Aziz Avcı
Aziz Avcı, Turkish herpetologist.
- Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, Aydýn, Turkey.
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Publications
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2007
[edit]- Olgun, K., Avcı, A., Ilgaz, Ç., Üzüm, N. & Yılmaz, C. 2007. A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 1399: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
2009
[edit]- Özdemir, N. Üzüm, N., Avcı, A. & Olgun, K. 2009. Phylogeny of Neurergus crocatus and Neurergus strauchii in Turkey based on morphological and molecular data. Herpetologica 65(3): 280–291. DOI: 10.1655/07-047R2.1
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2011
[edit]- Torki, F., Ahmadzadeh, F., Ilgaz, Ç., Avcı, A. & Kumlutaş, Y. 2011. Description of four new Asaccus Dixon and Anderson, 1973 (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) from Iran and Turkey. Amphibia-Reptilia 32(2): 185–202. DOI: 10.1163/017353711X556998
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2013
[edit]- Jandzík, D., Avcı, A. & Gvoždík, V. 2013. Incongruence between taxonomy and genetics: three divergent lineages within two subspecies of the rare Transcaucasian Rat Snake (Zamenis hohenackeri). Amphibia-Reptilia 34(4): 579–584. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002911 Reference page.
- Arribas, O., Ilgaz, Ç., Kumlutaş, Y., Durmuş, S.H., Avcı, A. & Üzüm, N. 2013. External morphology and osteology of Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886), with a taxonomic revision of the Pontic and Small-Caucasus populations (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 3626(4): 401–428. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.1 Reference page.
2024
[edit]- Hendrix, R., Fleck, J., Schneider, W., Schneider, C., Geller, D., Avcı, A., Olgun, K. & Steinfartz, S. 2014. First comprehensive insights into nuclear and mitochondrial DNA based population structure of Near east mountain brook newts (Salamandridae: genus Neurergus) suggest the resurrection of Neurergus derjugini. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 173–187. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002939 Reference page.
2015
[edit]- Avcı, A., Ilgaz, Ç., Rajabizadeh, M., Yılmaz, C., Üzüm, N., Adriaens, D., Kumlutaş, Y. & Olgun, K. 2015. Molecular Phylogeny and Micro CT-Scanning Revealed Extreme Cryptic Biodiversity in Kukri Snake, Muhtarophis gen. nov., a New Genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 159–174. Abstract and Full article (PDF) Reference page.
2016
[edit]- Olgun, K., Avcı, A., Bozkurt, E., Üzüm, N., Olgun, H. & Ilgaz, Ç. 2016. A new subspecies of Anatolia Newt, Neurergus strauchii (Steindachner, 1887) (Urodela: Salamandridae), from Tuncili, eastern Turkey. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 271–277. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2016-23-4-271-277 [nonfunctional]
Reference page. - Rajabizadeh, M., Nagy, Z.T., Adriaens, D., Avcı, A., Masroor, R., Schmidtler, J., Nazarov, R., Esmaeili, H.R. & Christiaens, J. 2016. Alpine-Himalayan orogeny drove correlated morphological, molecular, and ecological diversification in the Persian dwarf snake (Squamata: Serpentes: Eirenis persicus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(4): 878–913. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12342 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.
- Stümpel, N., Rajabizadeh, M., Avcı, A., Wüster, W. & Joger, U. 2016. Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al., 2001) triggered by multiple Plio–Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the Near and Middle East. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 336–351. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.025 Reference page.
2019
[edit]- Jablonski, D., Kukushkin, O.V., Avcı, A., Bunyatova, S., Kumlutaş, Y., Ilgaz, Ç., Polyakova, E., Shiryaev, K., Tuniyev, B. & Jandzík, D. 2019. The biogeography of Elaphe sauromates (Pallas, 1814), with a description of a new rat snake species. PeerJ 7: e6944. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6944 Reference page.
- Üzüm, N., Avcı, A., Olgun, K., Bülbül, U., Fahrbach, M., Litvinchuk, S.N. & Wielstra, B. 2019. Cracking cryptic species: external characters to distinguish two recently recognized banded newt species (Ommatotriton ophryticus and O. nesterovi). Salamandra 55(2): 131–134. PDF Reference page.
2022
[edit]- Karameta, E., Lymberakis, P., Grillitsch, H., Ilgaz, Ç., Avcı, A., Kumlutaş, Y., Candan, K., Wagner, P., Sfenthourakis, S., Pafilis, P. & Poulakakis, N. 2022. The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1): 195–219. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab107 Reference page.
2023
[edit]- Kalaentzis, K., Arntzen, J.W., Avcı, A., van den Berg, V., Beukema, W., France, J., Olgun, K., van Riemsdijk, I., Üzüm, N., de Visser, M.C. & Wielstra, B. 2023. Hybrid zone analysis confirms cryptic species of banded newt and does not support competitive displacement since secondary contact. Ecology and Evolution 13(9): e10442. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10442 Reference page.
2025
[edit]- Bozkurt, E., Kurnaz, M., Avcı, A., Şahin, M.K., Üzüm, N. & Olgun, K. 2025. First evidence of the genetic structure of Neurergus strauchii munzurensis. Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity 9(2): 152–161. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15511406 Reference page.
- Koster, S., Polanen, R., Avcı, A., Bogaerts, S., Bozkurt, E., Goudarzi, F., Hemami, M.-R., Olgun, K., Pasmans, F., Steinfartz, S., Üzüm, N., Visser, M., France, J., Theodoropoulos, A. & Wielstra, B. 2025. Discordance between phylogenomic methods in Near Eastern mountain newts (Neurergus, Salamandridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 211: 108386. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108386 Reference page.