversification and life-history evolution of African true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) by Liedtke, H. Christoph, Müller, Hendrik, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Menegon, Michele, Gonwouo, LeGrand Nono, Barej, Michael F., Gvoždík, Václav, Schmitz, Andreas, Channing, Alan, Nagel, Peter, Loader, Simon P.

“…The niche-filling process predicted by the "ecological opportunity" (EO) model is an often-invoked mechanism for generating exceptional diversity in island…”
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Sky Islands of the Cameroon Volcanic Line: a diversification hot spot for puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus) by Zimkus, Breda M., Gvoždík, Václav

“…The continental highlands of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL) represent biological ‘sky islands’ with high levels of species richness and endemism, providing…”
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Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae) by Šmíd, Jiří, Moravec, Jiří, Gvoždík, Václav, Štundl, Jan, Frynta, Daniel, Lymberakis, Petros, Kapli, Paschalia, Wilms, Thomas, Schmitz, Andreas, Shobrak, Mohammed, Yousefkhani, Saeed Hosseinian, Rastegar‐Pouyani, Eskandar, Castilla, Aurora M., Els, Johannes, Mayer, Werner

“…Mesalina are small lacertid lizards occurring in the Saharo‐Sindian deserts from North Africa to the east of the Iranian plateau. Earlier phylogenetic studies…”
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Congolius, a new genus of African reed frog endemic to the central Congo: A potential case of convergent evolution by Nečas, Tadeáš, Badjedjea, Gabriel, Vopálenský, Michal, Gvoždík, Václav

“…The reed frog genus Hyperolius (Afrobatrachia, Hyperoliidae) is a speciose genus containing over 140 species of mostly small to medium-sized frogs distributed…”
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Tetraploidy in the Boettger’s dwarf clawed frog (Pipidae: Hymenochirus boettgeri ) from the Congo indicates non-conspecificity with the captive population by Gvoždík, Václav, Knytl, Martin, Zassi-Boulou, Ange-Ghislain, Fornaini, Nicola R, Bergelová, Barbora

“…Cytogenetics can be used as a tool to study the evolution of polyploidy and taxonomy. Here we focus on aquatic African pipids, dwarf clawed frogs…”
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Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog (Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa by Evans, Ben J, Carter, Timothy F, Greenbaum, Eli, Gvoždík, Václav, Kelley, Darcy B, McLaughlin, Patrick J, Pauwels, Olivier S G, Portik, Daniel M, Stanley, Edward L, Tinsley, Richard C, Tobias, Martha L, Blackburn, David C

“…African clawed frogs, genus Xenopus, are extraordinary among vertebrates in the diversity of their polyploid species and the high number of independent…”
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Out of Arabia: a complex biogeographic history of multiple vicariance and dispersal events in the gecko genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) by Smíd, Jiří, Carranza, Salvador, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Gvoždík, Václav, Nasher, Abdul Karim, Moravec, Jiří

“…The geological history of the Arabian Peninsula has played a crucial role in shaping current diversity and distribution patterns of many Arabian and African…”
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Central African dwarf crocodiles found in syntopy are comparably divergent to South American dwarf caimans by Gvoždík, Václav, Dolinay, Matej, Zassi-Boulou, Ange-Ghislain, Lemmon, Alan R, Lemmon, Emily M, Procházka, Miroslav

“…Recent molecular taxonomic advancements have expanded our understanding of crocodylian diversity, revealing the existence of previously overlooked species,…”
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Phylogenomics of Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae) indicates Balkan-Apennine mitochondrial capture associated with the Messinian event by Gvoždík, Václav, Nečas, Tadeáš, Jablonski, Daniel, Moriarty Lemmon, Emily, Lemmon, Alan R., Jandzik, David, Moravec, Jiří

“…[Display omitted] •Genome-wide dated phylogenetic reconstruction of Western Palearctic anguid lizards.•Mitonuclear discordance found in Anguis veronensis from…”
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Phylogeography of the Middle Eastern tree frogs ( Hyla, Hylidae, Amphibia) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation, with a description of a new species by Gvoždík, Václav, Moravec, Jiří, Klütsch, Cornelya, Kotlík, Petr

“…Evolutionary relationships of the tree frogs from the Middle East and the demographic histories of their populations were studied using a combination of…”
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Multilocus phylogeny and coalescent species delimitation in Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi: Hidden diversity and cryptic species by Kotsakiozi, Panayiota, Jablonski, Daniel, Ilgaz, Çetin, Kumlutaş, Yusuf, Avcı, Aziz, Meiri, Shai, Itescu, Yuval, Kukushkin, Oleg, Gvoždík, Václav, Scillitani, Giovanni, Roussos, Stephanos A., Jandzik, David, Kasapidis, Panagiotis, Lymberakis, Petros, Poulakakis, Nikos

