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Lachesis is the name of one of the three Greek Moirai or Fates, sister-deities who determined the destiny of every human life by spinning each life as a thread on a loom. Her role in the process was to determine the length of a mortal’s life, and so she is appropriately. Leer más.

El río Adra y sus Albuferas constituyen un ecosistema singular y de enorme valor ecológico. A pesar de encontrarse en un entorno semiárido, la presencia continua de agua posibilita la existencia de una rica biodiversidad, siendo además un refugio para una serie de especies únicas en el contexto de la geografía almeriense, como es el caso de la ranita meridional (Hyla meridionalis). Leer más.

Wouter Beukema, Alfredo G. Nicieza, André Lourenço and Guillermo Velo-Antón. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Article first published online: 25 JAN 2016. Based on phenotypic data, mitochondrial DNA analyses and niche modelling, we show that the North Spanish S. s. bernardezi and S. s. alfredschmidti belong to a single taxon, which is characterized by colour polymorphism. Mitochondrial data revealed that individuals hitherto attributed to S. s. alfredschmidti are imbedded in several subclades of S. s. bernardezi, with which they consistently occur syntopically. We confirm the existence of colour polymorphism in the family Salamandridae, which provides exciting possibilities for future research. Leer más.