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  1. Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise Kinixys erosa (Schweigger): implications for taxonomy and conservation

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2025, Magnolia Press

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  2. FISH mapping in Xenopus pygmaeus refines understanding of genomic rearrangements and reveals jumping NORs in African clawed frogs

    Article • Heredity, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  3. An eastern Congolian endemic, or widespread but secretive? New data on the recently described Afrixalus lacustris (Anura, Hyperoliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  4. Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins of New Sex Chromosomes

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, December 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  5. Widespread Adaptive Introgression of Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes across Vertebrate Hybrid Zones

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  6. Evolutionary relationships in the African frog family Ptychadenidae, including the first molecular analysis, range extension, and distribution modelling of the monotypic genus Lanzarana

    Article • African Journal of Herpetology, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  7. The phylogenetic position of Hyperolius sankuruensis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of Hyperolius concolor

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  8. Central African dwarf crocodiles found in syntopy are comparably divergent to South American dwarf caimans

    Article • Biology Letters, May 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  9. Karyotype stasis but species-specific repetitive DNA patterns in Anguis lizards (Squamata: Anguidae), in the evolutionary framework of Anguiformes

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  10. Tetraploidy in the Boettger’s dwarf clawed frog (Pipidae: Hymenochirus boettgeri) from the Congo indicates non-conspecificity with the captive population

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  11. Consequences of polyploidy and divergence as revealed by cytogenetic mapping of tandem repeats in African clawed frogs (Xenopus, Pipidae)

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Eric Bertrand Fokam, Assoc.prof. Vladimir Krylov, Vaclav Gvozdik

  12. New distributional data and genetic variation ofPanaspis breviceps(Squamata: Scincidae) indicate a biogeographic connection across the Congo Basin

    Article • African Zoology, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  13. Giant Tree Frog diversification in West and Central Africa: Isolation by physical barriers, climate, and reproductive traits

    Article • Molecular Ecology, September 2021, Wiley

    Vaclav Gvozdik

  14. A nest of Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas beside a temporal stream

    Article • Bulletin of the African Bird Club, August 2007, Biodiversity Heritage Library

    Vaclav Gvozdik