Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of Reptiles and Amphibians 

Velenská D, Jablonski D, Carranza S, Deepak V, Trape JF, Mazuch T, Tamar K, Masroor R, Abduraupov T, Šmíd J. 2026. Evolutionary History of Platyceps Racers Reveals South Asian Origin and Recurrent Westward Dispersals. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.70169.

Tulloch S, Estarellas M, Adams DC, Bonacolta A, Pagone V, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Amat F, Montori A, Carbonell F, Obon E, Alonso M, Santmartín M, Xarles J, Marsol R, Guinart D, Solórzano S, Talavera A, Burriel-Carranza B, Bosch E, del Campo J, Carranza S. 2026. Comparative skin microbiome analyses reveal differences between wild populations and captive groups of the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi). ISME Communications, 6:ycaf245. DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf245

Talavera A, Burriel-Carranza B, Mochales-Riaño G, Estarellas M, Arribas O, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Salces-Ortiz J, Guiberteau DF, Amat F, Niell M, Fernández R, Mikheyev AS, Carranza S. 2026. Lizards on a sky archipelago: Genomic approaches to the evolution of the mountain genus Iberolacerta. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108527.

Tamar K, Carranza S, Šmíd J, Moravec J. 2025. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Levant fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus puiseuxi Boutan, 1893 and the resurrection of Ptyodactylus bischoffsheimi Boutan, 1893 (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 23(1). Published online. doi:10.1080/14772000.2025.2454011

Talavera A, Palmada-Flores M, Martínez-Freiría F, Mochales-Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Estarellas M, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Camina Á, Ursenbacher S, Vörös J, Halpern B, Pla D, Calvete JJ, Mikheyev AS, Marquès-Bonet T, Carranza S. 2025. Unveiling the evolutionary history of European vipers and their venoms from a multi-omic approach. Molecular ecology, e70019. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/mec.70019.

Šmíd J, Velenská D, Pola L, Tamar K, Busais S, Shobrak M, Almutairi M, Al Faqih AS, Alsubaie SD, AlGethami RHM, AlGethami AR, Alanazi ASK, Alshammari AM, Egan DM, Ramalho RO, Olson D, Smithson J, Chirio L, Burger M, van Huyssteen R, Petford MA, Carranza S. 2025. Phylogeny and systematics of Arabian lacertids from the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of a new species. BMC Zoology, 10(1):11. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-025-00233-3.

Pola L, Egan DM, Mukhtar FA, Alkaboor AA, Ferguson E, Rowntree N, Velenská D, Waldhauser V, Hlaváč D, Roobas B, Shobrak M, AlShammari AM, Carranza S, Ramalho RO, Olson D, Smithson J, Šmíd J. 2025. Beyond boundaries: phylogeographic structure and major range extension of the Sinai Fan-Toed Gecko, Ptyodactylus guttatus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Arid Environments;227:105335. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105335

Mochales-Riaño G, Hirst SR, Talavera A, Burriel-Carranza B, Pagone V, Estarellas M, Busschau T, Boissinot S, Hogan MP, Tena-Garcés J, Pla D, Calvete JJ, Els J, Margres MJ, Carranza S. 2025. Chromosome-level reference genome for the medically important Arabian horned viper (Cerastes gasperettii). GigaScience, 14:1–14. DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaf030.

Estarellas M, López-Solano A, Mochales-Riaño G, Perea S, Talavera A, Burriel-Carranza B, Nester TL, Tulloch S, Franch N, Xarles J, Ruiz-Olmo J, de Roa E, Doadrio I, Carranza S. 2025. Saving the locals: a conservation genomics approach to the endangered Spanish toothcarp, Aphanius iberus (Valenciennes, 1846). Scientific Reports, 16:2150. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-31909-y.

Carranza S, Al-Amri AS, Busaidi AA, Els J, Estarellas M, Al-Buthari R, Koppetsch T, Tulloch S, Saadi SA, Al-Rashdi SHA, Hashmi SA, Burriel-Carranza B. 2025. Unveiling the black desert cobras: first records of Walterinnesia aegyptia Lataste, 1887 (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Oman and taxonomic revision of the genus Walterinnesia Lataste, 1887. Zootaxa;5621(2):291–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.9

Carranza S, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Blasón L, Tulloch S, Monteiro R, Böhne A, Fernández R, Escudero N, Aguilera L, Gut M, Alioto TS, Câmara Ferreira F, Gómez-Garrido J, Cruz F, Sinha S, Haggerty L, Martin F, Brown T. 2025. ERGA-BGE Genome of the viperine water snake (Natrix maura): a key species for evolutionary insights of freshwater snakes. Open Research Europe, 5:215. DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.20863.1.

Burriel‑Carranza B, Molina‑Durán C, Tamar K, Pérez‑Sorribes L, López‑Caro J, Cirac M, Fernandez‑Guiberteau D, Carranza S. 2025. Distribution and evolution of the western European water frogs (genus Pelophylax) from Catalonia, northeastern Spain. PeerJ, 13: e19895. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.19895.

Burriel-Carranza B, López-Caro J, Jordà A, Spilani L, Talavera A, Mochales-Riaño G, Cabana M, Montori A, Crochet P-A, Recuero E, García-París M, Martínez-Solano I, Fernandez-Guiberteau D, Carranza S. 2025. Phylogeographic and genomic insights unveil the evolutionary history and post-glacial recolonization routes of the palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus) into Europe. Ecology and Evolution, 15(9):e71994. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71994.

