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h-index: 45
Works: 254
Citations: 7,673

Most-cited papers

Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble.
Craig B. Stanford, J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk +47 more
2020Current Biology355 citations Open access
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Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
A. Rhodin, Craig B. Stanford, P. V. van Dijk, C. Eisemberg +53 more
2018Chelonian Conservation and Biology263 citations Open access
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Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)
A. Rhodin, J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz +3 more
2017254 citations
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Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation
S. Thomson, R. Pyle, S. Ahyong, M. Alonso-Zarazaga +180 more
2018PLoS Biology241 citations Open access
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Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica
J. Speybroeck, W. Beukema, C. Dufresnes, U. Fritz +8 more
2020Amphibia-Reptilia221 citations Open access
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Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species
Carolin Kindler, M. Chèvre, S. Ursenbacher, W. Böhme +4 more
2017Scientific Reports93 citations Open access
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Funding, training, permits—the three big challenges of taxonomy
R. Britz, Anna K. Hundsdörfer, U. Fritz
202086 citations Open access
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Tropical ancient DNA reveals relationships of the extinct Bahamian giant tortoise Chelonoidis alburyorum
C. Kehlmaier, A. Barlow, Alexander K. Hastings, M. Vamberger +6 more
2017Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences73 citations Open access
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Biogeography of Italy revisited: genetic lineages confirm major phylogeographic patterns and a pre-Pleistocene origin of its biota
T. Schmitt, U. Fritz, M. Delfino, W. Ulrich +1 more
2021Frontiers in Zoology52 citations Open access
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Stable Cretaceous sex chromosomes enable molecular sexing in softshell turtles (Testudines: Trionychidae)
M. Rovatsos, P. Praschag, U. Fritz, Lukáš Kratochvšl
2017Scientific Reports47 citations Open access
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Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression
C. Kehlmaier, Xiu-Wen Zhang, A. Georges, Patrick D. Campbell +2 more
2019Scientific Reports43 citations Open access
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Mitochondrial ghost lineages blur phylogeography and taxonomy of Natrix helvetica and N. natrix in Italy and Corsica
N. Schultze, Cäcilia Spitzweg, C. Corti, M. Delaugerre +15 more
2020Zoologica Scripta41 citations Open access
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Millennium-old farm breeding of Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus spp.) results in massive erosion of biodiversity
S. Gong, M. Vamberger, M. Auer, P. Praschag +1 more
2018SCIENCE NATURE40 citations
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Phylogeography and taxonomy of the barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica), with a discussion of the subspecies category in zoology
Carolin Kindler, U. Fritz
2018Vertebrate zoology38 citations Open access
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Expansion after expansion: dissecting the phylogeography of the widely distributed spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca (Testudines: Testudinidae)
E. Graciá, Mario Vargas-Ramírez, M. Delfino, J. Anadón +5 more
201736 citations
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It takes two to tango – Phylogeography, taxonomy and hybridization in grass snakes and dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae: Natrix natrix, N. tessellata)
Marika Asztalos, Dinçer Ayaz, Yusuf Bayrakcı, M. Afsar +4 more
2021Vertebrate zoology30 citations Open access
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Genomic analyses reveal two species of the matamata (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus spp.) and clarify their phylogeography.
Mario Vargas-Ramírez, S. Caballero, Mónica A Morales-Betancourt, C. Lasso +8 more
2020Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution30 citations
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A new species of Pelodiscus from northeastern Indochina (Testudines, Trionychidae)
B. Farkas, T. Ziegler, C. Pham, A. Ong +1 more
2019ZooKeys30 citations Open access
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Ancient mitogenomics clarifies radiation of extinct Mascarene giant tortoises (Cylindraspis spp.)
