SCIENCE 

In this section you will find some of my contributions to the knowledge and conservation of some species.

 

- Conradie, W., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Becker, F.S., Vaz Pinto, P. & Hauptfleisch, M.L. (2022). Rock island melody remastered: two new species in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group from Angola and Namibia escarpment. Zoosystematics and Evolution (PDF).

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Conradie, W., Baptista, N. L. & Vaz Pinto, P. (2022). A new species of feather-tailed leaf-toed gecko, Kolekanos Heinicke, Daza, Greenbaum, Jackman, Bauer, 2014 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the poorly explored savannah of western Angola. Zookeys, 1127: 91–116 (PDF).

- Conradie, W., Keates, C., Baptista, N. L. & Lobón-Rovira, J. (2022). Taxonomical review of Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915 (Elapoidea, Prosymnidae) with the description of two new species. Zookeys, 1121: 97-143 (PDF).

- Sanchez-Vialas, A., Wong, E., Garcia-Anton, P. & Lobón-Rovira, J. (2022). Scincopus fasciatus (Peter's Banded Skink) reproductive biology. Herpetology Review 53(2): 252–253 (PDF).

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Rocha, S.,Gower, D. J., Perera, A. & Harris, D. J. (2022). The unexpected gecko: A new cryptic species within Urocotyledon inexpectata (Stejneger, 1893) from the northern granitic Seychelles. Zootaxa 5150 (4): 556–578 (PDF).

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Conradie, W., Vaz Pinto, P., Keates, C., Edwards, S., Du Plessis, A. & Branch, W.R. (2022). Systematic revision of Afrogecko ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Angola. Zootaxa 5124 (4): 401–430 (PDF).

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Vaz Pinto, P., Becker, F. S., Tolley, K. A., Measey, J., Bennet, B., Boon, B., de Sá S. & Conradie, W. (2022). An updated herpetofaunal species inventory of Iona National Park in southwestern Angola. Check List 18 (2): 289–231. (PDF).

- Lobón-Rovira, J. & Bauer, A. M. (2021). Bone-by-bone: A detailed skull description of White-headed dwarf gecko Lygodactylus picturatus (Peters, 1870). African Journal of Herpetology. 70(2): 75–94 (PDF).

- Vaz Pinto, P., Conradie, W., Becker, F., & Lobón-Rovira, J. (2021). Updated distribution of Kolekanus plumicaudus (Sauria: Gekkonidae), with some annotation on its natural history. Herpetology Notes. 14: 1207-1212.   (PDF)

- Conradie, W., Ferreira, R., Vaz Pinto, P., & Lobón-Rovira, J. (2021). Updated geographic distribution of Rhamnophis aethiopissa (Squamata: Colubridae) for Angola, with comments on diet. Herpetology Notes. 14: 1105-1109.   (PDF)

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Conradie, W., Buckley Iglesias, D. , Ernst, R., Baptista, N. & Vaz Pinto, P. (2021). Between sand, rocks and branches: integrative taxonomic revision of Angolan Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 unveil morphological variability, with description of four new species and one candidate new species. Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 465-501.   (PDF)

- Belluardo, F., Diaz Quiros, D., Lobón-Rovira, J., Rosa, G. M., Rasoazanany, M., Andreonde, F. & Crottini, A. (2021). Uncovering the herpetological diversity of small forest fragments in south-eastern Madagascar (Haute Matsiatra). Zoosystematics & Evolution, 97(2): 315–343.  (PDF)

- Belluardo, F., Rosa, G. M., Andreone, F., Courtois, E. A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Nussbaum, R. A., Raselimanana, M., Rasoazanany, M., Raxworthy, C. & Crottini, A. (2021). Extending the known distribution of Nicosia’s chameleon, Furcifer nicosiai Jesu, Mattioli & Schimmenti, 1999 (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Herpetology Notes, 14: 455-460. (PDF)

- García Antón, P., Lobón-Rovira, J., López Bosch, D., Torres-Riera, A., Barrio-Amorós, C. & Sánchez-Vialas , A. (2021). The westernmost record of Chalcides boulengeri Anderson 1892: an overlooked species in the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Herpetology Notes, 14: 415-420. (PDF)

- Branch, W. R., Schmitz, A., Baptista, N. L., António, T., Lobón-Rovira, J. & Conradie, W. (2021). Rock Island melody: a revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with the description of four new endemic species for Angola. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 97(1): 55-82. (PDF)

