Tuesday, September 19th – Morning

Plenary Lecture: Nikolay Poyarkov: Herpetofaunal diversity and endemism in Indochina: new 08:30 – 09:15 discoveries and biogeographic patterns Chair: Peter Kaufmann Room 1 Room 2 09:20 – 10:40 Session 1a: Population Genetics, Genetic Diversity Session 2a: Anuran Larvae Chair: Peter Mikuliček Chair: Arne Schulze 09:20 – 09:40 Valerija Zakšek, Grega Makovec, Peter Trontelj: Arne Schulze, Jörn Köhler, Stefan Lötters, Bruno Viertel & Secondary contact and limited hybridization of two distinct Michael Veith: Proteus anguinus lineages in the underground of the Hidden treasures: old museum tadpole collections in the Classical Karst light of modern scientific research 09:40 – 10:00 Peter Trontelj, Valerija Zakšek: Jan M. Kaczmarek, Mikołaj Kaczmarski, Janusz Kloskowski: A leap forward in the conservation genetics of Proteus A matter of proportion? Associational effects in tadpole- populations fish predator system 10:00 – 10:20 Alejandro Ibáñez, Molly Bletz, Miguel Vences, Sebastian Veronika Bókony, Zsanett Mikó, Ágnes M. Móricz, Dániel Steinfartz: Krüzselyi, Attila Hettyey: Gut microbial diversity is related to host genetic diversity Chronic exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide makes but is not affected by starvation during an el Niño event in common toad (Bufo bufo) larvae more toxic Galápagos marine iguanas 10:20 – 10:40 Hisanori Okamiya, Hirotaka Sugawara, Tamotsu Kusano: Dóra Holly, Zsanett Mikó, Attila Hettyey: Loss of genetic diversity prevents adaptation at the margin Effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on agile frog (Rana of distribution in a lentic salamander dalmatina) tadpoles exposed to free-ranging predators 10:40 – 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 – 12:30 Session 1b: Population Genetics, Genetic Diversity Session 2b: Anuran Larvae Chair: Peter Mikuliček Chair: Arne Schulze 11:10 – 11:30 Lysenko M., Zinenko O., Joger U.: Hettyey A, Üveges B, Bókony V, Szederkényi M, Mahr K, Genetic diversity of Vipera berus nikolskii and Vipera renardi Móricz ÁM, Drahos L, Capon RJ, Hoi H, Van Buskirk J: in Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia Predator-induced changes in chemical defences of larval common toads (Bufo bufo) 11:30 – 11:50 Zinenko O., Strugariu A., Joger U.: Bálint Üveges, Veronika Bókony, Ágnes M. Móricz, Attila New mitochondrial haplotype from Vipera berus group in Hettyey: Southern Romania Competition induces increased toxin synthesis in tadpoles of the common toad (Bufo bufo) 11:50 – 12:10 Dedukh D, Chmielewska M, Rozenblut-Kościsty B, Kolenda Katharina Ruthsatz, Nikita M. Sabatino, Laura I. Becker, K, Kazmierczak M, Rymin S, Ogielska M, A. Krasikova: Janica Reese, Lisa Hartmann, Kathrin H. Dausmann, Myron Micronuclei include genome eliminated during A. Peck, Julian Glos: gametogenesis of di- and triploid interspecies hybrids from Environmental stress as an endocrine disrupter in Pelophylax esculentus complex tadpoles of Xenopus laevis and Rana temporaria 12:10 – 12:30 Gregorio Sánchez-Montes, Jinliang Wang, Arturo H. Ariño, José L. Vizmanos, Íñigo Martínez-Solano: Applying integrative demography to obtain reliable effective/census size ratios in pond-breeding amphibians 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break Tuesday, September 19th – Afternoon Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 13:45 – 15:05 Session 1c: Population Genetics, Session 3a: Morphology, Anatomy & Viper Specialist Genetic Diversity Physiology Group Workshop Chair: Judit Vörös Chair: Wolfgang Böhme 13:45 – 14:05 Michal Benovics, Daniel Jablonski, Peter Natalia B. Ananjeva & Dmitry A. Gordeev: Chair: Jelka Mikulíček: To the problem of caudal autotomy and Crnobrnja-Isailovic Genetic diversity of Pelophylax species in regeneration in Asian mountain agamas south-western Balkans 14:05 – 14:25 Hossein Javanbakht, Flora Ihlow, Daniel Samantha McCann, Georgia Kosmala, Jablonski, Pavel