C. Kehlmaier, E. Graciá, Patrick D. Campbell, M. Hofmeyr +4 more
2019Scientific Reports30 citations Open access
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Extra-Mediterranean glacial refuges in barred and common grass snakes (Natrix helvetica, N. natrix)
Carolin Kindler, E. Graciá, U. Fritz
2018Scientific Reports30 citations Open access
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Phylogeography of the Ibero-Maghrebian red-eyed grass snake (Natrix astreptophora)
Carolin Kindler, Philip de Pous, S. Carranza, Menad Beddek +2 more
2018Organisms Diversity & Evolution29 citations
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Citizen Science, taxonomy and grass snakes: iNaturalist helps to clarify variation of coloration and pattern in Natrix natrix subspecies
U. Fritz, F. Ihlow
2022Vertebrate zoology28 citations Open access
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Sex is determined by XX/XY sex chromosomes in Australasian side-necked turtles (Testudines: Chelidae)
Sofia Mazzoleni, Barbora Augstenová, Lorenzo Clemente, M. Auer +6 more
2020Scientific Reports28 citations Open access
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Turtles of the genera Geoemyda and Pangshura (Testudines: Geoemydidae) lack differentiated sex chromosomes: the end of a 40-year error cascade for Pangshura
Sofia Mazzoleni, Barbora Augstenová, Lorenzo Clemente, M. Auer +6 more
2019PeerJ27 citations Open access
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Complex hybridization patterns in European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in the Pyrenean Region
Julia Pöschel, Botond Heltai, E. Graciá, M. F. Quintana +6 more
2018Scientific Reports24 citations Open access
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Diversity of North American map and sawback turtles (Testudines: Emydidae: Graptemys)
P. Praschag, F. Ihlow, M. Flecks, M. Vamberger +1 more
201724 citations
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Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises
C. Kehlmaier, N. Albury, D. Steadman, E. Graciá +2 more
2021Scientific Reports23 citations Open access
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Genetic diversity and Quaternary range dynamics in Iranian and Transcaucasian tortoises
Hossein Javanbakht, F. Ihlow, D. Jablonski, P. Široký +4 more
201723 citations
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The enigmatic Crimean green lizard ( Lacerta viridis magnifica ) is extinct but not valid: Mitogenomics of a 120‐year‐old museum specimen reveals historical introduction
C. Kehlmaier, O. Zinenko, U. Fritz
2020Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research22 citations Open access
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western Indian Ocean giant tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from Madagascar
C. Kehlmaier, E. Graciá, J. Ali, Patrick D. Campbell +8 more
2023Science Advances20 citations Open access
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Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles upside down
Mario Vargas-Ramírez, C. D. del Valle, Claudia P Ceballos, U. Fritz
201720 citations Open access
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Interstitial Telomeric Repeats Are Rare in Turtles
Lorenzo Clemente, Sofia Mazzoleni, Eleonora Pensabene Bellavia, Barbora Augstenová +8 more
2020Genes19 citations Open access
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How often do they do it? An in-depth analysis of the hybrid zone of two grass snake species (Natrix astreptophora and Natrix helvetica)
Marika Asztalos, N. Schultze, F. Ihlow, P. Geniez +6 more
202019 citations
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Climate and patterns of body size variation in the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis
J. Joos, M. Kirchner, M. Vamberger, M. Kaviani +3 more
201719 citations
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Dermacentor reticulatus - a tick on its way from glacial refugia to a panmictic Eurasian population.
B. Bilbija, Cäcilia Spitzweg, I. Papoušek, U. Fritz +30 more
2022International Journal of Parasitology18 citations Open access
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Unexpected hybridization patterns in Near Eastern terrapins (Mauremys caspica, M. rivulata) indicate ancient gene flow across the Fertile Crescent
M. Vamberger, H. Stuckas, Mario Vargas-Ramírez, C. Kehlmaier +5 more
201718 citations
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Human-mediated secondary contact of two tortoise lineages results in sex-biased introgression
E. Graciá, R. C. Rodríguez-Caro, A. Andreu, U. Fritz +2 more
2017Scientific Reports17 citations Open access
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Channa kelaartii, a valid species of dwarf snakehead from Sri Lanka and southern peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae)
Hiranya Sudasinghe, R. Pethiyagoda, M. Meegaskumbura, K. Maduwage +2 more
202016 citations
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Distribution and hybridisation of barred and common grass snakes (Natrix helvetica, N. natrix) in Baden-Württemberg, South-western Germany
N. Schultze, Hubert Laufer, Carolin Kindler, U. Fritz
2019Herpetozoa15 citations Open access
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Transalpine dispersal: Italian barred grass snakes in southernmost Bavaria—This far but no further!
Marika Asztalos, F. Glaw, M. Franzen, Carolin Kindler +1 more
2021Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research14 citations Open access
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Conservation genetics of the northern river terrapin (Batagur baska) breeding project using a microsatellite marker system
Cäcilia Spitzweg, P. Praschag, Shannon Diruzzo, U. Fritz
201814 citations
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Genomics reveals broad hybridization in deeply divergent Palearctic grass and water snakes (Natrix spp.).
Yannis Schöneberg, Sven Winter, O. Arribas, Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola +6 more
2023Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution13 citations Open access
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Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang amp; Fang, 1991).
S. Gong, U. Fritz, M. Vamberger, Yang-Chun Gao +1 more
2022Zootaxa13 citations Open access
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Stand out from the Crowd: Small-Scale Genetic Structuring in the Endemic Sicilian Pond Turtle
L. Vecchioni, F. Marrone, M. Arculeo, U. Fritz +1 more
2020Diversity13 citations Open access
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Molecular phylogeny of Eremias spp. from Pakistan contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of racerunners
M. A. Khan, D. Jablonski, M. Nadeem, Rafaqat Masroor +3 more
2020Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research13 citations Open access
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The origin of orbitotemporal diversity in lepidosaurs: insights from tuatara chondrocranial anatomy
I. Werneburg, O. Yaryhin, U. Fritz
201913 citations
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In quest of contact: phylogeography of helmeted terrapins (Pelomedusa galeata, P. subrufa sensu stricto)
M. Vamberger, M. Hofmeyr, F. Ihlow, U. Fritz
2018PeerJ13 citations Open access
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Aliens in the Netherlands: local genetic pollution of barred grass snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae)
Marika Asztalos, B. Wielstra, Richard P. J. H. Struijk, Dinçer Ayaz +1 more
202112 citations
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Origins of Galápagos’ land-locked vertebrates: what, whence, when, how?
J. Ali, U. Fritz
2021Biological Journal of the Linnean Society11 citations Open access
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Hybridisation between turtle subspecies: a case study with the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
Matthieu Raemy, U. Fritz, M. Cheylan, S. Ursenbacher
2017Conservation Genetics10 citations
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