Publicacions de l'àrea de recerca en amfibis i rèptils

Amat, F., Rivera, X., Romano, A. & Sotgiu, G. (2019) Sexual dimorphism in the endemic Sardinian cave salamander (Altylodes genei).. Folia Zoologica 68(2). DOI: 10.25225/fozo.047.2019

Amat, F. (2019) Patterns and allometries of sexual size dimorphism on salamanders and the rejection of Rensch's rule.. Salamandra 55(3), 145-150.

Carranza, S., Xipell, M., Tarroso, P., Gardner, A., Arnold, E.N., Robinson, M.D,. Simó-Riudalbas, M., Vasconcelos, R., de Pous, P., Amat, F., Šmíd, J., Sindaco, R., Metallinou, M., Els, J., Pleguezuelos, .JM., Machado, L., Donaire, D., Martínez, G., Garcia-Porta, J., Mazuch, T., Wilms, T., Gebhart, J., Aznar, J., Gallego, J., Zwanzig, B-M., Fernández-Guiberteau, D., Papenfuss, T., Al Saadi, S., Alghafri, A., Khalifa, S., Al Farqani, H., Bilal, S.B., Alzari, I.S., Al Adhoobi, A.S., Al Omairi, Z.S., Al Shariani, M., Al Kiyumi, A., Al Sariri, T., Al Shukaili, A.S. & Al Akhzami, S.N. (2018) Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata). PLoS One. 13(2): e0190389.

Valbuena-Ureña, E., Oromi, N., Soler-Membrives, A., Carranza, 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):e0200214

Camarasa, S., Amat, F., Sanuy, D. & Oromia, N. (2018) The occurrence of facultative paedomorphosis in a lacustrine population of the Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper): morphology and age structure. . Journal of Natural History 52(33-34), 2133–2145.

Vences, M., Sarasola-puente, V., Sanchez, E., Amat, F. & Huswaldf, S.J. (2017) Diversity and distribution of deep mitochondrial lineages of the common frog, Rana temporaria, in northern Spain.. Salamandra 53(1), 25-33.

Amat, F. & Meiri, S. (2017) Geographical, climatic and biological constraints on age at sexual maturity in amphibians.. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123(1), 34–42.

Wollenberg Valero, K.C., J. Garcia-Porta, A. Rodríguez, M. Arias, A. Shah, R.D. Randrianiaina, J.L. Brown, F. Glaw, F. Amat, S. Künzel, D. Metzler, R.D. Isokpehi & M. Vences (2017) Transcriptomic and macroevolutionary evidence for phenotypic uncoupling between frog life history phases.. Nature Communications 8: 15213.

Pous, P de., Simó-Riudalbas, S., Els, J., Jayasinghe, S., Amat, F. & Carranza, C. (2016) Phylogeny and biogeography of Arabian populations of the Persian Horned Viper Pseudocerastes persicus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854).. Zoology in the Middle East 62 (3): 242, DOI:10.1080/09397140.2016.1202896.

de Pous, P., Montori, A., Amat, F. & Sanuy, D. (2015) Range contraction and loss of genetic variation of the Pyrenean endemic newt Calotriton asper due to climate change. Regional Environmental Change. doi: 10.1007/s10113-015-0804-3

Roitberg, E.S., Eplanova, G.V., Kotenko, T.I., Amat, F., Carretero, M.A., Kuranova, V.N, Bulaknova, N.A., Zinenko, O.I. & Yakovlev, V.A. (2015) Geographic variation of life-history traits in the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis: testing Darwin’s fecundity-advantage hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Volume 28, Issue 3, pages 613–629. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12594.

Amat F, Oromí N, Sanuy D, and Carranza S. (2015) Sexual dimorphism and age structure of the Montseny newt (Calotriton arnoldi). Amphibia-Reptilia 36: 245-252

Vences, M., P. de Pous, V. Nicolas, J. Díaz-Rodríguez, D. Donaire, K. Hugemann, J. S. Hauswaldt, F. Amat, J.A.M. Barnestein, S. Bogaerts, A. Bouazza, S. Carranza, P. Galán, J. P. González de la Vega, U. Joger, A. Lansari, E.H. El Mouden, A. Ohler, D. Sanuy, T. Slimani, M. Tejedo. (2014) New insights on phylogeography and distribution of painted frogs (Discoglossus) in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.. Amphibia-Reptilia 35, 305-320.