Široký, Uwe Fritz, Dennis Matthew Greenlees & Richard Shine: Rödder, Mozafar Sharifi, Peter Mikulíček: Physiological plasticity in a successful Genetic diversity and Quaternary range invader: rapid acclimation to cold occurs only dynamics in Iranian and Transcaucasian in cool-climate populations of cane toads tortoises Testudo graeca (Rhinella marina) 14:25 – 14:45 Jonathan Remon, Michel Baguette, Sylvain Stanisław Bury, Mariusz Cichoń, Ulf Moulherat: Bauchinger, Edyta T. Sadowska: Genetic structure of the grass snake (Natrix The effect of thermal acclimation on natrix) and the midwife toad (Alytes metabolic rate, damage load and antioxidant obstetricans) in a landscape fragmented by capacity in the grass snake (Natrix natrix) five large-scale transportation infrastructures 14:45 – 15:05 Cäcilia Spitzweg, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Tijana Vučić, Maša Sibinović, Tanja Vukov, Uwe Fritz, Melita Vamberger: Nataša Tomašević-Kolarov, Milena Phylogeography and population genetics of Cvijanović, Ana Ivanović: the angulate tortoise Chersina angulata Ontogeny of head shape in Triturus newts: geometric morphometric approach 15:05 – 15:35 Coffee Break 15:35 – 17:15 Session 4a: Phylogeography of Session 3b: Morphology, Anatomy & Viper Specialist European Reptiles and Amphibians Physiology Group Workshop Chair: Melita Vamberger Chair: Wolfgang Böhme 15:35 – 15:55 Judit Vörös: Rok Kostanjšek, Ylenia Prodan, Peter Trontelj: Chair: Jelka Importance of the Carpathian Basin in Comparative analysis of skin bacteriome Crnobrnja-Isailovic phylogeography of amphibians from four natural populations of Proteus anguinus in Slovenia 15:55 – 16:15 Larissa Kupriyanova, Tom Kirschey & Marco Mangiacotti, Alan Coladonato, Mattia Wolfgang Böhme: Falaschi, Stefano Pezzi, Lorenzo Balestrazzi, Biogeography of the viviparous lizard, Zootoca Marco Fumagalli, Marco A.L. Zuffi, Stefano vivipara Lichtenstein, 1823) (Squamata: Scali, Xavier Bonnet, Roberto Sacchi: Lacertidae) in central Europe and possible re- Seasonal T-level fluctuations and protein colonization of the Baltic Sea basin and the content of femoral gland secretions in the Balkans: new karyological evidence common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) 16:15 – 16:35 Lucio Bonato, Andrea Corbetta, Giovanni Elif Yildirim, Eyup Başkale, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Giovine, Enrico Romanazzi, Emina Šunje, Çetin Ilgaz, Kamil Candan, Elnaz Najafi Majd, Cristiano Vernesi, Barbara Crestanello: Uğur Kaya: Isolated populations of Salamandra atra at Osteological and geometric morphometric the southern periphery of the species range: comparison of five species of Rana and genetic variation and evolutionary Pelophylax (Anura: Ranidae) differentiation 16:35 – 16:55 Sarah Kieren, Michael Veith: Grigoris Kapsalas, Kallirroi Papadaki, The evolutionary history of Mediterranean Efstratios D. Valakos, Panayiotis Pafilis: amphibians - a comparison of different Drivers of evaporative water loss in Podarcis calibration approaches lizards from Greece 16:55 – 17:15 Miguel Vences, Ariel Rodríguez, James D. Evgeny S. Roitberg, Valentina F. Orlova, Burgon, Mariana Lyra, Iker Irisarri, Denis Valentina N. Kuranova, Nina A. Bulakhova, Baurain, Leon Blaustein, Bayram Göcmen, Galina V. Eplanova, Oleksandr I. Zinenko, Sven Künzel, Barbara Mable, Arne W. Nolte, Oscar Arribas, Sylvia Hofmann, Katarina Michael Veith, Sebastian Steinfartz, Kathryn Ljubisavljević, Vladimir P. Starikov, Lukáš R. Elmer, Hervé Philippe: Kratochvíl, Henk Strijbosch, Olga A. Leontyeva Inferring the shallow phylogeny of true & Wolfgang Böhme: salamanders (Salamandra) by multiple Geographic Variation in adult body length and phylogenomic approaches sexual size dimorphism in the lizard, Zootoca vivipara: testing the effects of reproductive mode, lineage, and climate 17:15 – 18:00 Poster Session 1 18:00 – 20:00 SEH Council Meeting 1 Wednesday, September 20th – Morning