Burriel-Carranza B, Koppetsch T, Tabares J, Talavera A, Mochales-Riaño G, Estarellas M, Wipfler B, Els J, Simó-Riudalbas M, Adams D, Al Saadi S, Garcia-Porta J, Tamar K, Šmíd J, & Carranza S. 2025. Cryptic speciation in arid mountains: An integrative revision of the Pristurus rupestris species complex (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) from Arabia based on morphological, genetic and genomic data, with the description of four new species. PLoS ONE, 20(2 February). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315000

Talavera A, Valbuena-Ureña E, Burriel-Carranza B, Mochales-Riaño G, Adams DC, Amat F, Carbonell F, Carranza S. 2024. Integrative systematic revision of the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi), with the description of a new subspecies. PeerJ, 12:e17550. DOI:10.7717/peerj.17550

Talavera A, Palmada-Flores M, Burriel-Carranza B, Valbuena-Ureña E, Mochales-Riaño G, Adams DC, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Soler-Membrives A, Amat F, Guinart D, Carbonell F, Obon E, Marquès-Bonet T, Carranza S. 2024. Genomic insights into the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi), a Critically Endangered glacial relict. iScience, 27(1):108665. DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108665

Kelly M, Cuomo CA, Beukema W, Carranza S, Erens J, Foubert M, Li Z, Lötters S, Schulz V, Steinfartz S, Van Praet S, Veith M, Pasmans F, Martel A. 2024. High phenotypic diversity correlated with genomic variation across the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epizootic. PLOS Pathogens, 20(10):e1012579. DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012579

Burriel-Carranza B, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Carné A, Mochales-Riaño G, Talavera A, Al Saadi S, Els J, Šmíd J, Tamar K, Tarroso P, Carranza S. Integrating genomics and biogeography to unravel the origin of a mountain biota: The case of a reptile endemicity hotspot in Arabia. Systematic Biology. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae032

Burriel-Carranza B, Mochales-Riaño G, Talavera A, Els J, Estarellas M, Al Saadi S, Urriago Suarez JD, Olsson PO, Matschiner M, Carranza S. 2024. Clinging on the brink: Whole genomes reveal human‐induced population declines and severe inbreeding in the Critically Endangered Emirati Leaf‐toed Gecko ( Asaccus caudivolvulus ). Molecular Ecology, 33(15). DOI:10.1111/mec.17451

Burriel-Carranza B, Talavera A, Mochales-Riaño G, Al Hashmi S, Al Busaidi A, Els J, Carranza S. 2024. First record of dermal fluorescence in the desert-adapted Stenodactylus and Trigonodactylus geckos. Journal of Arid Environments, 222(April):105161. DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105161

Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Menéndez I, Talavera A, Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Simó-Riudalbas M, Carranza S, Adams DC. 2023. Evolution along allometric lines of least resistance: Morphological differentiation in Pristurus geckos. Evolution. DOI:10.1093/evolut/qpad166

Tamar K,  Uvizl M,  Shobrak M, Almutairi M, Busais S,  Ali Salim AF,  RHM AlGethami AR  AlGethami, Alanazi ASK, Alsubaie SD, Chirio L, Carranza S, Šmíd J. 2023. A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia. Vertebrate Zoology, 73:1033-1045. DOI:10.3897/vz.73.e110626

Mochales-Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Barros MI, Velo-Antón G, Talavera A, Spilani L, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Crochet PA, Piris A, García-Cardenete L, Busais S, Els J, Shobrak M, Brito JC, Šmíd J, Carranza S, Martínez-Freiría F. 2023. Hidden in the sand: phylogenomics unravel an unexpected evolutionary history on the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107979

Mochales-Riaño G, Fontsere C, de Manuel M, Talavera A, Burriel-Carranza B, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, AlGethami RHM, Shobrak M, Marques-Bonet T, Carranza S. 2023. Genomics reveals introgression and purging of deleterious mutations in the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr). iScience, 26(9):107481. DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107481

Burriel-Carranza B, Mazuch T, Estarellas M, Talavera A, Riaño G, Koppetsch T, Tamar K, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Saadi SA, Busais S, Kratochvíl L, Shobrak M, Šmíd J, Carranza S. 2023. Pristurus guweirensis Haas, 1943 (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae): the most abundant and widely distributed species of Pristurus previously referred to as Pristurus sp. 1. Zootaxa, 5297(4):594-599. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.9

Burriel-Carranza B, Estarellas M, Riaño G, Talavera A, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Els J, Carranza S. 2023. Species boundaries to the limit: integrating species delimitation methods is critical to avoid taxonomic inflation in the case of the Hajar Banded Ground Gecko (Trachydactylus hajarensis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107834

Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Patton AH, Caetano DS, Šmíd J, Harmon LJ, Carranza S. 2022. Reconstructing Squamate Biogeography in Afro-Arabia Reveals the Influence of a Complex and Dynamic Geologic Past. Systematic Biology, 71(2):261-272. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syab025.

Tomé B, Maia J, Perera A, Carranza S, Vasconcelos R. 2021. Parasites in a hotspot: Diversity and specificity patterns of apicomplexans infecting reptiles from the Socotra Archipelago. Parasitology, 148(1):42-52. DOI:10.1017/S0031182020002000

Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Simó-Riudalbas M, Menéndez I, Carranza S. 2021. Ecological specialization, rather than the island effect, explains morphological diversification in an ancient radiation of geckos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1965):6. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2021.1821

Tamar K, Els J, Kornilios P, Soorae P, Tarroso P, Thanou E, Pereira J, Shah JN, Elhassan EEM, Aguhob JC, Badaam SF, Eltayeb MM, Pusey R, Papenfuss TJ, Macey JR, Carranza S. 2021. The demise of a wonder: Evolutionary history and conservation assessments of the Wonder Gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae) in Arabia. PLoS One, 16(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244150. 

Šmíd J, Uvizl M, Shobrak M, Salim AFA, AlGethami RHM, Algethami AR, Alanazi ASK, Alsubaie SD, Busais S, Carranza S. 2021. Swimming through the sands of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Phylogeny of sandfish skinks (Scincidae, Scincus) reveals a recent and rapid diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155(107012). DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107012

Šmíd J, Sindaco R, Shobrak M, Busais S, Tamar K, Aghová T, Simó-Riudalbas M, Tarroso P, Geniez P, Crochet PA, Els J, Burriel-Carranza B, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Carranza S. 2021. Diversity patterns and evolutionary history of Arabian squamates. Journal of Biogeography, 48: 1183–1199. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14070

Pola L, Hejduk V, Zíka A, Winkelhöfer T, Šmíd J, Carranza S, Shobrak M, Abu Baker M, Amr ZS. 2021. Small and overlooked: Phylogeny of the genus Trigonodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the first record of Trigonodactylus arabicus from Jordan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(6):3511-3516. DOI:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.03.019

