Czech herps
Beside our main interest in rather large-scale biogeography and phylogeography of the Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean, we also conduct a research on the Central European (mainly Czech and Slovak) reptiles and amphibians. In collaboration with the team from the Comenius University in Bratislava and National Museum in Prague we study population genetics and morphological variation in the contact zone of two slow-worm species (Anguis fragilis and A. colchica). We also found a unique paedomorphic population of the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic:
Gvoždík V., Javůrková V., Kopecký O., 2013: First evidence of a paedomorphic population of the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) in the Czech Republic. Acta Herpetologica 8 (1): 53–
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Photo gallery …to be completed
Amphibians
Salamandridae
Salamandra salamandra
Lissotriton vulgaris
Lissotriton montandoni
Lissotriton helveticus
Ichthyosaura alpestris
Triturus cristatus
Triturus dobrogicus
Triturus carnifex
Bombinatoridae
Bombina bombina
Bombina variegata
Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus
Hylidae
Hyla arborea
Bufonidae
Bufo bufo
Bufotes viridis
Epidalea calamita
Ranidae
Rana temporaria
Rana dalmatina
Rana arvalis
Pelophylax ridibundus
Pelophylax lessonae
Pelophylax kl. esculentus
Reptiles – check out the book Fauna ČR – Reptilia
Lacertidae
Lacerta agilis
Lacerta viridis
Zootoca vivipara
Podarcis muralis
Anguidae
Anguis fragilis
Anguis colchica
Colubridae – Colubrinae
Coronella austriaca
Zamenis longissimus
Colubridae – Natricinae
Natrix natrix
Natrix tessellata
Viperidae
Vipera berus
Emydidae
Emys orbicularis
