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Title: The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones
Authors: Jablonski, Daniel
Sillero, Neftalí
Oskyrko, Oleksandra
Bellati, Adriana 
Čeirāns, Andris
Cheylan, Marc
Cogălniceanu, Dan
Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka
Crochet, Pierre-André
Crottini, Angelica
Doronin, Igor
Džukić, Georg
Geniez, Philippe
Ilgaz, Çetin
Iosif, Ruben
Jandzik, David
Jelić, Dušan
Litvinchuk, Spartak
Ljubisavljević, Katarina
Lymberakis, Petros
Mikulíček, Peter
Mizsei, Edvárd
Moravec, Jiří
Najbar, Bartłomiej
Pabijan, Maciej
Pupins, Mihails
Sourrouille, Patricia
Strachinis, Ilias
Szabolcs, Márton
Thanou, Evanthia
Tzoras, Elias
Vergilov, Vladislav
Vörös, Judit
Gvoždík, Václav
Journal: AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 
Issue Date: 2021
Abstract: 
The slow-worm lizards (Anguis) comprise five species occurring throughout most of the Western Palearctic. Although these species are relatively uniform morphologically – with the exception of A. cephallonica, which exhibits a quite unique morphology – they are genetically deeply divergent. Here, we provide detailed distribution maps for each species and discuss their biogeography and conservation based on updated genetic data and a robust distribution database. We pay particular attention to the so called ‘grey zone’, which typically represents secondary contact zones and in some cases confirmed or presumed hybrid zones. Four of the five species live in parapatry, while only two species, A. cephallonica and A. graeca from the southern Balkans occur in partial sympatry. Further research should focus on the eco-evolutionary interactions between species in contact, including their hybridization rates, to reveal deeper details of the slow-worm evolutionary and natural history.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/52711
ISSN: 0173-5373
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10069
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