Machado L, Salvi D, James Harris D, Brito JC, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Ahmadzadeh F, Carranza S. 2021. Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Saharo-Arabian naked-toed geckos genus Tropiocolotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155(106969). DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106969

Kelly M, Pasmans F, Muñoz JF, Shea TP, Carranza S, Cuomo CA, Martel A. 2021. Diversity, multifaceted evolution, and facultative saprotrophism in the European Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemic. Nature Communications, 12(1):6688. DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-27005-0

Deepak V, Passos P, Nagy ZT, Zaher H, Šmíd J, Nguyen TQ, Carranza S, Cisneros-Heredia DF, David P, Tamar K, Gower DJ. 2021. Contributions to ophiology in Zootaxa 2001–2020: patterns and trends. Zootaxa, 4979 (1):17-22. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.4

Calvete JJ, Pla D, Els J, Carranza S, Damm M, Hempel BF, John EBO, Petras D, Heiss P, Nalbantsoy A, Göçmen B, Süssmuth RD, Calderón-Celis F, Nosti AJ, Encinar JR. 2021. Combined Molecular and Elemental Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Absolute Quanti fi cation of Proteomes : Application to the Venomics Characterization of the Two Species of Desert Black Cobras , Walterinnesia aegyptia and Walterinnesia morgani. Journal of proteome Research, 20(11):5064-5078. DOI:10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00608

Vasconcelos R, Pujol-Buxó E, Llorente GA, Saeed A, Carranza S. 2020. Micro-hotspots for conservation: An umbrella tree species for the unique socotran reptile fauna. Forests, 11(3):1-10. DOI:10.3390/f11030353

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, 146(106749):106749. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106749

Greener MS, Verbrugghe E, Kelly M, Blooi M, Beukema W, Canessa S, Carranza S, Croubels S, De Troyer N, Fernandez-Giberteau D, Goethals P, Lens L, Li Z, Stegen G, Strubbe D, van Leeuwenberg R, Van Praet S, Vila-Escale M, Vervaeke M, Pasmans F, Martel A. 2020. Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains. Nature Communications, 11(1):5393. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19241-7

Yamaguchi N, Vasconcelos R, Mohamed T, Abdel-Fattah Ahmed T, Alatalo JM, 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, Mitsi P, Carranza S. 2019. Cryptic diversity revealed in the leaf-toed gecko Asaccus montanus (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) from the Hajar Mountains of Arabia. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57(2):369-382. DOI:10.1111/jzs.12258

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, 26(7):1442-1449. DOI:10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.05.006

Tamar K, Simó-Riudalbas M, Garcia-Porta J, Santos X, Llorente G, Vasconcelos R, Carranza S. 2019. An integrative study of island diversification: Insights from the endemic Haemodracon geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 133:166-175. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.009

Simó-Riudalbas M, Tamar K, Šmíd 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, 137:300-312. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.023

Oromi N, Valbuena-Ureña E, Soler-Membrives A, Amat F, Camarasa S, Carranza S, Sanuy D, Denoël M. 2019. Genetic structure of lake and stream populations in a Pyrenean amphibian (Calotriton asper) reveals evolutionary significant units associated with paedomorphosis. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57(2):418-430. DOI:10.1111/jzs.12250

Machado L, Šmíd J, Mazuch T, Sindaco R, Al Shukaili AS, Carranza S. 2019. Systematics of the Saharo-Arabian clade of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos with the description of a new species of Tropiocolotes endemic to Oman. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57(1):159-178. DOI:10.1111/jzs.12226

Karlsson Linnér R, Biroli P, Kong E, Meddens SFW, Wedow R, Fontana MA, Lebreton M, Tino SP, Abdellaoui A, Hammerschlag AR, Nivard MG, Okbay A, Rietveld CA, Timshel PN, Trzaskowski M, Vlaming R, Zünd CL, Bao Y, Buzdugan L, Caplin AH, Chen CY, Eibich P, Fontanillas P, Gonzalez JR, Joshi PK, Karhunen V, Kleinman A, Levin RZ, Lill CM, Meddens GA, Muntané G, Sanchez-Roige S, Rooij FJV, Taskesen E, Wu Y, Zhang F; 23and Me Research Team; eQTLgen Consortium; International Cannabis Consortium; Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Auton A, Boardman JD, Clark DW, Conlin A, Dolan CC, Fischbacher U, Groenen PJF, Harris KM, Hasler G, Hofman A, Ikram MA, Jain S, Karlsson R, Kessler RC, Kooyman M, MacKillop J, Männikkö M, Morcillo-Suarez C, McQueen MB, Schmidt KM, Smart MC, Sutter M, Thurik AR, Uitterlinden AG, White J, Wit H, Yang J, Bertram L, Boomsma DI, Esko T, Fehr E, Hinds DA, Johannesson M, Kumari M, Laibson D, Magnusson PKE, Meyer MN, Navarro A, Palmer AA, Pers TH, Posthuma D, Schunk D, Stein MB, Svento R, Tiemeier H, Timmers PRHJ, Turley P, Ursano RJ, Wagner GG, Wilson JF, Gratten J, Lee JJ, Cesarini D, Benjamin DJ, Koellinger PD, Beauchamp JP. 2019. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences. Nature Genetics, 51(2):245-257. DOI:10.1038/s41588-018-0309-3

Burriel-Carranza B, Tarroso P, Els J, Gardner A, Soorae P, Mohammed AA, Tubati SRK, Eltayeb MM, Shah JN, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Simó-Riudalbas M, Pleguezuelos JM, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Šmíd J, Carranza S. 2019. An integrative assessment of the diversity, phylogeny, distribution, and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles (Sauropsida, Squamata) of the United Arab Emirates. PLoS One, 14(5): 1-14. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0216273.

