Dufresnes, C., Lukanov, S., Gippner, S., Ambu, J., Strachinis, I., Arsovski, D., Monod-Broca, B., Cayuela, H., Lymberakis, P., Canestrelli, D., Cogălniceanu, D., Poyarkov, N., Litvinchuk, S., Suchan, T., Denoël, M.* , & Jablonski, D.*. (2025). Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans. Vertebrate Zoology, 75, 1-30. doi:10.3897/vz.75.e138687
The Balkan Peninsula hosts a great proportion of Europe’s biodiversity, and this is well illustrated by amphibian richness and endemism. Among them, the yellow-bellied toad Bombina variegata has be...
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Dufresnes, C., Monod-Broca, B., Bellati, A., Canestrelli, D., Ambu, J., Wielstra, B., Dubey, S., Crochet, P.-A., Denoël, M.* , & Jablonski, D.*. (2024). Piecing the barcoding puzzle of Palearctic water frogs (Pelophylax) sheds light on amphibian biogeography and global invasions. Global Change Biology, 30 (3), 17180. doi:10.1111/gcb.17180
Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species through biological invasio...
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Dufresnes, C., Suchan, T., Smirnov, N. A., Denoël, M., Rosanov, J. M., & Litvinchuk, S. M. (2021). Revisiting a speciation classic: Comparative analyses support sharp but leaky transitions between Bombina toads. Journal of Biogeography, 48 (3), 548-560. doi:10.1111/jbi.14018
Aim – The amount of gene flow between parapatric species can be greatly variable depending on how species boundaries are maintained in respect to numerous genetic and ecological factors that affect...
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Lucati, F., Poignet, M., Miró, A., Trochet, A., Aubret, F., Barthe, L., Bertrand, R., Buchaca, T., Calvez, O., Caner, J., Darnet, E., Denoël, M., Guillaume, O., Le Chevalier, H., Martínez-Silvestre, A., Mossoll-Torres, M., O’Brien, D., Osorio, V., Pottier, G., ... Ventura, M. (August 2020). Multiple glacial refugia and contemporary dispersal shape the genetic structure of an endemic amphibian from the Pyrenees. Molecular Ecology, 29 (15), 2904-2921. doi:10.1111/mec.15521
Historical factors (colonization scenarios, demographic oscillations) and contemporary processes (population connectivity, current population size) largely contribute to shaping species’ present-da...
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Dufresnes, C., Mazepa, G., Jablonski, D., Oliveira, R. C., Wenseleers, T., Shabanov, D. A., Auer, M., Ernst, R., Koch, C., Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Mulder, K. P., Simonov, E., Tiutenko, A., Kryvokhyzha, D., Wennekes, P. L., Zinenko, O. I., Korshunov, O. V., Al-Johany, A. M., Peregontsev, E. A., ... Litvinchuk, S. (December 2019). Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 141, 106615. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615
The radiation of Palearctic green toads (Bufotes) holds great potential to evaluate the role of hybridization in phylogeography at multiple stages along the speciation continuum. With fifteen speci...
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Dufresnes, C., Strachinis, I., Suriadna, N., Mykytynets, G., Cogălniceanu, D., Székely, P., Vukov, T., Arntzen, J. W., Wielstra, B., Lymberakis, P., Geffen, E., Gafny, S., Kumlutaş, Y., Ilgaz, Ç., Candan, K., Mizsei, E., Szabolcs, M., Kolenda, K., Smirnov, N., ... Denoël, M. (July 2019). Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates). Molecular Ecology, 28 (13), 3257-3270. doi:10.1111/mec.15133
Cryptic phylogeographic diversifications provide unique models to examine the role of phylogenetic divergence on the evolution of reproductive isolation, without extrinsic factors such as ecologica...
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Dufresnes, C., Strachinis, I., Tzoras, E., Litvinchuk, S. N., & Denoël, M. (June 2019). Call a spade a spade: taxonomy and distribution of Pelobates, with description of a new Balkan endemic. ZooKeys, 859, 131-158. doi:10.3897/zookeys.859.33634
The genomic era contributes to update the taxonomy of many debated terrestrial vertebrates. In an accompanying work, we provided a comprehensive molecular assessment of spadefoot toads (Pelobates) ...
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Oromi Farrús, N., Valbuena-Ureña, E., Soler-Membrives, A., Amat, F., Camarasa, S., Carranza, S., Sanuy, D., & Denoël, M. (May 2019). Genetic structure of lake and stream populations in a Pyrenean amphibian (Calotriton asper) reveals evolutionary significant units associated with paedomorphosis. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57 (2), 418-430. doi:10.1111/jzs.12250
Differences in environmental conditions such as those between lakes and streams can produce phenotypic variation and ultimately promote evolutionary diversification. Some species of newts and salam...
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Wielstra, B., Canestreli, D., Cvijanović, M., Denoël, M., Fijarczyk, A., Jablonski, D., Liana, M., Naumov, B., Olgun, K., Pabijan, M., Pezzarossa, A., Popgeorgiev, G., Salvi, D., Si, Y., Sillero, N., Sotiropoulos, K., Zieliński, P., & Babik, W. (April 2018). The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia, 39 (2), 252-259. doi:10.1163/15685381-17000128
The ‘smooth newt’, the taxon traditionally referred to as Lissotriton vulgaris, consists of multiple morphologically distinct taxa. Given the uncertainty concerning the validity and rank of these t...
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Valbuena-Ureña, E., Oromi Farrús, N., Soler-Membrives, A., Carrranza, S., Amat, F., Camarasa, S., Denoël, M., Guillaume, O., Sanuy, D., Loyau, A., Schmeller, D. S., & Steinfartz, S. (2018). Jailed in the mountains: Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic newt species across the Pyrenees. PLoS ONE, 13 (8), 0200214. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200214
The Pyrenees represent a natural laboratory for biogeographic, evolutionary and ecological research of mountain fauna as a result of the high variety of habitats and the profound effect of the glac...
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Dufresne, C.* , Denoël, M.* , Di Santo, L., & Dubey, S. (July 2017). Multiple uprising invasions of Pelophylax water frogs, potentially inducing a new hybridogenetic complex. Scientific Reports, 7, 6506. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06655-5
The genetic era has revolutionized our perception of biological invasions. Yet, it is usually too late to understand their genesis for efficient management. Here, we take the rare opportunity to re...
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Oromi Farrús, N., Michaux, J., & Denoël, M. (August 2016). High gene flow between alternative morphs and the evolutionary persistence of facultative paedomorphosis. Scientific Reports, 6, 32046. doi:10.1038/srep32046
Paedomorphosis and metamorphosis are two major developmental processes that characterize the evolution of complex life cycles in many lineages. Whereas these processes were fixed in some taxa, they...
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Arntzen, J. W., King, T. M., Denoël, M., Martínez-Solano, I., & Wallis, G. P. (2016). Provenance of Ichthyosaura alpestris (Caudata: Salamandridae) introductions to France and New Zealand assessed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. Herpetological Journal, 26 (1), 49-56.
The last century has seen an unparalleled movement of species around the planet as a direct result of human activity, which has been a major contributor to the biodiversity crisis. Amphibians repre...
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