Petros Lymberakis

Petros Lymberakis, Greek herpetologist.

• Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Irakleio, Crete, Greece.

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• 2 taxon names authored by Petros Lymberakis

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• Poulakakis, N., Mylonas, M., Lymberakis, P. & Fassoulas, C. 2002. Origin and the taxonomy of the fossil elephants of the island of Crete (Greece): Problems and perspectives. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186: 163–183. Reference page. 

• Lymberakis, P., Mylonas, M. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2003. Altitudinal variation of Oniscidean communities on Cretan mountains. Biology of terrestrial isopods 5: 217–230. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Antoniou, A., Chalkia, D., Zouros, E., Mylonas, M. & Valakos, E.D. 2003. Molecular phylogeny and paleogeographic implications of Southern Greek populations of Podarcis erhardii and Podarcis peloponnesiaca (Sauria, Lacertidae) based on partial mtDNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 38–46. Reference page. 

• Mantziou, G., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Valakos, E.D. & Mylonas, M. 2004. The inter- and intraspecific status of Aegean Mauremys rivulata (Chelonia, Bataguridae) as inferred mitochondrial DNA sequences. Herpetological journal 14: 35–45. Reference page. 

• Chatzaki, M., Lymberakis, P., Markakis, G. & Mylonas, M. 2005. The distribution of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) along the altitudinal gradient of Crete, Greece: species richness, activity and altitudinal range. Journal of Biogeography 32: 813–831. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.006 Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Paragamian, K. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Isolation and amplification of shrew DNA from Barn Owl pellets. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85(3): 331–340. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Valakos, E.D., Pafilis, P., Zouros, E. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogeography of Balkan wall lizard (Podarcis taurica) and its relatives inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 14(8): 2433–2443. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitabelii (Sauria: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 245–256. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Valakos, E.D., Zouros, E. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Podarcis species from the Balkan Peninsula, by bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 845–857. Reference page. 

• Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Lymberakis, P., Mylonas, M. & et al. 2006. Ancient DNA forces reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids. Biology Letters 22(2/3): 451–454. Reference page. 

• Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Manthalou, G., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2007. Mitochondrial phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(1): 115–125. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Lymberakis, P., Mylonas, M., Zouros, E., Reese, D., Glaberman, S. & Caccone, A. 2007. It remains a mammoth DNA fragment. A reply to Binladen et al. 2006. and Orlando et al. 2006. Biology Letters 3: 60–63. Reference page. 

• Kapli, P., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Mantziou, G., Parmakelis, A. & Mylonas, M. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: Another case of paraphyly? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(1): 102–110. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.016 Reference page. 
• Kyriazi, P., Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Crochet, P.A., Moravec, J., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A., Mylonas, M. & Lymberakis, P. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA reveals the genealogical history of the snake-eyed lizards (Ophisops elegans and O. occidentalis) (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 795–805. Reference page. 
• Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Valakos, E. & Mylonas, M. 2008. Two new species of Podarcis (Squamata; Lacertidae) from Greece. Systematics and Biodiversity 6(3): 307–318. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200008002727 Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Pakaki, V., Mylonas, M. & Lymberakis, P. 2008. Molecular Phylogeny of the Greek legless skink Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Squamata: Scincidae): The impact of the Mid-Aegean trench in its phylogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 396–402. Reference page. 

• Chatzaki, M., Lymberakis, P., Mitov, P. & Mylonas, M. 2009. Phenology of Opiliones on an altitudinal gradient on Lefka Ori Mountains, Crete, Greece. Journal of Arachnology 37: 139–146. Reference page. 

• Gvoždík, V., Jandzík, D., Lymberakis, P., Jablonski, D., Moravec, J. 2010. Slow Worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Genetic structure reveals deep divergences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(2): 460–472. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.007 Reference page. 

• Garcia-Porta, J., Litvinchuk, S.N., Crochet, P.-A., Romano, A., Géniez, P., Lo-Valvo, M., Lymberakis, P. & Carranza, S. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the West-Palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(1): 113–130. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.019 Reference page. 
• Stöck, M., Dufresnes, C., Litvinchuk, S.N., Lymberakis, P., Biollay, S., Berroneau, M., Borzée, A., Ghali, K., Ogielska, M. & Perrin, N. 2012. Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: Postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla arborea group). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(1): 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.014 Reference page. 

• Mezzasalma, M., Dall’Asta, A., Loy, A., Cheylan, M., Lymberakis, P., Zuffi, M.A.L., Tomović, L., Odierna, G. & Guarino, F.M. 2015. A sisters’ story: a multidisciplinary study on the comparative phylogeography and taxonomy of Hierophis viridiflavus and H. gemonensis (Serpentes, Colubridae). Zoologica Scripta 44(5): 495–508. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12115 Reference page. 

• Freitas, S., Vavakou, A., Arakelyan, M., Drovetski, S.V., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Kidov, A.A., Cogălniceanu, D., Corti, C., Lymberakis, P., Harris, D.J. & Carretero, M.A. 2016. Cryptic diversity and unexpected evolutionary patterns in the meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834). Systematics and Biodiversity 14(2): 184–197. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2015.1111267 Reference page. 
• Skourtanioti, E., Kapli, P., Ilgaz, C., Kumlutaş, Y., Avcı, A., Ahmadzadeh, F., Crnobrnja-Isailović́, J., Gherghel, I., Lymberakis, P. & Poulakakis, N. 2016. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 199–214. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.005 Reference page. 

• Šmíd, J., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Štundl, J., Frynta, D., Lymberakis P., Kapli, P., Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Shobrak, M., Yousefkhani, S.H., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Castilla, A.M., Els, J. & Mayer, W. 2017. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta 46(6): 649–664. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12254 Reference page. 

• Kornilios, P., Kumlutaş, Y., Lymberakis, P. & Ilgaz, Ç. 2018. Cryptic diversity and molecular systematics of the Aegean Ophiomorus skinks (Reptilia: Squamata), with the description of a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56(3): 364–381. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12205 Reference page. 

• Thanou, E., Kornilios, P., Lymberakis, P. & Leaché, A.D. 2020. Genomic and mitochondrial evidence of ancient isolations and extreme introgression in the four-lined snake. Current Zoology 66(1): 99–111. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoz018 Reference page.