Plenary Lecture: Eva Ringler: Why to not study poison in poison frogs 08:30 – 09:15 Chair: Nikolay Poyarkov Room 1 Room 2 09:20 – 10:40 Session4b: Phylogeography of European Reptiles Session 5: Neozoa & Invasive Species & Amphibians Chair: Peter Kaufmann Chair: Uwe Fritz 09:20 – 09:40 Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Inês Freitas, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Samuel Pinya, Víctor Colomar, Gabriela Picó, Nil Lassnig, Philippe Golay, Sylvain Ursenbacher, Guillermo Velo- Jorge Enrique Moreno, Joan Mayol: Antón: Population traits and diet of the introduced population of Comparative evolutionary history of the Western the ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris) at Formentera Mediterranean vipers, Vipera aspis and V. latastei- (Balearic Islands, Spain) monticola 09:40 – 10:00 Marco Dinis , Khaled Merabet , Fernando Martínez-Freiría , Gregory S. Clarke, Benjamin L. Phillips & Richard Shine: Sebastian Steinfartz , Miguel Vences and Guillermo Velo- The effects of invasion history on the intraspecific Antón: competitive ability of cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Allopatric divergence in a North African Palearctic relict: Australia? the role of environmental factors and niche conservatism in shaping the genetic structure of Salamandra algira

10:00 – 10:20 Sylvain Ursenbacher, Bettina Erne, Maxime Chèvre: Aija Pupina, Mihails Pupins: Different (sub)species or not different (sub)species? - study Adult Bombina bombina predate young whitebaits of of the contact zone between two taxa of Vipera berus and invasive fish Perccottus glenii Natrix natrix in Switzerland 10:20 – 10:40 Guillermo Velo-Antón, André Lourenço, Pedro Galán, Richard P.J.H. Struijk: Alfredo Nicieza, Pedro Tarroso: The Amur rat snake (Elaphe schrenckii) in the Netherlands. Understanding hybrid zones between divergent Distribution, habitat use and reproduction. phenotypic and genetic populations of fire salamanders 10:40 – 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 – 12:30 Session4c: Phylogeography of European Reptiles & Session 6a: Ecology & Behaviour of Reptiles Amphibians Chair: Claudia Corti Chair: Sylvain Ursenbacher 11:10 – 11:30 Carolin Kindler, Maxime Chèvre, Sylvain Ursenbacher, Konrad Mebert, Luca Luiselli, Marco Zuffi, Fabio Petrozzi, Wolfgang Böhme, Axel Hille, Daniel Jablonski, Melita Giovanni Amori: Vamberger & Uwe Fritz: Snakes on Montecristo Island, Italy: Dwarfism and Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass resource partitioning snakes reveal a new Central European snake species 11:30 – 11:50 Emmanouela Karameta, Petros Lymberakis, Heinz Katja Schmölz , Adrian Pinder , Gerald Kuchling , Günter Grillitsch, Çetin Ilgaz, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Panayiotis Gollmann: Pafilis, Nikos Poulakakis: Assisted colonization of juvenile Western Swamp tortoise Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Roughtail Rock Pseudemydura umbrina into novel wetlands: macro Agama Stellagama stellio invertebrate communities, biomass and turtle diet 11:50 – 12:10 Sarita Mahtani-Williams, Bálint Halpern, Judit Vörös, Boris Dollion, A. Y., G. J. Measey, R. Cornette, L. Carne, K. A. Lauš, Gergely Babocsay, Balázs Vági, Attila László Péntek, Tolley, J. M. daSilva, R. Boistel, A-C Fabre & A. Herrel: Zoltán T. Nagy, Pamela A. Burger: Chameleons, from the genus Bradypodion, are what they Phylogeography and adaptive evolution of the Caspian eat… with some gender inequalities whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius) 12:10 – 12:30 Vamberger Melita, Stuckas Heiko & Fritz Uwe: Ana Golubović: Gene flow and unexpected ancient divergences in Antipredator response and agility in terrestrial and Western Palearctic pond turtles (Emys spp.) aquatic Chelonians – steady as a rock or running back to water 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break Wednesday, September 20th – Afternoon