Vasconcelos R, Razgour O, Tarroso P, Fasola M, Carranza S, Alves PC. 2018. Combining molecular and landscape tools for targeting evolutionary processes in reserve design: An approach for islands. PLoS ONE, 13(7):1-20. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0200830

Valbuena-Ureña E, Oromi N, Soler-Membrives A, Carranza S, Amat F, Camarasa S, Denoël M, Guillaume O, Sanuy D, Loyau A, Schmeller DS, Steinfartz S. 2018. Jailed in the mountains: Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic newt species across the Pyrenees. PLoS ONE, 13(8):1-23. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0200214

Thanou E, Kornilios P. 2018. Next-generation sequencing yields the complete mitochondrial genome of the endangered Milos viper Macrovipera schweizeri (Reptilia, Viperidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 3(2):1250-1251. DOI:10.1080/23802359.2018.1532348

Tamar K, Metallinou M, Wilms T, Schmitz A, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Carranza S. 2018. Evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) from the Saharo-Arabian region. Zoologica Scripta, 47(2):159-173. DOI:10.1111/zsc.12266

Tallowin OJS, Tamar K, Meiri S, Allison A, Kraus F, Richards SJ, Oliver PM. 2018. Early insularity and subsequent mountain uplift were complementary drivers of diversification in a Melanesian lizard radiation (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125:29-39. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.020

Stark G, Tamar K, Itescu Y, Feldman A, Meiri S. 2018. Cold and isolated ectotherms: Drivers of reptilian longevity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125(4):730-740. DOI:10.1093/BIOLINNEAN/BLY153

Sindaco R, Simó-Riudalbas M, Sacchi R, Carranza S. 2018. Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4429(3):513-547. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.4

Simó-Riudalbas M, Tarroso P, Papenfuss T, Al-Sariri T, Carranza S. 2018. Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman. Systematics and Biodiversity, 16(4):323-339. DOI:10.1080/14772000.2017.1403496

Salvi D, Mendes J, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2018. Evolution, biogeography and systematics of the western Palaearctic Zamenis ratsnakes. Zoologica Scripta, 47(4):441-461. DOI:10.1111/zsc.12295

Salvi D, Perera A, Sampaio FL, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2018. Underground cryptic speciation within the Maghreb: Multilocus phylogeography sheds light on the diversification of the checkerboard worm lizard Trogonophis wiegmanni. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 120:118-128. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.013

Mendes J, Salvi D, Harris DJ, Els J, Carranza S. 2018. Hidden in the Arabian Mountains: Multilocus phylogeny reveals cryptic diversity in the endemic Omanosaura lizards. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56(3):395-407. DOI:10.1111/jzs.12210

Kindler C, de Pous P, Carranza S, Beddek M, Geniez P, Fritz U. 2018. Phylogeography of the Ibero-Maghrebian red-eyed grass snake (Natrix astreptophora). Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 18(1):143-150. DOI:10.1007/s13127-017-0354-2

Gonçalves DV, Martínez-Freiría F, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Carranza S, Brito JC. 2018. The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: Biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 118:64-74. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.009

Gonçalves D V., Pereira P, Velo-Antón G, James Harris D, Carranza S, Brito JC. 2018. Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124(3):363-380. DOI:10.1093/biolinnean/bly055

Gil R, Vargas-Chavez C, López-Madrigal S, Santos-García D, Latorre A, Moya A. 2018. Tremblaya phenacola PPER: An evolutionary beta-gammaproteobacterium collage. ISME Journal, 12(1):124-135. DOI:10.1038/ismej.2017.144

Carranza S, Xipell M, Tarroso P, Gardner A, Arnold EN, Robinson MD, Simó-Riudalbas M, Vasconcelos R, de Pous P, Amat F, Šmíd J, Sindaco R, Metallinou M, Els J, Pleguezuelos JM, Machado L, Donaire D, Martínez G, Garcia-Porta J, Mazuch T, Wilms T, Gebhart J, Aznar J, Gallego J, Zwanzig BM, Fernández-Guiberteau D, Papenfuss T, Al Saadi S, Alghafri A, Khalifa S, Al Farqani H, Bait Bilal S, Alazri IS, Al Adhoobi AS, Al Omairi ZS, Al Shariani M, Al Kiyumi A, Al Sariri T, Al Shukaili AS, Al Akhzami SN. 2018. Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata). PLoS ONE 13(2): e0190389. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkx943

Vasconcelos R, Rocha S, Santos X. 2017. Sharing refuges on arid islands: Ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos. PeerJ, 2017(1):1-16. DOI:10.7717/peerj.2802

Valbuena-Ureña E, Soler-Membrives A, Steinfartz S, Alonso M, Carbonell F, Larios-Martín R, Obon E, Carranza S. 2017. Getting off to a good start? Genetic evaluation of the ex situ conservation project of the Critically Endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi). PeerJ, 2017(6):e3447. DOI:10.7717/peerj.3447

Valbuena-Ureña E, Soler-Membrives A, Steinfartz S, Orozco-TerWengel P, Carranza S. 2017. No signs of inbreeding despite long-Term isolation and habitat fragmentation in the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi). Heredity, 118(5):424-435. DOI:10.1038/hdy.2016.123

Tarroso P, Simó-Riudalbas M, Carranza S. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome of Pristurus rupestris rupestris. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 2(2):802-803. DOI:10.1080/23802359.2017.1398612

Šmíd J, Shobrak M, Wilms T, Joger U, Carranza S. 2017. Endemic diversification in the mountains: genetic, morphological, and geographical differentiation of the Hemidactylus geckos in southwestern Arabia. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 17(1):267-285. DOI:10.1007/s13127-016-0293-3

Simó-Riudalbas M, Metallinou M, de Pous P, Els J, Jayasinghe S, Péntek-Zakar E, Wilms T, Al-Saadi S, Carranza S. 2017. Cryptic diversity in ptyodactylus (reptilia: gekkonidae) from the northern hajar mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates uncovered by an integrative taxonomic approach. PLoS ONE, 12(8):1-25. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0180397

Mendes J, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Salvi D. 2017. Biogeographical crossroad across the Pillars of Hercules: Evolutionary history of Psammodromus lizards in space and time. Journal of Biogeography, 44(12):2877-2890. doi:10.1111/jbi.13100

Martín N, Martínez S, Pujol-Buxó E, Viñolas A, Llorente GA, Sanpera C, Vasconcelos R, Carranza S, Santos X. 2017. Stable isotopes and diet uncover trophic-niche divergence and ecological diversification processes of endemic reptiles on Socotra Island. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 267:69-81. DOI:10.1016/j.jcz.2017.01.005

