The research of this lab focuses on the application of reptile and amphibian phylogenies to understand how biodiversity is generated and maintained. There is also a focus on inferring the biogeographical and evolutionary patterns of the groups studied, to revise their taxonomy and conserve them. Although the research carried out by this lab include the study of many different reptile and amphibian groups, its main interest is the faunas of the Mediterranean Basin and Arabia, including some oceanic and continental islands, such as the Canary and Cape Verde islands and the Socotra Archipelago.
Lab website: Carranza Lab
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Publications
Slavenko A.; Tamar K.; Tallowin OJS, Allison A, Kraus F, Carranza S, Meiri S. 2020. Cryptic diversity and non-adaptive radiation of montane New Guinea skinks (Papuascincus; Scincidae).. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106749
Yamaguchi N.; Vasconcelos R.; Mohamed T.; Abdel-Fattah Ahmed T.; Alatalo J.M.; Barnett R. 2019. Toads in Qatar: The species present and their probable original source. Journal of Arid Environments. 160:91-94 doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.09.012
Tamar K.; Chirio L.; Shobrak M.; Busais S.; Carranza S. 2019. Using multilocus approach to uncover cryptic diversity within Pseudotrapelus lizards from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.05.006
Simo M.; Tamar K.; Smid J.; Mitsi P.; Sindaco R.; Chirio L.; Carranza S. 2019. Biogeography of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae), with special emphasis on the Mesalina adramitana group from Arabia and the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137 doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.023