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Biogeography, systematics and evolution of selected western Palearctic herpetofauna using a combination of geospatial techniques and molecular markers

 

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the snakes of the genus Natrix with emphasis on North Africa
  • Phylogeography of the endemic Moroccan Bufo brongersmai
  • Phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of the genus Salamandra
  • Phylogeography of the endemic Moroccan Alytes maurus
  • Systematics and biogeography of Hyla meridionalis in the Maghreb
  • Phylogeography of Western Mediterranean Discoglossus frogs

 

 

Collaborators

Salvador Carranza, Margarita Metallinou, David Donaire, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Daniel Escoriza, Sergé Bogaerts and Vaclav Gvozdik, Miguel Vences

 

Relevant publications

de Pous, P.E., Mora, E., Metallinou, M., Escoriza, D., Comas, M., Donaire, D., Pleguezuelos, J.M. and Carranza, S. (2011) Elusive but widespread? The potential distribution and genetic variation of Hyalosaurus koellikeri in the Maghreb. Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 385-397