Martín J, Mateus C, García-Roa R, Ortega J, Carranza S. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of the Chalcides skink species from the Chafarinas Islands with those from mainland North Africa. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 71:187-192. DOI:10.1016/j.bse.2017.02.007

García C, Vasconcelos R. 2017. The beauty and the beast: Endemic mutualistic interactions promote community-based conservation on Socotra Island (Yemen). Journal for Nature Conservation, 35:20-23. DOI:10.1016/j.jnc.2016.11.005

Garcia-Porta J, Simó-Riudalbas M, Robinson M, Carranza S. 2017. Diversification in arid mountains: biogeography and cryptic diversity of Pristurus rupestris rupestris in Arabia. Journal of Biogeography, 44(8):1694-1704. DOI:10.1111/jbi.12929

Cortada À, Kaliontzopoulou A, Mendes J, Carretero MA. 2017. A case of limb regeneration in a wild adult Podarcis lilfordi lizard. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41(6):1069-1071. DOI:10.3906/zoo-1607-53

Carvalho SB, Velo-Antón G, Tarroso P, Portela AP, Barata M, Carranza S, Moritz C, Possingham HP. 2017. Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity spanning the evolutionary continuum. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1(6):0151. DOI:10.1038/s41559-017-0151

Arribas OJ, Ananjeva NB, Carranza S, Doronin IV, Harris DJ, Orlov NL, Orlova VF. 2017. The pernicious effect of retroactive changes in the Code: Darevskia and nomenclatorial stability, a reply to BUSACK et al. Basic and Applied Herpetology, 31:125-129. DOI:10.11160/bah.75

Al-Araimi NA, Al-Atiyat RM, Gaafar OM, Vasconcelos R, Luzuriaga-Neira A, Eisa O, Amir N, Benaissa MH, Alfaris AA, Aljumaah RS, Elnakhla SM, Salem MMI, Ishag IA, El Khasmi M, Beja-Pereira A. 2017. Maternal genetic diversity and phylogeography of native Arabian goats. Livestock Science, 206:88-94. DOI:10.1016/j.livsci.2017.09.017

Vasconcelos R, Montero-Mendieta S, Simó-Riudalbas M, Sindaco R, Santos X, Fasola M, Llorente G, Razzetti E, Carranza S. 2016. Unexpectedly high levels of cryptic diversity uncovered by a complete DNA barcoding of reptiles of the socotra archipelago. PLoS ONE, 11(3):1-19. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0149985

Tamar K, Šmíd J, Göçmen B, Meiri S, Carranza S. 2016. An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel. PeerJ, 2016(12). DOI:10.7717/peerj.2769

Tamar K, Scholz S, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Meiri S, Schmitz A, Wilms T, Carranza S. 2016. Evolution around the Red Sea: Systematics and biogeography of the agamid genus Pseudotrapelus (Squamata: Agamidae) from North Africa and Arabia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97:55-68. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.021

Tamar K, Carranza S, Sindaco R, Moravec J, Trape JF, Meiri S. 2016. Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 103:6-18. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.003

Rato C, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Machado L, Perera A. 2016. The taxonomy of the Tarentola mauritanica species complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae): Bayesian species delimitation supports six candidate species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94(July):271-278. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.008

Mendes J, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Salvi D. 2016. Evaluating the phylogenetic signal limit from mitogenomes, slow evolving nuclear genes, and the concatenation approach. New insights into the Lacertini radiation using fast evolving nuclear genes and species trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100:254-267. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.016

Maia JP, Harris DJ, Carranza S. 2016. Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of Haemosporida (Apicomplexa) based on the cyt b gene with characterization of Haemocystidium in geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) from Oman. Parasitology International, 65(1):5-11. DOI:10.1016/j.parint.2015.09.003

Maia JP, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Goméz-Díaz E. 2016. Assessing the diversity, host-specificity and infection patterns of apicomplexan parasites in reptiles from Oman, Arabia. Parasitology, 143(13):1730-1747. DOI:10.1017/S0031182016001372

Maia JP, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2016. Comments on the Systematic Revision of Adeleid Haemogregarines: Are More Data Needed?. Journal of Parasitology, 102(5):549. DOI:10.1645/15-930

Gonçalves DV, Pereira P, Godinho R, Lopes S, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC. 2016. Development of 23 microsatellite loci for Boulenger’s agama (Agama boulengeri) with partial cross-amplification in other Agama species. Amphibia Reptilia, 37(2):246-252. DOI:10.1163/15685381-00003048

Garcia-Porta J, Šmíd J, Sol D, Fasola M, Carranza S. 2016. Testing the island effect on phenotypic diversification: Insights from the Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Scientific Reports, 6(March):1-12. DOI:10.1038/srep23729

Garcia-Porta J, Morales HE, Gómez-Díaz E, Sindaco R, Carranza S. 2016. Patterns of diversification in islands: A comparative study across three gecko genera in the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98:288-299. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.007

Froufe E, Gonçalves DV, Teixeira A, Sousa R, Varandas S, Ghamizi M, Zieritz A, Lopes-Lima M. 2016. Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 16(3):597-611. DOI:10.1007/s13127-016-0262-x

Froufe E, Prié V, Faria J, Ghamizi M, Gonçalves DV, Gürlek ME, Karaouzas I, Kebapçi Ü, Şereflişan H, Sobral C, Sousa R, Teixeira A, Varandas S, Zogaris S, Lopes-Lima M. 2016. Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: News from a freshwater mussel (Potomida, Unionida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100:322-332. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.030

de Pous P, Simó-Riudalbas M, Els J, Jayasinghe S, Amat F, Carranza S. 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of Arabian populations of the Persian Horned Viper Pseudocerastes persicus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854). Zoology in the Middle East, 62(3):231-238. DOI:10.1080/09397140.2016.1202896

de Pous P, Machado L, Metallinou M, Červenka J, Kratochvíl L, Paschou N, Mazuch T, Šmíd J, Simó-Riudalbas M, Sanuy D, Carranza S. 2016. Taxonomy and biogeography of Bunopus spatalurus (Reptilia; Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 54(1):67-81. DOI:10.1111/jzs.12107

Carranza S, Bauer AM. 2016. Margarita Metallinou (1985-2015). Zootaxa, 4132(4):598-600. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.13

