Weak divergence among African, Malagasy and Seychellois hinged terrapins (Pelusios castanoides, P. subniger) and evidence for human-mediated oversea dispersal

Phylogenetic position of Pelusios williamsi and a critique of current GenBank procedures (Reptilia: Testudines: Pelomedusidae)

(2012) Uwe Fritz et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Genetic rediscovery of an ‘extinct’ Galápagos giant tortoise species

(2012) Ryan C. Garrick et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae)

(2012) Carolin Kindler et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Spatial and temporal arrival patterns of Madagascar's vertebrate fauna explained by distance, ocean currents, and ancestor type

(2012) K. E. Samonds et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vertebrate time-tree elucidates the biogeographic pattern of a major biotic change around the K-T boundary in Madagascar

(2012) A. Crottini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unravelling the peculiarities of island life: vicariance, dispersal and the diversification of the extinct and extant giant Galápagos tortoises

(2011) NIKOS POULAKAKIS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Reconstructing the colonisation and diversification history of the endemic freshwater crab (Seychellum alluaudi) in the granitic and volcanic Seychelles Archipelago

(2011) Savel R. Daniels   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

raxmlGUI: a graphical front-end for RAxML

(2011) Daniele Silvestro et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Assessment of mtDNA genetic diversity within the terrapins Pelusios subniger and Pelusios castanoides across the Seychelles islands

(2010) Andreia Silva et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Is the imperilled spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) native in Sardinia? Implications from population genetics and for conservation

(2010) Melita Vamberger et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Eastward from Africa: palaeocurrent-mediated chameleon dispersal to the Seychelles islands

(2010) T. M. Townsend et al.   Biology Letters

When Indian crabs were not yet Asian - biogeographic evidence for Eocene proximity of India and Southeast Asia

(2010) Sebastian Klaus et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Gene flow across secondary contact zones of the Emys orbicularis complex in the Western Mediterranean and evidence for extinction and re-introduction of pond turtles on Corsica and Sardinia (Testudines: Emydidae)

(2010) Inken Pedall et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Deep genealogical lineages in the widely distributed African helmeted terrapin: Evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa subrufa)

(2010) Mario Vargas-Ramírez et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny and biogeography of tropical carnivorous land-snails (Pulmonata: Streptaxoidea) with particular reference to East Africa and the Indian Ocean

(2010) Ben Rowson et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Kritischer Typen-Katalog der Schildkrötensammlung (Reptilia: Testudines) des Zoologischen Museums Berlin

(2010) Uwe Fritz et al.   Zoosystematics and Evolution

Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe

(2009) Uwe Fritz et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Age of Seychelles–India break-up

(2008) J.S. Collier et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Role of Geography and Ecological Opportunity in the Diversification of Day Geckos (Phelsuma)

(2008) Luke J. Harmon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY