Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of Reptiles and Amphibians
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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, 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
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
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.; Sánchez, E.; Hauswaldt, J.S.; Eikelmann, D.; Rodríguez, A.; Carranza, S.; Donaire, D.; Gehara, M.; Helfer, V.; Lötters, S.; Werner, P.; Schulz, S.; and 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 (0):208-216
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, Carranza S. 2014. Systematics and biogeography of Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Arabia. Zootaxa, 3835(4):501-527. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.4
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