Energy metabolism is a fundamental property of life providing the energy for all processes
and functions within an organism. As it is temperature-dependent, it mediates the effects of …

Phylogenetic relationships of the Western Palearctic legless lizard genus Anguis were
inferred based on a fragment of mitochondrial DNA and two nuclear protein-coding loci, C-mos …

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 genes…

Spiny‐backed tree frogs of the genus O steocephalus are conspicuous components of the
tropical wet forests of the A mazon and the G uiana S hield. Here, we revise the phylogenetic …

The geological history of the Arabian Peninsula has played a crucial role in shaping current
diversity and distribution patterns of many Arabian and African faunal elements. The gecko …

Grass snakes ( N atrix natrix) represent one of the most widely distributed snake species of
the P alaearctic region, ranging from the N orth A frican M aghreb region and the I berian P …

African clawed frogs, genus Xenopus, are extraordinary among vertebrates in the diversity
of their polyploid species and the high number of independent polyploidization events that …

Kotschy's Gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi, is a small gecko native to southeastern Europe
and the Levant. It displays great morphological variation with a large number of …

The term ‘thermal niche’ is frequently used in ecology. Using the Web of Science database,
I reviewed how the term has been used in current literature (2000–2015). While the use of ‘…

Four species of legless anguid lizard genus Anguis have been currently recognized: A. fragilis
from western and central Europe, A. colchica from eastern Europe and western Asia, A. …