Room 1 Room 2 13:45 – 15:05 Session 7a: Phylogeny, Taxonomy & Systematics Session 6b: Ecology & Behaviour of Reptiles Chair: Judit Vörös Chair: Claudia Corti 13:45 – 14:05 Nikolaus Stümpel, Mehdi Rajabizadeh, Aziz Avcı, Wolfgang Barry P. Stephenson, Zeshan Velani & Nikolett Ihász: Wüster, Ulrich Joger: Do albino snakes experience higher rates of attack from Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers avian predators than wild-type snakes? – An experimental (Montivipera, Nilson et al. 2001) in the Near and Middle test using plasticine models East 14:05 – 14:25 Aaron M. Bauer, Ishan Agarwal and Luis M. P. Ceríaco: A.M. Prieto-Ramirez, D. Rödder, G. Pe’er, K. Henle: Discovering Hidden Diversity in the Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Realized niche and microhabitat selection of the eastern Gekkonidae) of Africa green lizard (Lacerta viridis) at the core and periphery of its distribution range 14:25 – 14:45 Luis M. P. Ceríaco & Aaron M. Bauer: Panayiotis Pafilis, Colin Donihue, Anthony Herrel, Grigoris Nomenclature and taxonomic status of the genus Blanus Kapsalas, Menelia Vassilopoulou-Kampitsi, Anne-Claire Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Fabre, Johannes Foufopoulos: Iberian Peninsula Habitat and not heredity shape the thermoregulation of a Mediterranean lizard 14:45 – 15:05 Michael F. Bates & Edward L. Stanley: Valentin Mingo, Stefan Lötters, Norman Wagner: A new species of dragon lizard from Swaziland and South Impact of pesticide applications and land use intensity on Africa enzymatic activity and fitness of reptiles 15:05 – 15:35 Coffee Break 15:35 – 16:55 Session 7b: Phylogeny, Taxonomy & Systematics Session 8a: Ecology & Behaviour of Amphibians Chair: Sylvain Ursenbacher Chair: Walter Hödl 15:35 – 15:55 Michael Veith, Sarah Kieren: Daniela C. Rößler, Marcelo Menin, Albertina P. Lima, The changing views on the evolutionary relationships of Heike Pröhl, Stefan Lötters: extant Salamandridae (Amphibia: Urodela) A new type of aposematism? Flashy feet in Neotropical harlequin toads (Atelopus) are a conspicuous signal to predators 15:55 – 16:15 Šunje E , Van Damme Raoul, Jelić D, Muller M, Škrijelj, R & Cogălniceanu Dan, Plăiaşu Rodica, Stănescu Florina, Helfer, V.: Băncilă Raluca, Ruşti Dorel: Morphometric characteristics of alpine salamanders; a Out in the cold: adaptive strategies of the Common Frog support for subtaxonomy and conservation? (Rana temporaria) in extreme habitats 16:15 – 16:35 Morten E. Allentoft, Arne Redsted, Hans Viborg Kristensen: Sebastiano Salvidio, Federico Crovetto, Fabrizio Oneto, Damaged by time and formalin: Using ancient DNA Giulia Palumbi, Antonio Romano, Andrea Costa: technology to recover century-old snake mitogenomes The use of clay models to assess potential predation on cave salamanders 16:35 – 16:55 Evgeniy Simonov, Daniel Melnikov, Daniel Jablonski, Artem Carolin Dittrich, Ariel Rodríguez, Ori Segev, Sanja Drakulić, Kidov, Nikolay Orlov: Heike Feldhaar, Miguel Vences & Mark-Oliver Rödel: Who is who in Gloydius halys-intermedius complex? New Temporal migration patterns and mating tactics influence insights from extended geographical sampling and size-assortative mating in Rana temporaria consequences for venom biochemistry research 17:15 – 19:00 SEH Ordinary General Meeting Thursday, September 21st – Morning

