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  1. Diversity gradients of terrestrial vertebrates – substantial variations about a common theme
  2. Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change
  3. Well-known species, unexpected results: high genetic diversity in declining Vipera ursinii in central, eastern and southeastern Europe
  4. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates
  5. Systematic position of the Clicking Frog (Kassinula Laurent, 1940), the problem of chimeric sequences and the revised classification of the family Hyperoliidae
  6. Geography-Dependent Horizontal Gene Transfer from Vertebrate Predators to Their Prey
  7. Molecular phylogenetics of sub-Saharan African natricine snakes, and the biogeographic origins of the Seychelles endemic Lycognathophis seychellensis
  8. Contributions to ophiology in Zootaxa 2001–2020: patterns and trends
  9. Landscape Genomics of a Widely Distributed Snake, Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789) across Eastern Europe and Western Asia
  10. The global biogeography of lizard functional groups
  11. Ancient diversification, biogeography, and the role of climatic niche evolution in the Old World cat snakes (Colubridae, Telescopus)
  12. Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians
  13. Evolutionary history of burrowing asps (Lamprophiidae: Atractaspidinae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection
  14. DNA barcoding fishes from the Congo and the Lower Guinean provinces: Assembling a reference library for poorly inventoried fauna
  15. A Cryptic New Species of Polemon (Squamata: Lamprophiidae, Aparallactinae) from the Miombo Woodlands of Central and East Africa
  16. Global patterns of body size evolution in squamate reptiles are not driven by climate
  17. Cryptic diversity in the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)
  18. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)
  19. Using next-generation sequencing to improve DNA barcoding: lessons from a small-scale study of wild bee species (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
  20. Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae)
  21. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: The lizard species with the smallest ranges
  22. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation
  23. Idiosyncratic responses to climate-driven forest fragmentation and marine incursions in reed frogs from Central Africa and the Gulf of Guinea Islands
  24. Nuclear markers support the mitochondrial phylogeny of Vipera ursinii–renardi complex (Squamata: Viperidae) and species status for the Greek meadow viper
  25. Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche
  26. Patterns of species richness, endemism and environmental gradients of African reptiles
  27. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa
  28. Towards a revision of the Neotropical soldierless termites (Isoptera: Termitidae): redescription of the genusGrigiotermes Mathews and description of five new genera
  29. Alpine-Himalayan orogeny drove correlated morphological, molecular, and ecological diversification in the Persian dwarf snake (Squamata: Serpentes:Eirenis persicus)
  30. <p><strong>DNA barcoding and male genital morphology reveal five new cryptic species in the West Palearctic bee <em>Seladonia</em> <em>smaragdula</em> (Vachal, 1895) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae)</strong>&...
  31. Comparative phylogeographies of six species of hinged terrapins (Pelusiosspp.) reveal discordant patterns and unexpected differentiation in theP. castaneus/P. chapinicomplex andP. rhodesianus
  32. The geography of snake reproductive mode: a global analysis of the evolution of snake viviparity
  33. The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene reveals phylogeographic structure in the African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro (Accipitridae)
  34. Identification of Belgian mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) by DNA barcoding
  35. <p><strong>Taxonomy, phylogeny and host plants of some <em>Abia</em> sawflies </strong><br /><strong>(Hymenoptera, Cimbicidae)</strong></p>
  36. A remarkable new species of Paraphamartania Engel from Portugal (Diptera, Asilidae)
  37. Chromosome evolution in pseudoxyrhophiine snakes from Madagascar: a wide range of karyotypic variability
  38. Afrotropical forest-dwelling mongooses (Mammalia: Herpestidae:Crossarchus) investigated by craniometry and mitochondrial DNA
  39. <p><strong>New data on the morphology and distribution of the enigmatic Schouteden’s sun snake, <em>Helophis</em> <em>schoutedeni</em> (de Witte, 1922) from the Congo Basin</strong></p>
  40. DNA barcoding Madagascar’s amphibian fauna
  41. Editorial
  42. Using DNA barcodes for assessing diversity in the family Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea)
  43. Adhoc: an R package to calculate ad hoc distance thresholds for DNA barcoding identification
  44. Genetic and Morphological Divergences in the Cosmopolitan Deep-Sea Amphipod Eurythenes gryllus Reveal a Diverse Abyss and a Bipolar Species
  45. Reliable DNA Barcoding Performance Proved for Species and Island Populations of Comoran Squamate Reptiles
  46. New insights into the systematics and molecular phylogeny of the Malagasy snake genus Liopholidophis suggest at least one rapid reversal of extreme sexual dimorphism in tail length
  47. Next-Generation Museomics Disentangles One of the Largest Primate Radiations
  48. <strong>Resolving an enigma by integrative taxonomy: <em>Madagascarophis fuchsi</em> (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), a new opisthoglyphous and microendemic snake from northern Madagascar</strong>
  49. Cold Code: the global initiative to DNA barcode amphibians and nonavian reptiles
  50. Comparative phylogeography reveals distinct colonization patterns of Cretan snakes
  51. DNA barcoding and evolutionary relationships in Accipiter Brisson, 1760 (Aves, Falconiformes: Accipitridae) with a focus on African and Eurasian representatives
  52. Island Evolution and Systematic Revision of Comoran Snakes: Why and When Subspecies Still Make Sense
  53. Host Shifts from Lamiales to Brassicaceae in the Sawfly Genus Athalia
  54. First Large-Scale DNA Barcoding Assessment of Reptiles in the Biodiversity Hotspot of Madagascar, Based on Newly Designed COI Primers
  55. High species turnover of the ant genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) along an altitudinal gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes, indicated by a combined DNA sequencing and morphological approach
  56. DNA barcoding reveals new insights into the diversity of Antarctic species of Orchomene sensu lato (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)
  57. Systematics of the snake genera Stenophis and Lycodryas from Madagascar and the Comoros
  58. Molecular genetic structure and relationship of Chinese and Hungarian common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) strains based on mitochondrial sequence
  59. Incongruence between molecular phylogeny and morphological classification in amphipod crustaceans: A case study of Antarctic lysianassoids
  60. A hands-on overview of tissue preservation methods for molecular genetic analyses
  61. Phylogeography of the Caspian whipsnake in Europe with emphasis on the westernmost populations
  62. Defense by Volatiles in Leaf-Mining Insect Larvae
  63. Phylogenetic relationships of a new species of pseudoxyrhophiine snake (Reptilia: Lamprophiidae: Thamnosophis) suggest a biogeographical link between western and northern Madagascar
  64. A new black-bellied snake (Pseudoxyrhophiinae: Liophidium) from western Madagascar, with notes on the genus Pararhadinaea
  65. Phylogeography and phylogenetic relationships of Malagasy tree and ground boas
  66. Phylogeography of western Palaearctic reptiles – Spatial and temporal speciation patterns
  67. Species boundaries in Malagasy snakes of the genus Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Colubridae sensu lato) assessed by nuclear and mitochondrial markers
  68. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the pseudoxyrhophiine snake genus Liopholidophis (Reptilia, Colubridae): evolution of its exceptional sexual dimorphism and descriptions of new taxa
  69. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers
  70. Multiple colonization of Madagascar and Socotra by colubrid snakes: evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial gene phylogenies
  71. Molecular Systematics of African Colubroidea (Squamata: Serpentes)