Badiane, A., Garcia-Porta, J., Cervenka, J., Kratochvil, L., Sindaco, R., Robinson, M.D., Morales, H., Mazuch, T., Price, T., Amat, F., Shobrak, M.Y., Wilms, T., Simó-Riudalbas, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Papenfuss, T.J., Cluchier, A., Viglione, J. & Carranza, S. (2014) Phylogenetic relationships of Semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris.. Zootaxa 3835(1), 33-58.

Amat, F., Carranza, S., Valbuena-Ureña, E. & Carbonell, F. (2014) Saving the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi) from extinction: an assessment of eight years of research and conservation.. FrogLog 111, 55-57.

Oromi, N., Amat, F., Sanuy, D., Carranza, S. (2014) Life history trait differences between a lake and a stream-dwelling population of the Pyrenean brook newt (Calotriton asper).. Amphibia-Reptilia 35, 53-62

Martínez-Silvestre, A., Amat, F., Carranza, S. (2014) Natural incidence of body abnormalities in the Montseny newt, Calotriton arnoldi Carranza and Amat, 2005.. Herpetology Notes 7, 277-279

Amat, F.,Wollenberg, K. C., Vences M. (2013) Correlates of eye colour and pattern in mantellid frogs.. Salamandra 49, 7-17

Valbuena-Ureña E., Amat F., Carranza, S. (2013) Integrative Phylogeography of Calotriton Newts (Amphibia, Salamandridae), with Special Remarks on the Conservation of the Endangered Montseny Brook Newt (Calotriton arnoldi). PLoS ONE 8(6): e62542.

Martínez-Silvestre, A., Amat, F., Bargalló, F., Carranza, S. (2011) Incidence of pigmented skin tumors in a population of wild Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47(2), 410-414

Amat, F., Oromí, N., Sanuy, D. (2010) Body size, population size, and age structure of adult Palmate Newts (Lissotriton helveticus) in Pyrenean lakes. Journal of Herpetology 44 (2), 313-319

Romano A, Amat F, Rivera X, Sotgiu G, Carranza S. (2010) Evidence of tail autotomy in the European plethodontid Hydromantes (Atylodes) genei (Temmick and Schlegel, 1838) (Amphibia: Urodela: Plethodontidae). Acta Herpetologica 5, 199-205

Amat, F., Pérez-Mellado, V., Hernández-Estévez, J. A., García Díez, T. (2008) Dietary strategy of a Pyrenean lizard, Iberolacerta aurelioi, living in a poor resources alpine environment. Amphibia-Reptilia, 29 (3), 329-336

Amat, F. (2008) Exploring female reproductive tactics: trade-offs between clutch size, egg mass and newborn size in lacertid lizards. The Herpetological Journal, 18, (3), 147-153

Carranza, S., Amat, F. (2005) Taxonomy, biogeography and evolution of Euproctus (Amphibia: Salamandridae), with the resurrection of the genus Calotriton and the description of a new endemic species from the Iberian Peninsula. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145, 555 - 582

Carranza, S., Arnold, E. N., Amat, F. (2004) DNA phylogeny of Lacerta (Iberolacerta) and other lacertine lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae): did competition cause long-term mountain restriction?. Systematics and Biodiversity 2 (1), 57 -77

Amat, F. (2004) Analysis of the morphological variation of Vipera latastei: Taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(3), 198 -202

Amat, F. A., Llorente, G. A., Carretero, M. A. (2003) A preliminary study on thermal ecology, activity times and microhabitat use of Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Pyrenees. Folia Zoologica 52 (4), 413 - 422

Amat, F. A., Llorente, G. A., Carretero, M. A. (2000) Reproductive cycle of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) in its southwestern range. Amphibia - Reptilia 21, 463 - 476