Plenary Lecture: Mathieu Denoel: Facultative paedomorphosis in pond breeding newts 08:30 – 09:15 Chair: Eva Ringler Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 09:20 – 10:40 Session 6c: Ecology & Behaviour of Session 9a: Diseases & Anomalies Micro CT Workshop 1 Reptiles Chair: Florian Glaser Chair: Chris Broeckhoven Chair: Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovic 09:20 – 09:40 Laurane Winandy, Lucie Di Gesu, Stefano Canessa, Claudio Bozzuto, Evan Keynote: Chris Broeckhoven & Anton du Marion Lemoine, Staffan Jacob & Julien H. Campbell Grant, Sam S. Cruickshank, Plessis: Cote: Matthew C. Fisher, Jacob C. Koella, Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) Conspecific attraction in a landscape of Stefan Lötters, An Martel, Frank in herpetological research: concepts, fear: How different sources of Pasmans, Ben C. Scheele, Annemarieke practical considerations and potential information about predation risk affect Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Sebastian sociability in lizard Steinfartz, Benedikt R. Schmidt: Finding evidence-based amphibian conservation strategies in an emergency

09:40 – 10:00 Bianca M. op den Brouw, Syed A. Ali, Blooi, Mark, Laking, Alexandra E., Chris Broeckhoven, Celeste De Kock & P. Nicholas R. Casewell, Behzad Fathina, Martel, An, Haesebrouck, Freddy, le Fras N. Mouton: Parviz Ghezellou, Bryan G. Fry: Jocque, Merlijn, Brown, Tom, Green, Sexual dimorphism in osteoderm Functional variation in the venom of Stephen, Vences, Miguel, Bletz, Molly C., expression and the role of male desert vipers Pseudocerastes and Frank Pasmans: intrasexual aggression Eristicophis (Viperinae: Viperidae) Host Niche May Determine Disease- Driven Extinction Risk 10:00 – 10:20 Verónica Gomes,Antigoni Annemarieke Spitzen – van der Sluijs, Peter Pogoda & Alexander Kupfer: Kaliontzopoulou, Miguel A. Carretero & Stefano Canessa, Mark Blooi, An Martel Flesh and bone: an integrative approach Anthony Herrel: & Frank Pasmans: towards sexual size dimorphism of Morphological trade-offs between The long-term cost of chytridiomycosis spectacled salamanders duration and maximal capacity of bite for yellow-bellied toads performance in Podarcis bocagei 10:20 – 10:40 Pantelis Savvides, Eleni Georgiou, János Ujszegi, Tamás Drexler, Márk Z. Mark D. Scherz, Hervé Philippe, Panayiotis Pafilis, Spyros Sfenthourakis: Németh, Judit Vörös, Ágnes M. Móricz, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Frank Glaw, & Ontogeny and differential substrate use Dániel Krüzselyi, Attila Hettyey: Miguel Vences: among populations of the spiny footed Investigating the effects of infection Micro-CT, morphometrics, and lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi): with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on phylotranscriptomics shed light on the Plasticity or an ongoing evolutionary life history traits and skin toxin underpinnings of convergent adjustment? production of Bufo bufo tadpoles miniaturization in a radiation of frogs

