Two species of slow worm (Anguis fragilis, A. colchica) present
in the Baltic region

J 2021

Two species of slow worm (Anguis fragilis, A. colchica) present in the Baltic region

GVOŽDÍK, Václav, Zdeněk HARCA, Alexandra HÁNOVÁ, Daniel JABLONSKI, Mihails PUPINS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Two species of slow worm (Anguis fragilis, A. colchica) present in the Baltic region

Authors

GVOŽDÍK, Václav (203 Czech Republic), Zdeněk HARCA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alexandra HÁNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniel JABLONSKI, Mihails PUPINS, Andris ČEIRĀNS and Timo PAASIKUNNAS

Edition

Amphibia-Reptilia, Brill, 2021, 0173-5373

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10613 Zoology

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.319

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00122173

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10055

UT WoS

000694953100011

Keywords in English

Anguidae; Baltic Rim; contact zone; Finland; haplotype distribution; Squamata

Abstract

V originále

Five European slow worms (Anguis) have mostly parapatric distributions. Two species, A. fragilis and A. colchica, are widely distributed across the western and eastern parts of the genus range. Their contact zone runs from the north-eastern Balkans, through Pannonia to northern Central Europe. In northern Poland, the contact zone has been located approximately between the North and East European Plains. Here, we present the first mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data from Finland and the coastal Baltics. We demonstrate that A. fragilis enters the East European Plains, where it is presumably distributed along the Baltic coast. Our data indicate that A. colchica is present more inland and to the north of Riga. The genetic structure suggests three independent postglacial colonization events in the Baltics (two by A. colchica). The presence of the two species, A. fragilis and A. colchica, should be considered by the conservation legislations of Lithuania, Latvia and Russia.

Links

MUNI/A/1098/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Výzkum Ekologických a Evolučních Principů na modelu obratlovců a jejich parazitů

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

GVOŽDÍK, Václav, Zdeněk HARCA, Alexandra HÁNOVÁ, Daniel JABLONSKI, Mihails PUPINS, Andris ČEIRĀNS and Timo PAASIKUNNAS. Two species of slow worm (Anguis fragilis, A. colchica) present in the Baltic region. Amphibia-Reptilia. Brill, 2021, vol. 42, No 3, p. 383-389. ISSN 0173-5373. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10055.

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GVOŽDÍK, Václav, Zdeněk HARCA, Alexandra HÁNOVÁ, Daniel JABLONSKI, Mihails PUPINS, Andris ČEIRĀNS and Timo PAASIKUNNAS. Two species of slow worm (Anguis fragilis, A. colchica) present in the Baltic region. \textit{Amphibia-Reptilia}. Brill, 2021, vol.~42, No~3, p.~383-389. ISSN~0173-5373. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10055.

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