Sistemática, biogeografía y evolución de reptiles y anfibios
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.
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