10:40 – 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 – 12:30 Session 8b: Ecology & Behaviour of Session 9b: Diseases & Anomalies Micro CT Workshop 2 Amphibians Chair: Annemarieke Spitzen-Van der Chair: Chris Broeckhoven Chair: Dan Cogalniceanu Sluijs 11:10 – 11:30 Frank Pasmans, Elin Verbrugghe, Max Kärvemo S., Meurling, S., Laurila, A. & J. Claudia Koch & Nadine Schwarz: Sparreboom, Feng Xie, An Martel: Höglund: Diversity of South American Adaptations of the amphibian egg and Revealing high-risk ponds of the chytrid wormsnakes of the genus Epictia: hatchling for terrestrial nesting in the fungus in Swedish amphibian Analysis of internal morphological Wenxian newt (Tylototriton populations characters via Micro-CT images wenxianensis) 11:30 – 11:50 Kathleen Preißler & Heike Pröhl: Elena A. Kulikova, Vojtech Baláž, Mihails Practical Workshop The effects of background coloration Pupins, Aija Pupina: and dark spots on the risk of predation The first records of Batrachochytrium in poison frog models dendrobatidis in Latvian Zoo

11:50 – 12:10 Andrius Pašukonis, Kristina Beck, R.G. Bina Perl, Sarig Gafny, Eli Geffen, Practical Workshop Susanne Stückler, Max Ringler & Eva Miguel Vences: Ringler: Detection of Bd and exploration of Map-like navigational flexibility in a microbial communities of amphibians in tadpole transporting frog northern Israel 12:10 – 12:30 Sergey M. Lyapkov: Klaus Henle: Practical Workshop Amphibian adaptation to extreme A global database of anomalies in environment in statu nascendi: water natural populations of amphibians – frogs and brown frogs in cold climatic and global patterns derived from the conditions database

12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break Thursday, September 21st – Afternoon

Room 1 Room 2 13:45 – 15:05 Session 8c: Ecology & Behaviour of Amphibians Session 10a: Symposion Bsal Chair: Günter Gollmann Chair: Stefan Lötters 13:45 – 14:05 Eliane Küpfer, Daniel Goebloed, Ori Segev, Leon Blaustein, Alex Laking, Hai Ngoc Ngo, Frank Pasmans, An Martel & E. Tobias Krause and Sebastian Steinfartz: Tao Thien Nguyen: Mechanisms to avoid fish as predators in stream side Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans is the predominant salamander larvae (Salamandra infraimmaculata) chytrid fungus in Vietnamese salamanders

14:05 – 14:25 Elnaz Najafi Majd, Elif Yildirim, Uğur Kaya: Florian Glaser, Markus Grabher, Gerda Ludwig, Gopi Altitudinal variation in body size and age structure of the Munimanda, Gernot Pechlaner, Peter Kaufmann, Silke Urmia Lake Newt, Neurergus crocatus Cope, 1862 in Iraq Schweiger, Steve Smith, Karina Smole-Wiener, Thomas Wampula, Anton Weissenbacher, Chris Walzer & Doris Preininger: Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Monitoring in Austria - experiences from Lake Constance to Vienna 14:25 – 14:45 Andrea Meloto, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Raoul Stefan Lötters, Lutz Dalbeck, Heidrun Düssel-Siebert, Kai Manenti: Kirst, An Martel, Dagmar Ohlhoff, Frank Pasmans, To bite or not to bite? Cannibalism ecology in different fire Sebastian Steinfartz, Miguel Vences, Norman Wagner, salamander populations Josef Wegge, Michael Veith: The status of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in its potential center of dispersal in the Eifel, Germany 14:45 – 15:05 Manenti Raoul, Enrico Lunghi, Claudia Canedoli, Roberta Gwij Stegen, Annemarieke Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Sergé Pennati, Giorgio Scarì, Roberta Cimmaruta & Gentile Bogaerts, Stefano Canessa, Sebastian Steinfartz , Ralf Francesco Ficetola: Hendrix, Nico Janssen, Wilbert Bosman, Frank Pasmans & Integrating micro-scale analyses in the study of niche An Martel: similarity: preliminary results in the hybrid zone between Conservation by fragmentation: a case study using a Hydromantes italicus and H. Ambrosii recently discovered fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) population near the index outbreak site, free of B. salamandrivorans 15:05 – 15:35 Coffee Break 15:35 – 17:15 Session 11: Biogeography, Diversity & Distribution Session 10b: Symposion Bsal Chair: Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou Chair: Stefan Lötters 15:35 – 15:55 Karin Ernst, Günter Gollmann, Christoph Plutzar & Silke Wouter Beukema, An Martel, Tao Thien Nguyen, Koichi Schweiger: Goka, Dirk S. Schmeller, Zhiyong Yuan, Alexandra E. Laking, Species distribution modeling and field survey on Truong Quang Nguyen, Chun-Fu Lin, Jennifer Shelton, Iberolacerta horvathi (Méhely, 1904) in Austria: predicted Adeline Loyau & Frank Pasmans: and actual habitats considering topographical, geological Colonisation and spread of Batrachochytrium and bioclimatic parameters salamandrivorans in the Western Palearctic is governed by changes in pathogen niche structure and environmental context 15:55 – 16:15 Arthur Tiutenko: Hannah Keely Smith, Frank Pasmans & An Martel: New distributional records for the herpetofauna in the Differential response of Batrachochytrium southern Ethiopian Highlands salamandrivorans to salamander mucosomes reflects species susceptibility 16:15-1 6:35 Florian Glaser, Michael Haupolter, Gerda Ludwig: Dirk Schmeller, Alan Chan-Alvarado, Lin Chun-Fu, Adeline Distribution and ecology of the Fire Salamander in Tyrol - Loyau, Jennifer Sheldon, Vance Vredenburg: notes from the regional range boundary within the Alps The microbiome of rare Taiwanese salamanders and their infection status 16:35 – 16:55 Omar Torres Carvajal: Molly Bletz, Moira Kelly, Miguel Vences, Sebastian Reptiles from the Tropical Andes: A decade of wonderful Steinfartz, Emma Bales, Joana Sabino Pinto, An Martel & discoveries Frank Pasmans: Friend or Foe: the role of bacteria in Bsal infection of Fire Salamanders 16:55 – 17:15 Mariana P. Marques, Luis M. P. Ceríaco, David C. Blackburn Joana Sabino-Pinto, Miguel Vences, Sebastian Steinfartz: & Aaron M. Bauer: Screening of the fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans (Bsal) in captivity of Angola: Turning historical records into an Atlas of the indicates asymptomatic infections and clearance of Bsal Angolan herpetofauna through heat treatments

