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Zotos S, Stamatiou M, Vogiatzakis IN. The Cyprus Herp Atlas: An initiative for systematic recording of amphibian and reptile occurrences in Cyprus. Biodivers Data J 2023; 11:e98142. [PMID: 37206112 PMCID: PMC10189535 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.11.e98142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Even though the reptiles and amphibians of Cyprus are of scientific and conservation importance and although several books, guides and scientific reports have been published the past 30 years, there is a clear absence of a systematic recording and archiving scheme of all available data in a structural database. Towards this end, the Cyprus Herp (= reptiles and amphibians) Atlas has been developed. The Atlas constitutes the first effort to collect all existing locality data of the herpetofauna species of the island (i.e. scientific reports, books, journals, grey literature) in a single database and simultaneously promote a citizen-science approach in order to collect and constantly update the database with new records. The website of the Atlas contains basic educational and informational material for the public, along with the visibility tool of the database in the form of occurrence maps, in 5 km x 5 km grid cells, openly available for download in kmz format. The Atlas is a powerful tool for citizens, scientists and decision-makers, aiming to contribute to the study and conservation of the reptile and amphibian species of Cyprus. In this short communication, we give details on the structure of the Atlas.
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Affiliation(s)
- Savvas Zotos
- Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, Latsia, Nicosia, CyprusFaculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of CyprusLatsia, NicosiaCyprus
- Herpetological Society of Cyprus, Paphos, CyprusHerpetological Society of CyprusPaphosCyprus
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- Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, Latsia, Nicosia, CyprusFaculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of CyprusLatsia, NicosiaCyprus
- Herpetological Society of Cyprus, Paphos, CyprusHerpetological Society of CyprusPaphosCyprus
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- Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, Latsia, Nicosia, CyprusFaculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of CyprusLatsia, NicosiaCyprus
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Kirchhof S, Lyra ML, Rodríguez A, Ineich I, Müller J, Rödel MO, Trape JF, Vences M, Boissinot S. Mitogenome analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of a probable Eocene wet tropics relic in the xerophile lizard genus Acanthodactylus. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4858. [PMID: 33649347 PMCID: PMC7921649 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83422-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Climate has a large impact on diversity and evolution of the world's biota. The Eocene-Oligocene transition from tropical climate to cooler, drier environments was accompanied by global species turnover. A large number of Old World lacertid lizard lineages have diversified after the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. One of the most speciose reptile genera in the arid Palearctic, Acanthodactylus, contains two sub-Saharan species with unresolved phylogenetic relationship and unknown climatic preferences. We here aim to understand how and when adaptation to arid conditions occurred in Acanthodactylus and when tropical habitats where entered. Using whole mitogenomes from fresh and archival DNA and published sequences we recovered a well-supported Acanthodactylus phylogeny and underpinned the timing of diversification with environmental niche analyses of the sub-Saharan species A. guineensis and A. boueti in comparison to all arid Acanthodactylus. We found that A. guineensis represents an old lineage that splits from a basal node in the Western clade, and A. boueti is a derived lineage and probably not its sister. Their long branches characterize them-and especially A. guineensis-as lineages that may have persisted for a long time without further diversification or have undergone multiple extinctions. Environmental niche models verified the occurrence of A. guineensis and A. boueti in hot humid environments different from the other 42 arid Acanthodactylus species. While A. guineensis probably remained in tropical habitat from periods prior to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, A. boueti entered tropical environments independently at a later period. Our results provide an important baseline for studying adaptation and the transition from humid to arid environments in Lacertidae.
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- Sebastian Kirchhof
- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, United Arab Emirates.
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade and Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, CEP 13506-900, Brazil
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- Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine of Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université des Antilles, CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie médicale, IRD, UMR MIVEGEC, B. P. 1386, Dakar, Senegal
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- Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, United Arab Emirates
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Ecological niche divergence contributes species differentiation in worm lizards (Blanus sp.) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae) in Mediterranean part of Anatolian peninsula and the Levantine region. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-020-00548-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Savvides P, Poliviou V, Stavrou M, Sfenthourakis S, Pafilis P. Insights into how predator diversity, population density and habitat type may affect defensive behaviour in a Mediterranean lizard. ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2018.1477836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Pantelis Savvides
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Mendes J, Salvi D, Harris DJ, Els J, Carranza S. Hidden in the Arabian Mountains: Multilocus phylogeny reveals cryptic diversity in the endemicOmanosauralizards. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Joana Mendes
- CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto; Vairão, Vila do Conde Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; Porto Portugal
- Institute of Evolutionay Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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- CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto; Vairão, Vila do Conde Portugal
- Department of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences; University of L'Aquila; L'Aquila Italy
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- CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto; Vairão, Vila do Conde Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências; Universidade do Porto; Porto Portugal
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- Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Environment and Protected Areas Authority; Sharjah UAE
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- Institute of Evolutionay Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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Tamar K, Metallinou M, Wilms T, Schmitz A, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Carranza S. Evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae:Uromastyx) from the Saharo-Arabian region. ZOOL SCR 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Karin Tamar
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Herpetology & Ichthyology; Natural History Museum of Geneva (MHNG); Geneva Switzerland
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- CNRS-UMR 5175; Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE); Montpellier France
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- EPHE, CNRS, UM, SupAgro, IRD, INRA, UMR 5175 Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE); PSL Research University; Montpellier France
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Barcelona Spain
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Evolutionary History of the Morocco lizard-Fingered Geckos of the Saurodactylus brosseti Complex. Evol Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11692-017-9417-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Contribution to the study of Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae) mtDNA diversity focusing on the A. boskianus species group. Mitochondrion 2016; 30:78-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Düşen S, Kumlutaş Y, Ilgaz Ç, Avci A, Yakagül C. A helminthological research on three Lacertid lizards species:Acanthodactylus harranensisBaran etal, 2005, Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878, and Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874, collected from South and South-eastern regions of Turkey. Helminthologia 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/helmin-2016-0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Summary
A total of 45 lizards (Acanthodactylus harranensis [n = 15], Acanthodacthylus schreiberi [n = 9] and Mesalina brevirostris [n = 21]) were collected from South and Southeastern Regions of Turkey and examined for helminth fauna. Acanthodactylus harranensis harbored 1 species of Nematoda (Skrjabinodon sp.), 1 species of Cestoda (Oochoristica tuberculata) and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Centrorhynchus sp. [cystacanth]). Acanthodactylus schreiberi harbored unidentified cysticercoids. Mesalina brevirostris harbored 1 species of Nematoda (Spauligodon saxicolae). All lizards represents new host records for the helminths reported in this study.
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- S. Düşen
- Pamukkale University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Kinikli Campus, Kinikli, 20017 Denizli, Turkey, E-mail:
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35160, Buca/İzmir, Turkey
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- Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35160, Buca/İzmir, Turkey
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- Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, 09060 Aydın, Turkey
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- Pamukkale University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Kinikli Campus, Kinikli, 20017 Denizli, Turkey, E-mail:
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Taxonomic status and origin of the Egyptian weasel (Mustela subpalmata) inferred from mitochondrial DNA. Genetica 2016; 144:191-202. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-016-9889-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Nasri I, Hammouda A, Hamza F, Selmi S. Sexual size dimorphism in a Tunisian population of Bosk's fringe-toed lizards Acanthodactylus boskianus asper. AFR J HERPETOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2015.1103786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Intissar Nasri
- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia
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- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia
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- Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Gabès, Tunisia
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Hidden relationships and genetic diversity: Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Levantine lizards of the genus Phoenicolacerta (Squamata: Lacertidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2015; 91:86-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2015] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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