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64. Vargas M, Branch WR, Daniels SR, Glaw F, Hofmeyr MD, Kuchling G, Maran J, Papenfuss TJ, Siroky P, Vieites DR, Fritz U. 2010. Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution in press.c

 

63. Vieites DR, Ratsoavina FM, Randrianiaina RD,  Nagy ZT,  Glaw F, Vences M. 2010. A rhapsody of colours from Madagascar: discovery of a remarkable new snake of the genus Liophidium and its phylogenetic relationships. Salamandra 46(1): 1-10. pdf_icon


62. Glaw F, Köhler J, De la Riva I, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2010. Integrative taxonomy of Malagasy treefrogs: combination of molecular genetics, bioacoustics and comparative morphology reveals twelve additional species of Boophis. Zootaxa 2383: 1–82. pdf_icon

61. Townsend T, Vieites DR, Glaw F, Vences M. 2009. Testing species-level diversification hypotheses in Madagascar: the case of microendemic leaf chameleons. Systematic Biology 58(6):641–656. pdf_icon

60. Vieites DR, Nieto-Román S, Wake DB. 2009. Reconstruction of the climate envelopes of salamanders and their evolution through time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106 (suppl.2):19715-19722 . pdf_iconCover_Syst_Biol

59. Chiari Y, Vieites DR, Guo J, Bora P, Vences M. 2009. High haplotype diversity in a microendemic Malagasy gecko species, Lygodactylus mirabilis (Pasteur, 1962). Zootaxa, 2269: 43-52. pdf_icon

58. Köhler J, Vieites DR,  Glaw F, Kaffenberger N, Vences M. A further new species of limbless skink, genus Paracontias, from eastern Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology, 58(2): 98-105. pdf_icon

57. Vences M, Wollenberg KC, Vieites DR, Lees DC. 2009. Madagascar as a model region of species diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:456-465. pdf_icon

56. Puente M, Glaw F, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2009. Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes. Zootaxa, 2103: 1-76.

suppl.2.cover55. Vieites DR, Wollenberg KC, Andreone F, Köhler J, Glaw F, Vences M. 2009. Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106: 8267-8272 pdf_icon

54. Mott T, Vieites DR. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51: 190-200. pdf_icon

53. Vieites DR, Zhang P, Wake DB. 2009. Caudata. In Hedges, B and Kumar S. Eds. “The Timetree of Life”. Oxford University press. pdf_icon

52. Canatella D, Vieites DR, Zhang P, Wake M, Wake DB. 2009. Lissamphibia. In Hedges, B and Kumar S. Eds. “The Timetree of Life”. Oxford University Press. pdf_icon

51. MCCranie JR, Vieites DR, Wake DB. 2008. Description of a new divergent lineage and three new species of Honduran salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Caudata, Plethodontidae). Zootaxa 1930:1-17. pdf_icon

PNAScover50. Rabemananjara FCE, Raminosoa NR, Ramilijaona OR, Andreone F, Bora P, Carpenter AI, Glaw F, Razafindrabe T, Vallan D, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2008. Malagasy poison frogs in the pet trade: a survey of levels of exploitation of species in the genus Mantella. pp 277-300. In: Andreone F. (Editor): A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie XLV. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino.

49. Wollenberg KC, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2008. Annual temperature data for two Malagasy sites of high anuran diversity. pp 85-94. In: Andreone F. (Editor): A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie XLV. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. pdf_icon

48. Rabemananjara FCE, Bora P, Razafindrabe T, Randriamitso E, Ramilijaona OR, Raminosoa NR, Rakotondravony D, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2008. Rapid assessments of population sizes in ten species of Malagasy poison frogs, genus Mantella. pp 253-264.In: Andreone F. (Editor): A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie XLV. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. pdf_icon

47. Vences M, Chiari Y, Thomas M, Randrianiaina R, Raharivololoniaina L, Bora P, Vieites Dr, Glaw F. 2008. Which frogs are out there? A preliminary evaluation of Rapid Assessment techniques for Malagasy amphibians. pp 233-252. In: Andreone F. (Editor): A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie XLV. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. pdf_icon