17:15 – 18:00 Poster Session 2 Friday, September 22nd – Morning

Plenary Lecture: Maria Schindler: Surviving in a semi-natural environment – 20 years of European Pond 08:30 – 09:15 Turtle conservation in the Donau-Auen National Park Chair: Andreas Maletzky Room 1 Room 2 09:20 – 10:40 Session 12a: Practical Conservation Session 13a: Evolution & Development Chair: Katja Poboljšaj Chair: Miguel Vences 09:20 – 09:40 Gregor Lipovšek, Urban Dajčman, Katarina Drašler, Melita Günter Schultschik, Silke Schweiger, Christa Mayer, Georg Vamberger, Miha Krofel, Anamarija Žagar: Gassner, Günter Gollmann: Reproductive success of the European pond turtle (Emys Data fabrication by Paul Kammerer: the testimony of Franz orbicularis) on Ljubljana marshland Megusar 09:40 – 10:00 Uğur Kaya, Elif Yilirim, Elnaz Najafi Majd, Müge Gidiş, H. Martina Gregorovicova, Alena Kvasilova, Jermo Bradley Shaffer, Garry Bucciarelli, Ben Wielstra, Kevin Hanemaijer, Bjarke Jensen, Vincent Christoffels & David Neal: Sedmera: Let’s save the amphibians, but how? A case conservation A window to the heart development of Squamata: cardiac study of Lyciasalamandra species conduction system and level of ventricular septation