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Belluardo, F., Rasoazanany, M., Rosa, G. M. & Crottini, A. (2020). Canopy chameleon (Furcifer willsii) consumption by common big-eyed snake (Mimophis mahfalensis) in Fivahona forest, eastern Madagascar. Malagasy Nature, 14: 76-78. (PDF)

- Valdecasas, A. G., Lobón-Rovira, J. & Marin, M. (2020). A new species of the Piona nodonata complex (Acari, Hidrachnidia)from the Iberian Peninsula. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 37: 153-158. (PDF)

- Conradie, W., Keates, C., Lobón-Rovira, J., Vaz Pinto, P., Verburgt, L., Baptista, N. L., Harvey, J. & Júlio, T. (2020). New insights into the taxonomical status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940). African Zoology, 55(4): 311-322 (PDF).

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Belluardo, F., Crottini, A., & Rosa, G. M. (2019). Territorial behaviour in Oplurus grandidieri (Mocquard, 1900), a rock dwelling lizard from Madagascar. Herpetology Notes. 12: 783-786. (PDF)

- Salazar-Zúñiga, J. A., Chaves-Acuña, W., Chaves, G., Acuña, A., Abarca-Odio, J. I., Lobon-Rovira, J., Gomez-Mendez, E., Gutiérrez-Vannucchi, A. C., & Bolaños, F. (2019). The most frog-diverse place in Middle America, with notes on the conservation status of eight threatened species of amphibians. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 13(2): 304-322. (PDF)

- Alfaya, P., Casanovas, J. G., Lobón-Rovira, J., Matallanas, B., Cruz, A., Arana, P., & Alonso, G. (2019). Using MaxEnt algorithm to assess habitat suitability of a potential Iberian lynx population in central Iberian Peninsula. Community Ecology, 20(3): 266-276. (PDF)

- Cruz, A., Matallanas, B., Lobón-Rovira, J., Casanovas, J. G., Alonso, G., & Arana, P. (2019). Double specific nested PCR and diagnostic SNP assay for species identification in lynx fecal critical samples. Conservation Genetics Resources, 11(2): 173-175.  (PDF)

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Casanovas, J. G., Alfaya, P., Matallanas, B., Cruz, A., Arana, P., & Alonso, G. (2017). The Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Central Spain: How to use anecdotal occurence data and molecular scatology to find a "lost population". Master's Thesis (Request)

 

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Conradie, W., Buckley Iglesias, D. , Ernst, R., Baptista, N. & Vaz Pinto, P. (2021). Unsystematic species descriptions without large series of specimens or well supported genetic analysis may lead to taxonomic misidentification. XVI Iberian Congress of Herpetology. Poster presentation. Lisbon, Portugal, December, 2021.

- Sánchez-Vialas, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Enriquez-Urzelai, U., García- París, M. & Recuero, E. (2019). Is ecological niche evolution influencing distribution boundaries across species of the giant blister beetle Berberomeloe?. TIBE 2019. Poster presentation. CIBIO, Portugal, December, 2019.

- Belluardo, F., Diaz-Quiros, D., Lobón-Rovira, J., Rosa, G.M., Rasoazanany, M., Andreone, F. & Crottini, A. (2019). Characterization of the herpetological diversity of the Andringitra Massif (South-East Madagascar). 20th European Congress of Herpetology. Oral presentation. Università Statale di Milano, Milan, September, 2019.

- Lobón-Rovira, J. (2019). A proposal to study the Systematics and Evolution of Southern Africa Dwarf Geckos (genus Lygodactylus Gray, 1864). BIODIV Meeting 2019. Poster presentation. CIBIO, Portugal, January, 2019.

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Cruz Varona, A., Matallanas, B., Casanovas, J.G., Alfaya, P., Alonso, G., Arana, P. (2017). PCR anidada doble específica y detección de SNPs diagnóstico para la identificación de especie en muestras fecales de lince. XII Congreso SECEM. Poster presentation. Guadalajara, Spain, December, 2017.

- Alfaya-Herbello, P., Lobón-Rovira, J., Matallanas Peñas, B., Cruz Varona, A., Casanovas J. G., Arana Montes, P., Alonso Campos G. (2017). Nuevos resultados sobre el hábitat y distribución del lince en la Comunidad de Madrid. XXII Congreso Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Poster presentation. Coimbra, Portugal, September, 2017.

- Lobón-Rovira, J., Arana, P., Casanovas, J., Alonso, G. (2015). El Lince Ibérico (Lynx pardinus Temminck, 1827) en la Comunidad de Madrid. XII Congreso SECEM. Poster presentation. 2015.