Pavel Široký

TL;DR: Although great strides have been made in knowledge of the eco-epidemiology of this species, several gaps still need to be filled with basic research, targeting possible reservoir and vector roles and the key factors resulting in the observed geographical spread of D. reticulatus.

TL;DR: Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni) has a rare natural distribution pattern comprising the Mediterranean areas of the Iberian, Apennine, and Balkan Peninsulas, as well as Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia.

TL;DR: All studied populations of the T. graeca complex are conspecific under the Biological Species Concept and there is major incongruence between mtDNA clades and morphologically defined taxa.

TL;DR: Data on mtDNA diversity and distribution of haplotypes are provided, including for the first time data for Armenia, Georgia, Iran, and the Volga, Ural and Turgay River Basins of Russia and Kazakhstan, suggestive of Holocene range expansions on a smaller scale.

TL;DR: The results suggest that Italian and Spanish tortoises were either introduced or originated from trans-oceanic dispersal in historic or prehistoric times and the model of a bipartite east-west differentiation, as proposed for other Maghrebian amphibians and reptiles, may be too simplistic.