10:00 – 10:20 Elin Soomets, Asko Lõhmus & Riinu Rannap: Alexander Kupfer, Erin Maxwell, Sandy Reinhard & Brushwood removal from ditch banks attracts breeding Susanne Kuehnel: frogs in drained forests The evolution of parental investment in caecilian amphibians 10:20 – 10:40 Bálint Halpern, Tamás Péchy, Tibor Somlai, Róbert Eugenia Sanchez, Eliane Küpfer, Daniel J. Goedbloed, Arne Dankovics, Endre Sós, Chris Walzer: W. Nolte, Tim Lüddecke, Stefan Schulz, Miguel Vences, Survival, area use and thermoregulation of reintroduced Sebastian Steinfartz: Hungarian meadow vipers (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis) Development of the fire salamander: morphology and gene expression similarities to anurans 10:40 – 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 – 12:30 Session 12b: Practical Conservation Session 13b: Evolution & Development Chair: Tony Gent Chair: Miguel Vences 11:10 – 11:30 Mohammed Znari & Nawal Hichami: Constantijn Raaymakers, Elin Verbrugghe, Sophie Hernot, Demographic decline and population viability analysis of Tom Hellebuyck, Cecilia Betti, Cindy Peleman, Myriam the Souss valley tortoise (Testudo graeca soussensis) in a Claeys, Wim Bert, Vicky Caveliers, Steven Ballet, An degraded arid steppe-land of west-central Morocco: Martel, Frank Pasmans & Kim Roelants: implications for conservation and management A molecular toxin delivery system in amphibians 11:30 – 11:50 Konrad Mebert, Bayram Göçmen, Naşit İğci, Mehmet Anil Kim Roelants, Constantijn Raaymakers, Lumeng Ye, Benoit Oğuz, Mert Kariş: Stijlemans, Pierre Cornelis, An Martel: Anatolian Vipers - comparing IUCN Red List Data and state Tracing the evolutionary rise of an amphibian molecular of knowledge: Vipera eriwanensis, V. darevskii, V. anatolica, defence arsenal by resurrecting ancestral skin peptides Montivipera (bulgardaghica) albizona 11:50 – 12:10 Georgi Popgeorgiev, Dimitar Plachiyski, Yurii Kornilev & Lilijana Bizjak Mali and Stanley K. Sessions: Nikolay Tzankov: Explanation for Reproductive Abnormalities in the Land-management subsidies for shrub removal are a European Blind Cave Salamander, Proteus anguinus major threat for herpetofauna in Bulgaria 12:10 – 12:30 David O’Brien, J.E. Hall A. Miró, CT O’Brien, J. McKinnell, T. Stanley K. Sessions and Lilijana Bizjak Mali: Seymour & R. Jehle: Evolutionary Cytogenetics of Proteid Salamanders Coming together to conserve a species at the edge of its range: Triturus cristatus in the Scottish Highlands 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break Friday, September 22nd – Afternoon

Room 1 Room 2 13:45 – 15:25 Session 12c: Practical Conservation Session 13c: Evolution & Development Chair: Andreas Maletzky Chair: Sebastian Steinfartz 13:45 – 14:05 Tony Gent, Jim Foster and John W. Wilkinson: Anushree Jadhav: Spatial planning for herpetofauna conservation: Comparative study of anuran skeletal development in developing and using metrics for setting goals and taking Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Bufonidae), Fejervarya forward action syhadrensis (Dicroglossidae) and Microhyla ornata (Microhylidae) during metamorphosis. 14:05 – 14:25 Martin Kyek, Peter Kaufmann, Robert Lindner: Życzyński A., Kaczmarek A., Nowak Z.: Long term population trends of Bufo bufo and Rana Initial study on polymorphism of sex linked gene CHD in temporaria: An analysis of two decades amphibian fencing Serpentes suborder in Salzburg 14:25 – 14:45 Benjamin Lejeune, Gilles Lepoint, Mathieu Denoël: Magdalena Kowalska, Weronika Rupik: Complex impact of goldfish introduction on palmate newt How does the pancreas of snakes differentiate? dominated pond ecosystem 14:45 – 15:05 Schäfer A.M.: Mateusz Hermyt, Katarzyna Janiszewska, Weronika Rupik: Informed conservation management on yellow-bellied Structure and ultrastructure of the developing egg tooth in toads; influence of different land use and succession on squamate reptiles population dynamics at a former military area 15:05 – 15:25 Silviu O. Petrovan: Paweł Kaczmarek, Katarzyna Janiszewska, Weronika Amphibians, roads and evidence-based conservation Rupik: Embryology of the vomeronasal organ and associated structures in the brown anole (Squamata: Iguania) 15:25 – 15:55 Coffee Break 16:00 – 17:00 Council Meeting 2 17:15 – 17:45 Closing Ceremony