Carranza S, Simó-Riudalbas M, Jayasinghe S, Wilms T, Els J. 2016. Microendemicity in the northern Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species of geckos of the genus Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). PeerJ, 2016(8). DOI:10.7717/peerj.2371

Tamar K, Carranza S, in den Bosch H, Sindaco R, Moravec J, Meiri S. 2015. Hidden relationships and genetic diversity: Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Levantine lizards of the genus Phoenicolacerta (Squamata: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 91:86-97. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.002

Šmíd J, Martínez G, Gebhart J, Aznar J, Gállego J, Göçmen B, De Pous P, Tamar K, Carranza S. 2015. Phylogeny of the genus Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia; Colubridae) with a first record from the Sultanate of Oman. Zootaxa, 4033(3):380-392. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.4

Šmíd J, Moravec J, Kratochvíl L, Nasher AK, Mazuch T, Gvoždík V, Carranza S. 2015. Multilocus phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the Hemidactylus robustus species group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species from Yemen and Ethiopia. Systematics and Biodiversity, 13(4):346-368. DOI:10.1080/14772000.2014.996264

Ord TJ, Klomp DA, Garcia-Porta J, Hagman M. 2015. Repeated evolution of exaggerated dewlaps and other throat morphology in lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(11):1948-1964. DOI:10.1111/jeb.12709

Metallinou M, Červenka J, Crochet PA, Kratochvíl L, Wilms T, Geniez P, Shobrak MY, Brito JC, Carranza S. 2015. Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 85:208-220. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.02.010

Harris DJ, Borges-Nojosa DM, Maia JP. 2015. Prevalence and diversity of hepatozoon in native and exotic geckos from Brazil. Journal of Parasitology, 101(1):80-85. DOI:10.1645/14-522.1

Carranza S, Oromí N, Amat F, Sanuy D. 2015. Sexual dimorphism and age structure of the Montseny newt (Calotriton arnoldi). Amphibia Reptilia, 36(3):245-252. DOI:10.1163/15685381-00003000

Bellati A, Carranza S, Garcia-Porta J, Fasola M, Sindaco R. 2015. Cryptic diversity within the Anatololacerta species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Anatolian Peninsula: Evidence from a multi-locus approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82:219-233. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.003

Barata M, Perera A, Harris DJ. 2015. Cryptic variation in the Moroccan high altitude lizard Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Squamata: Lacertidae). African Journal of Herpetology, 64(1):1-17. DOI:10.1080/21564574.2014.967815

Vences M, Sanchez E, Hauswaldt JS, Eikelmann D, Rodríguez A, Carranza S, Donaire D, Gehara M, Helfer V, Lötters S, Werner P, Schulz S, Steinfartz S. 2014. Nuclear and mitochondrial multilocus phylogeny and survey of alkaloid content in true salamanders of the genus Salamandra (Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 73(1):208-216. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.12.009

Vasconcelos R, Lopes E, Martins BH. 2014. Agama agama: A charter tourist in the Cape Verde Islands? African Journal of Herpetology, 63(1):34-46. DOI:10.1080/21564574.2013.877988

Valbuena-Ureña E, Steinfartz S, Carranza S. 2014. Characterization of microsatellite loci markers for the critically endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi). Conservation Genetics Resources, 6(2):263-265. DOI:10.1007/s12686-013-0082-7

Tomé B, Maia JP, Salvi D, Brito JC, Carretero MA, Perera A, Meimberg H, Harris DJ. 2014. Patterns of genetic diversity in Hepatozoon spp. infecting snakes from North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. Systematic Parasitology, 87(3):249-258. DOI:10.1007/s11230-014-9477-4

Tamar K, Carranza S, Sindaco R, Moravec J, Meiri S. 2014. Systematics and phylogeography of Acanthodactylus schreiberi and its relationships with Acanthodactylus boskianus (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(3):720-739. DOI:10.1111/zoj.12170

Oromi N, Amat F, Sanuy D, Carranza S. 2014. Life history trait differences between a lake and a stream-dwelling population of the Pyrenean brook newt (Calotriton asper). Amphibia Reptilia, 35(1):53-62. DOI:10.1163/15685381-00002921

Metallinou M, Vasconcelos R, Šmíd J, Sindaco R, Carranza S. 2014. Filling in the gap: Two new records and an updated distribution map for the Gulf Sand gecko Pseudoceramodactylus khobarensis Haas, 1957. Biodiversity Data Journal, 2(1):1-10. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4011

Maia JP, James Harris D, Carranza S, Gómez-Díaz E. 2014. A comparison of multiple methods for estimating parasitemia of hemogregarine hemoparasites (apicomplexa: Adeleorina) and its application for studying infection in natural populations. PLoS ONE, 9(4). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0095010

Maia JP, Crottini A, Harris DJ. 2014. Microscopic and molecular characterization of Hepatozoon domerguei (Apicomplexa) and Foleyella furcata (Nematoda) in wild endemic reptiles from Madagascar. Parasite, 21. DOI:10.1051/parasite/2014046

Maia JP, Álvares F, Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Leite J V., Harris DJ. 2014. Molecular assessment of hepatozoon (apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in wild canids and rodents from North Africa, with implications for transmission dynamics across taxonomic groups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 50(4):837-848. DOI:10.7589/2013-10-280

Harris DJ, Damas-Moreira I, Maia JPMC, Perera A. 2014. First report of hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in caecilians, with description of a new species. Journal of Parasitology, 100(1):117-120. DOI:10.1645/13-203.1

Damas-Moreira I, Harris DJ, Rosado D, Tavares I, Maia JPMC, Salvi D, Perera A. 2014. Consequences of haemogregarine infection on the escape distance in the lacertid lizard, Podarcis vaucheri. Acta Herpetologica, 9(1):119-123. DOI:10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-13740

Brito JC, Godinho R, Martínez-Freiría F, Pleguezuelos JM, Rebelo H, Santos X, Vale CG, Velo-Antón G, Boratyński Z, Carvalho SB, Ferreira S, Gonçalves DV, Silva TL, Tarroso P, Campos JC, Leite JV, Nogueira J, Alvares F, Sillero N, Sow AS, Fahd S, Crochet PA, Carranza S. 2014. Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the sahara-sahel. Biological Reviews, 89(1):215-231. DOI:10.1111/brv.12049

