En la Península Ibérica hay 32 especies de anfibios y reptiles. Artículo actualizado a 7 enero de 2021. De las aproximadamente 7.500 especies de anfibios del mundo estimadas, en la Península Ibérica contamos en 2021 con 32 especies de anfibios. Pero no te confundas, 32 especies de anfibios en el hemisferio norte y en Europa son muchísimas. Ten en cuenta que España es el país con mayor número de especies anfibias de Europa y de gran parte de Oriente, si exceptuamos a Grecia. Leer más.

In bicheando.net inaugurate 2021 with our first international interview with one of the best known herpetologist and researchers of Europe: Jeroen Speybroeck, known by many for his constant herp trips that he share with all of us on www.hylawerkgroep.be and for his new book «Field guide on European amphibians and reptiles». Leer más.

Four new species of flat geckos in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group are described from south-western and west-central Angola. The description of these new species significantly restricts the distribution range of typical A. bogerti, a morphologically very similar species, from which they differ genetically by 5.9–12% divergence for the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Leer más.

Loïs Rancilhac heads a nice salamander study that is just out in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  Lots of collaborators contributed a ton of genetic data for almost all the genera that make up Salamandridae – the salamander family that includes our beloved newts. This vast dataset allowed Loïs to recover a highly supported phylogenetic tree, with some cool improvements over previous attempts. Leer más.

Genetic diversity feeds the evolutionary process and allows populations to adapt to environmental changes. However, we still lack a thorough understanding of why hotspots of genetic diversity are so ‘hot’. Here, we analysed the relative contribution of bioclimatic stability and genetic admixture between divergent lineages in shaping spatial patterns of genetic diversity in the common toad Bufo bufo along the Italian peninsula. We combined population genetic, phylogeographic and species distribution modelling (SDM) approaches to map ancestral areas, glacial refugia, and secondary contact zones. Leer más.