Cover Conservation Amphibians Mada46. Vieites DR, Nieto-Román S, Vences M. 2008 Towards understanding the spatial pattern of amphibian diversity in Madagascar. pp 307-410 In: Andreone F. (Editor): A Conservation Strategy for the Amphibians of Madagascar - Monografie XLV. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. pdf_icon

45. Wollenberg K.C., Vieites D.R., van der Meijden A., Glaw F, Cannatella D.C., Vences M. 2008. Patterns of endemism and species richness in malagasy cophyline frogs support a key role of mountainous areas for speciation. Evolution 62 (8): 1890-1907. pdf_icon

44. Andreone F, Carpenter AI, Cox N, du Preez L, Freeman K, Furrer S, Garcia G, Glaw F, Glos J, Knox D, Köhler J, Mendelson JR 3rd, Mercurio V, Mittermeier RA, Moore RD, Rabibisoa NH, Randriamahazo H, Randrianasolo H, Raminosoa NR, Ramilijaona OR, Raxworthy CJ, Vallan D, Vences M, Vieites DR, Weldon C. 2008. The challenge of conserving amphibian megadiversity in Madagascar. PLoS Biology 6(5):e118 pp. 0943-0946. pdf_icon

43. Kremen C, Cameron A, Moilanen A, Phillips S, Beentje H, Dransfeld J, Fisher BL, Glaw F, Hijmans R, Lees D, Louis E, Raxworthy C, Schatz G, Vences M, Vieites DR, Wright PC, Zjhra ML. 2008. Conservation with caveats (response). Science 321: 341-342. pdf_icon

42. Sessions SK, Stöck M, Vieites DR, Quarles R, Mi-Sook M, Wake DB 2008. Cytogenetic Analysis of the Asian Plethodontid Salamander, Karsenia koreana: Evidence for Karyotypic Conservation, Chromosome Repatterning, and Genome Size Evolution. Chromosome Research 16(4):563-574. pdf_icon

41. Orozco-terWengel P, Nagy ZT, Vieites DR, Vences M, Louis E. 2008. Phylogeography and phylogenetic relationships of malagasy tree and ground boas. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95:640-652. pdf_icon

40. Kremen C, Cameron A, Moilanen A, Phillips S, Beentje H, Dransfeld J, Fisher BL, Glaw F, Hijmans R, Lees D, Louis E, Raxworthy C, Schatz G, Vences M, Vieites DR, Wright PC, Zjhra ML. 2008. Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in Madagascar, a biodiversity hotspot. Science 320: 222-226. Cover Sciencepdf_icon

39 Daly JW, Garraffo HM, Spande TF, Giddings LA, Saporito RA, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2008. Individual and geographic variation of skin alkaloids in three species of Madagascan poison frogs (Mantella). Journal of Chemical Ecology 34(2):252-279. pdf_icon

38. Vieites DR, Min MS, Wake D. 2007. Rapid diversification and dispersal during global warming periods by plethodontid salamanders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 104(50): 19903-19907. pdf_icon

37. Woodhead C, Vences M, Vieites DR, Gamboni I, Fisher BL, Griffiths RA. 2007 Specialist or generalist? Feeding ecology of the Malagasy poison frog, Mantella aurantiaca. Herpetological Journal 17(4):225-236.

36. Bonett RM, Kozak KH, Vieites DR, Bare A, Wooten J, Trauth SE. 2007 The importance of comparative phylogeography in diagnosing introduced species: a lesson from the seal salamander, Desmognathus monticola. BMC Ecology 7:7. pdf_icon

35. Boumans L., Vieites DR., Glaw F., Vences, M. 2007. Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (3): 822-839. pdf_icon

34. Chiari Y., Orozco-terWengel P., Vences M., Vieites D.R., Sarovy A., Randrianirina J.E., Meyer A., Louis Jr E. 2006. Genetic identification of units for conservation in tomato frogs, genus Dyscophus. Conservation Genetics 7: 473-482. pdf_icon

33. Woodhead CE, Vieites DR, Vences M. 2006. Mantidactylus liber (NCN) and M. depressiceps (NCN). Cross-species mating. Herpetological Review 37: 446.