Beukema W, Erens J, Schulz V, Stegen G, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Stark T, Laudelout A, Kinet T, Kirschey T, Poulain M, Miaud C, Steinfartz S, Martel A, Pasmans F.  2014. Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe. Amphibia Reptilia, 35(1):1-31. DOI:10.1163/15685381-00002935

Badiane A, Garcia-Porta J, Červenka J, Kratochvíl L, Sindaco R, Robinson MD, Morales H, Mazuch T, Price T, Amat F, Shobrak MY, Wilms T, Simó-Riudalbas M, Ahmadzadeh F, Papenfuss TJ, Cluchier A, Viglione J, Carranza S. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of Semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris. Zootaxa, 3835(1):33-58. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.2

Arnal A, Gómez-Díaz E, Cerdà-Cuéllar M, Lecollinet S, Pearce-Duvet J, Busquets N, García-Bocanegra I, Pagès N, Vittecoq M, Hammouda A, Samraoui B, Garnier R, Ramos R, Selmi S, González-Solís J, Jourdain E, Boulinier T. 2014. Circulation of a Meaban-like virus in yellow-legged gulls and seabird ticks in the Western Mediterranean Basin. PLoS ONE, 9(3). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0089601

Vasconcelos R, Brito JC, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2013. Review of the distribution and conservation status of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands. Oryx, 47(1):77-87. DOI:10.1017/S0030605311001438

Valbuena-Ureña E, Amat F, Carranza S. 2013. Integrative Phylogeography of Calotriton Newts (Amphibia, Salamandridae), with Special Remarks on the Conservation of the Endangered Montseny Brook Newt (Calotriton arnoldi). PLoS ONE, 8(6). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0062542

Stefan LM, Gómez-Díaz E, Mironov S. 2013. Three new species of the feather mite subfamily Ingrassiinae (Acariformes: Xolalgidae) from shearwaters and petrels (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). Zootaxa, 3682(1):105-120. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3682.1.4

Smíd J, Moravec J, Kratochvíl L, Gvoždík V, Nasher AK, Busais SM, Wilms T, Shobrak MY, Carranza S. 2013. Two newly recognized species of Hemidactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai, Egypt. ZooKeys, 355(November):79-107. DOI:10.3897/zookeys.355.6190

Šmíd J, Carranza S, Kratochvíl L, Gvoždík V, Nasher AK, Moravec J. 2013. Out of Arabia: A Complex Biogeographic History of Multiple Vicariance and Dispersal Events in the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). PLoS ONE, 8(5). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0064018

Rato C, Carranza S, Perera A, Harris DJ. 2013. Evolutionary patterns of the mitochondrial genome in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica. Gene, 512(1):166-173. DOI:10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.032

Metallinou M, Crochet PA. 2013. Nomenclature of African species of the genus Stenodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa, 3691(3):365-376. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.3.5

Metallinou M, Carranza S. 2013. New species of stenodactylus (squamata: Gekkonidae) from the sharqiyah sands in northeastern oman. Zootaxa, 3745(4):449-468. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.4.3

Litvinchuk SN, Crottini A, Federici S, De Pous P, Donaire D, Andreone F, Kalezić ML, Džukić G, Lada GA, Borkin LJ, Rosanov JM. 2013. Phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in the common spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Pelobatidae), reveals evolutionary history, postglacial range expansion and secondary contact. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 13(3):433-451. DOI:10.1007/s13127-013-0127-5

Lapiedra O, Sol D, Carranza S, Beaulieu JM. 2013. Behavioural changes and the adaptive diversification of pigeons and doves. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280(1755). DOI:10.1098/rspb.2012.2893

Kindler C, Böhme W, Corti C, Gvoždík V, Jablonski D, Jandzik D, Metallinou M, Široký P, Fritz U. 2013. Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix, N. megalocephala). Zoologica Scripta, 42(5):458-472. DOI:10.1111/zsc.12018

Kaliontzopoulou A, Salvi D, Gomes V, Maia JPMC, Kaliontzopoulos P. 2013. Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta). Acta Herpetologica, 8(1):75-78. DOI:10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-11805

Garcia-Porta J, Ord TJ. 2013. Key innovations and island colonization as engines of evolutionary diversification: A comparative test with the Australasian diplodactyloid geckos. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(12):2662-2680. DOI:10.1111/jeb.12261

De Pous P, Metallinou M, Donaire-Barroso D, Carranza S, Sanuy D. 2013. Integrating mtDNA analyses and ecological niche modelling to infer the evolutionary history of Alytes maurus (Amphibia; Alytidae) from Morocco. Herpetological Journal. 2013;23(3):153-160

Bogaerts S, Donaire-Barroso D, Pasmans F, Carranza S, Böhme W. 2013. Do North African Fire Salamanders, Salamandra algira, occur in Tunisia?. Herpetology Notes, 6(1):301-306

Beukema W, De Pous P, Donaire-Barroso D, Boaerts S, Garcia-Porta J, Escoriza D, Arribas OJ, El Mouden el H, Carranza S. 2013. Review of the systematics, distribution, biogeography and natural history of Moroccan amphibians. Zootaxa, 3661:1-60 DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3661.1.1

Vasconcelos R, Perera A, Geniez P, Harris DJ, Carranza S. 2012. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164(2):328-360. DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00768.x

Vasconcelos R, Santos X, Carretero MA. 2012. High temperatures constrain microhabitat selection and activity patterns of the insular Cape Verde wall gecko. Journal of Arid Environments, 81:18-25. DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.013

Vasconcelos R, Brito JC, Carvalho SB, Carranza S, James Harris D. 2012. Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity - The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands. Biological Conservation, 153:276-286. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.020

Stekolnikov AA, Carranza S, Gomez-Diaz E. 2012. A new genus and species of Apoloniinae (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Oman. Zootaxa, 3499(1):74. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3499.1.5

Sindaco R, Metallinou M, Pupin F, Fasola M, Carranza S. 2012. Forgotten in the ocean: Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago. Zoologica Scripta, 41(4):346-362. DOI:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00540.x