“…[Display omitted] •Multilocus markers confirm that Mediodactylus kotschyi is a species complex.•Great genetic differentiation exists between the main M…”
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Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Genetic structure reveals deep divergences by Gvoždík, Václav, Jandzik, David, Lymberakis, Petros, Jablonski, Daniel, Moravec, Jiří

“…Phylogenetic relationships of the Western Palearctic legless lizard genus Anguis were inferred based on a fragment of mitochondrial DNA and two nuclear…”
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Systematic position of the Clicking Frog (Kassinula Laurent, 1940), the problem of chimeric sequences and the revised classification of the family Hyperoliidae by Nečas, Tadeáš, Kielgast, Jos, Nagy, Zoltán T., Kusamba Chifundera, Zacharie, Gvoždík, Václav

“…[Display omitted] •Phylogeny and systematics of the African frog family Hyperoliidae.•Kassinula included for the first time in a multilocus phylogenetic…”
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Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula by Jablonski, Daniel, Jandzik, David, Mikulíček, Peter, Džukić, Georg, Ljubisavljević, Katarina, Tzankov, Nikolay, Jelić, Dušan, Thanou, Evanthia, Moravec, Jiří, Gvoždík, Václav

“…Genetic architecture of a species is a result of historical changes in population size and extent of distribution related to climatic and environmental factors…”
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The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses by Hempson, Gareth, Linden, Birthe, Monadjem, Ara, Blanchard, Ryan, Child, Matthew, Esler, Karen J., Hamann, Maike, Loft, Ty, Tshoke, Tshegofatso, Allan, David G., Angedakin, Samuel, Bakayoko, Adama, Bennitt, Emily, Brewster, Chris A., Brown, Michelle, Carvalho, Filipe, Channing, Alan, Cramer, Jennifer D., Cunneyworth, Pamela M. K., Dalerum, Fredrik, Danquah, Emmanuel, Davies-Mostert, Harriet T., de Blocq, Andrew D., De Jong, Yvonne A., Demos, Terrence C., Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S., Doherty-Bone, Thomas M., Drouilly, Marine, du Toit, Johan T., Eiseb, Seth J., Fashing, Peter J., Gaubert, Philippe, Gaugris, Jerome Y., Goodman, Peter S., Grobler, J. Paul, Gvozdik, Vaclav, Harvey, James, Hauptfleisch, Morgan, Hayder, Firas, Herbst, Marna, Houngbédji, Mariano, Huntley, Brian J., Kadjo, Blaise, Kamugisha, Edwin, Kaplin, Beth A., Kiffner, Christian, Kimuyu, Duncan M., Kityo, Robert M., Kouamé, N’goran G., Lötter, Mervyn C., Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M., Mamba, Mnqobi L., Marchant, Rob A., McIntyre, Trevor, Measey, John, Mekonnen, Addisu, Mganga, Kevin Z., Mills, Michael G. L., Moinde, Nancy N., Moise, Bakwo Fils E., Namoto, Maganizo W., Niang, Fatimata, Nicolas, Violaine, Nkrumah, Evans E., Nono, Gonwouo L., Nowak, Katarzyna, Okoni-Williams, Arnold D., Onongo, Jonathan, Parker, Daniel M., Peel, Mike J. S., Penner, Johannes, Power, R. John, Rambau, Ramugondo V., Richards, Leigh R., Rollinson, Dominic P., Saleh, Mostafa A., Scholte, Paul, Serfass, Thomas L., Shapiro, Julie Teresa, Shema, Sidney, Siebert, Stefan J., Sogbohossou, Etotepe A., Streicher, Jarryd P., Swanepoel, Lourens, Telfer, Paul T., Thompson, Dave I., Tobi, Elie, Tolley, Krystal A., Turner, Andrew A., Van Cakenberghe, Victor, van der Merwe, Helga, van Wyk, Pieter C. V., Verburgt, Luke, Vorontsova, Maria S., Webala, Paul W., Weier, Sina M., Whitecross, Melissa A., Winterbach, Christiaan W., Woodhouse, Galena M.

“…Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances…”
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Divergent subgenome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus calcaratus by Knytl, Martin, Fornaini, Nicola R., Bergelová, Barbora, Gvoždík, Václav, Černohorská, Halina, Kubíčková, Svatava, Fokam, Eric B., Evans, Ben J., Krylov, Vladimír

“…Allopolyploid genomes are divided into compartments called subgenomes that are derived from lower ploidy ancestors. In African clawed frogs of the subgenus…”
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Phenotypic differentiation of the slow worm lizards (Squamata: Anguis ) across their contact zone in Central Europe by Benkovský, Norbert, Moravec, Jiří, Gvoždíková Javůrková, Veronika, Šifrová, Helena, Gvoždík, Václav, Jandzik, David

“…The application of molecular-phylogenetic approaches to taxonomy has had a dramatic effect on our understanding of the diversity of reptiles. These approaches…”
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