32. Vieites D. R., Chiari Y., Vences M., Andreone F., Rabemananjara F., Bora P., Nieto-Román S., Meyer A. 2006. Mitochondrial evidence for distinct phylogeographic units in the endangered Malagasy poison frog Mantella bernhardi. Molecular Ecology 15: 1617-1625. pdf_icon

31. Vences M, Andreone F, Vieites D.R . 2005. New treefrog of the genus Boophis Tschudi 1838 from the northwestern rainforests of Madagascar. Tropical Zoology 18 (2): 237-249. pdf_icon

30. Vences, M., Thomas M., Bonett R. M. & Vieites D. R. 2005. Deciphering amphibian diversity through DNA barcoding: chances and challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, Ser. B, 360: 1859-1868. pdf_icon

29. Chiari Y.,Thomas M., Pedrono M., Vieites D.R. 2005. Preliminary data on the genetic differentiation within the Madagascar spider tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides (BELL, 1827). Salamandra 41: 35-43. pdf_icon

28. Rabemananjara F., Bora P., Cadle J.E., Andreone F., Rajeriarison E., Talata P., Glaw F., Vences M., Vieites D.R. 2005. New records, potential distribution and conservation of Mantella bernhardi, an endangered frog species from south-eastern Madagascar. Oryx 39 (3):339-342. pdf_icon

27. Poux, C., Madsen O., Marquard E., Vieites D. R., de Jong W. W. & Vences M. 2005. Asynchronous colonization of Madagascar by the four endemic clades of primates, tenrecs, carnivores, and rodents as inferred from nuclear genes. Systematic Biology 54 (5): 719-730 pdf_icon

bioscience cover26. Köhler, J., Vieites D. R., Bonett R. M., Hita García F., Glaw F., Steinke D. & Vences M. 2005. New amphibians and global conservation: a boost in species discoveries in a highly endangered vertebrate group. Bioscience 55: 693-696. pdf_icon

25. Vences, M., Thomas M., Van der Meijden A., Chiari Y., Vieites D. R. 2005. Comparative performance of the 16S rRNA gene in DNA barcoding of amphibians. Frontiers in Zoology 2(1):5. pdf_icon

24. Thomas, M., Raharivololoniaina L., Glaw F., Vences M. & Vieites D. R. 2005. Montane tadpoles in Madagascar: molecular identification and description of the larval stages of Mantidactylus elegans, Mantidactylus madecassus and Boophis laurenti from the Andringitra Massif. Copeia 2005: 174-183. pdf_icon

23. Vieites D.R., Rabemananjara F., Bora P., Razafimahatratra B., Ravoahangimalala O. and Vences M. 2004. Distribution and population density of the black-eared Malagasy poison frog, Mantella milotympanum Staniszewski, 1996 (Amphibia: Mantellidae). pp 197-204. In: Huber B. A. & Lampe H. (eds.): African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organism, Ecosystems. Proceedigns of the 5th International Symposium on Tropical Biology, Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany. Springer Verlag.

22. Ming M.S., Yang S.Y., Bonett R. M, Vieites D.R., Brandon R.A. & Wake D.B. 2005. Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander. Nature 435 (7038):87-90. pdf_icon

21. Andreone F., Vences M., Vieites D.R., Glaw F. and Meyer A. 2004. Recurrent ecological adaptations revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34:315-322. pdf_icon

oil_spill_cover_reducida20. Vieites, D.R., Nieto-Román, Palanca, A., Ferrer, X. and Vences, M. 2004. European Atlantic: the hottest oil spill hotspot worldwide. Naturwissenschaften 91: 535-538. pdf_icon

19. Chiari Y., Vences M., Vieites D.R., Rabemananjara F., Bora P., Ramilijaona O., Meyer A. 2004. New evidence for parallel evolution of colour patterns in Malagasy poison frogs (Mantella). Molecular Ecology 13: 3763- 3774. pdf_icon

18. Vieites, D.R., Nieto-Román, S., Barluenga, M., Palanca, A., Vences, M. and Meyer, A. 2004. Post-mating clutch piracy in an amphibian. Nature 431: 305-8. pdf_icon

17. Vences M., Wanke S., Vieites D.R., Branch W.R., Glaw F., Meyer, A. 2004. Natural colonization or introduction? Phylogeographical relationships and morphological differentiation of house geckos (Hemidactylus) from Madagascar. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 115–130. pdf_icon

16. Vieites, D.R. 2004. Fenología y selección del hábitat del murciélago común (P. pipistrellus) en un parque urbano de Galicia. Pontenova 8:101-106.