Santos X, Rato C, Carranza S, Carretero MA, Pleguezuelos JM. 2012. Complex phylogeography in the Southern Smooth Snake (Coronella girondica) supported by mtDNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 50(3):210-219. DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2012.00663.x

Santos X, Rato C, Carranza S, Carretero MA, de la Vega JPG, Pleguezuelos JM. 2012. Morphology matches mtDNA lineages in the southern smooth snake (Coronella girondica) from Iberia. Zoology, 115(6):398-404. DOI:10.1016/j.zool.2012.05.004

Rosas A, Estalrrich A, García-Tabernero A, Bastir M, García-Vargas S, Sánchez-Meseguer A, Huguet R, Lalueza-Fox C, Peña-Melián Á, Kranioti EF, Santamaría D, De la Rasilla M, Fortea J. 2012. Les Néandertaliens d’El Sidrón (Asturies, Espagne). Actualisation d’un nouvel échantillon. Anthropologie, 116(1):57-76. DOI:10.1016/j.anthro.2011.12.003

Rato C, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2012. Evolutionary history of the genus Tarentola (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Mediterranean Basin, estimated using multilocus sequence data. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(1). DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-12-14

Ord TJ, Garcia-Porta J. 2012. Is sociality required for the evolution of communicative complexity? Evidence weighed against alternative hypotheses in diverse taxonomic groups. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1597):1811-1828. DOI:10.1098/rstb.2011.0215

Noel V, Leger E, Gómez-Díaz E, Risterucci AM, McCoy KD. 2012. Isolation and characterization of new polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tick ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae). Acarologia, 52(2):123-128. DOI:10.1051/acarologia/20122041

Metallinou M, Arnold EN, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Brito JC, Lymberakis P, Baha El Din S, Sindaco R, Robinson M, Carranza S. 2012. Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(1). DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-12-258

Maia JPMC, Gómez-Díaz E, Harris DJ. 2012. Apicomplexa primers amplify Proteromonas (Stramenopiles, Slopalinida, Proteromonadidae) in tissue and blood samples from lizards. Acta Parasitologica, 57(4):337-341. DOI:10.2478/s11686-012-0048-z

Llorente GA, Vidal-García M, Garriga N, Carranza S, Pleguezuelos JM, Santos X. 2012. Lessons from a complex biogeographical scenario: Morphological characters match mitochondrial lineages within Iberian Coronella austriaca (Reptilia: Colubridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 106(1):210-223. DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01844.x

Gómez-DÍaz E, Sindaco R, Pupin F, Fasola M, Carranza S. 2012. Origin and in situ diversification in Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Ecology, 21(16):4074-4092. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05672.x

Gómez-Díaz E, Morris-Pocock JA, González-Solís J, McCoy KD. 2012. Trans-oceanic host dispersal explains high seabird tick diversity on Cape Verde islands. Biology Letters, 8(4):616-619. DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0179

Garcia-Porta J, Litvinchuk SN, Crochet PA, Romano A, Geniez PH, Lo-Valvo M, Lymberakis P, Carranza S. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63(1):113-130. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.019

Dietrich M, Kempf F, Gómez-Díaz E, Kitaysky AS, Hipfner JM, Boulinier T, Mccoy KD. 2012. Inter-oceanic variation in patterns of host-associated divergence in a seabird ectoparasite. Journal of Biogeography, 39(3):545-555. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02620.x

de Pous P, Speybroeck J, Bogaerts S, Pasmans F, Beukema W. 2012. A contribution to the atlas of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Sardinia. Herpetology Notes, 5(September):391-405

de Pous P, Beukema W, Dingemans D, Donaire D, Geniez P, El Mouden EH. 2012. Distribution review, habitat suitability and conservation of the endangered and endemic Moroccan spadefoot toad (Pelobates varaldii). Basic and Applied Herpetology, 26(January):57-71. DOI:10.11160/bah.11015

Carranza S, Arnold EN. 2012. A review of the geckos of the genus Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Oman based on morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear data, with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 3378(1):1. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3378.1.1.

Barata M, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2012. Extreme genetic diversity in the lizard Atlantolacerta andreanskyi (Werner, 1929): A montane cryptic species complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(1). DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-12-167

Roscales JL, Gómez-Díaz E, Neves V, González-Solís J. 2011. Trophic versus geographic structure in stable isotope signatures of pelagic seabirds breeding in the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 434(2007):1-13. DOI:10.3354/meps09211

Rato C, Carranza S, Harris DJ. 2011. When selection deceives phylogeographic interpretation: The case of the Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58(2):365-373. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.004

Pleguezuelos JM, Mora E, de Pous P, Escoriza D, Metallinou M, Donaire D, Comas M, Carranza S. 2011. Elusive but widespread? The potential distribution and genetic variation of Hyalosaurus koellikeri (Günther, 1873) in the Maghreb. Amphibia-Reptilia, 32(3):385-397. DOI:10.1163/017353711X587732

Miralles A, Vasconcelos R, Perera A, Harris DJ, Carranza S. 2011. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoologica Scripta, 40(1):16-44. DOI:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00453.x

Martínez-Silvestre A, Amat F, Bargalló F, Carranza S. 2011. Incidence of pigmented skin tumors in a population of wild Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47(2):410-414. DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.410

Gómez-Díaz E, Boulinier T, Sertour N, Cornet M, Ferquel E, McCoy KD. 2011. Genetic structure of marine Borrelia garinii and population admixture with the terrestrial cycle of Lyme borreliosis. Environmental Microbiology, 13(9):2453-2467. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02515.x

Folguera G, Bastías DA, Caers J, Rojas JM, Piulachs MD, Bellés X, Bozinovic F. 2011. Seabirds and the Circulation of Lyme Borreliosis Bacteria in the North Pacific. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11(12):1521-1527. DOI:10.1089/vbz.2010.0267

Barata M, Perera A, Harris DJ, Meijden AVD, Carranza S, Ceacero F, García-muñoz E, Gonçalves D, Henriques S, Jorge F, Marshall JC, Pedrajas L, Sousa P. 2011. New observations of amphibians and reptiles in Morocco, with a special emphasis on the eastern region. Herpetological Bulletin, 116(116):4-14