15. Vences M., Galán P., Miramontes K. and Vieites D.R. 2004. Weak expression of reproductive seasonality in a dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus verticillatus) from arid south–western Madagascar. Journal of Arid Environments 56:329-338. pdf_icon

14. Vences M., Penuel-Matthews M.W., Vieites D.R. and Altig R. 2003. Rana temporaria (common frog) and Bufo fowleri (Fowler's toad) tadpoles, protozoan infestation. Herpetological Review 34: 237-238.

13. Vieites D.R. and Vences M. 2003. Rana pirenaica - Rana pyrenaica. In: Carrascal L.M., Salvador A. (Eds.): Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.<http://www.vertebradosibericos.org>

12. Raharivololoniaina L., Vieites D.R., Glaw F. and Vences M. 2003. Larval stages, habitat and distribution of the hyperoliid frog Heterixalus rutenbergi (Boettger, 1881). Alytes 21 (1-2): 59-65.

11. Vences M., Vieites D.R., Glaw F., Brinkmann H., Kosuch J., Veith M. and Meyer A. 2003. Multiple overseas dispersal in amphibians. Proceedings Royal Society London B 270:2435-2442. pdf_icon

10. Vences M., Grossenbacher K., Puente M., Palanca A. and Vieites D.R. 2003. The Cambalès fairy tale: elevational limits of Rana temporaria (Amphibia: Ranidae) and other European amphibians revisited. Folia Zoologica 52(2):189-202. pdf_icon

9. Veith M., Vences M., Palanca A., Vieites DR, Nieto-Román S. 2003. Genetic differentiation and population structure within Spanish common frogs (Rana temporariacomplex; Ranidae, Amphibia:).Folia Zoologica 51(4): 307-318. pdf_icon

8. Vences M., Galán P., Vieites D.R., Puente M, Oetter K. and Wanke S. 2002. Field body temperatures and heating rates in a montane frog population: the importance of black dorsal pattern for thermoregulation. Annales Zoologici Fennici 39: 209-220. pdf_icon

7. Vences M., Puente M., Vieites D.R. and Nieto-Román S. 2002. Phenotypic plasticity of anuran larvae: environmental variables influence body shape and oral morphology in Rana temporaria tadpoles. Journal of Zoology, London 257:155-162. pdf_icon

6. Vences M., Andreone F., Glaw F., Raminosoa N., Randrianirina J. and Vieites D.R. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of the Ankaratra Massif: Reproductive diversity, biogeography and conservation of a montane fauna in Madagascar. Italian Journal of Zoology 69: 263-284. pdf_icon

5. Vieites D.R and Nieto-Román S. 2002. Fenología y distribución de la Gaviota cabecinegra (Larus melanocephalus, Temminck 1820) en Galicia, Noroeste de España. Temas en Biogeografía. Actas del I Congreso Español de Biogeografía pp: 216-223.

4. Piqué N., López A., Vieites D.R., Nieto Román S. and Vences M. 2000. Tadpole diel migrations in a Pyrenean population of Rana temporaria. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 11(1): 28-31.

3. Vences M., Palanca A., Vieites D.R., Nieto-Román S., Riobo A. and Galán, P. 2000.Summer microhabitat use and daily activity cycles in a high altitude Pyrenean population of Rana temporaria. Herpetological Journal 10: 49-56.

2. Vences M., Piqué N., López A, Puente M., Miramontes C. and Vieites, D.R. 1999. Summer habitat population density and size classes of Rana temporaria in a high altitude Pyrenean population. Amphibia-Reptilia 20(4): 440-443. pdf_icon

1. Vieites D.R., Nieto-Román S., and Palanca A. 1997. Alimentación de las ranas pardas, Rana gr. temporaria, en el Circo de Piedrafita (Pirineos, España). Pirineos 149-1: 91-104.

 

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