2025. Vicent-Castelló, P., Enríquez-Urzelai, U., Martínez-Freiría, F., García-Porta, J., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Context-dependent body size evolution in lacertid lizards: differential role of structural habitat and climate across radiations. Evolution, 79: 2023-2034.
2025. Martínez-Gil, H., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Enríquez-Urzelai, U. Different macroevolutionary trajectories lead to contrasting ecogeographical patterns in two widespread frog radiations. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e70109.
2025. Reyes-Puig, C., Enriquez-Urzelai, U., Sillero, N., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Niche differences in coexisting species: ecological insights into the role of activity patterns, space use, and environmental preferences. Ecology and Evolution, 15: e71802.
2025. Bellvert, A., Enguídanos, A., Pollock, L., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Arnedo, M.A. Species traits modulate ecological release in island red devil spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae). Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2025: 1-16.
2025. Kaliontzopoulou, A. & Ramos, R. Cuando los gatos se convierten en una amenaza para la biodiversidad. The Conversation.
2025. Vicent-Castelló, P., Herrel, A., Harris, D.J., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Walking or hanging: the role of habitat use for body shape evolution in lacertid lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 38(3): 353-366.
2025. Bellvert, A., Pollock, L., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Arnedo, M.A. Tempo and mode of diversification of the red devil spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Canary Islands. Zoologica Scripta, 54:406-420.
2024. Ortega González, E., Jordan Gómez, A., Sicilia Cebrián, C.A., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Ramos, R. Impacte de la depredació de les colònies de gats sobre la sargantana iberoprovençal Podarcis liolepis (Boulenger, 1905). Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Herpetologia, 31: 114-136.
2024. Freitas, I., Velo-Antón, G., Zuazo, O., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Martínez-Freiría, F. Association between genetic admixture and morphological patterns in a hybrid zone between the two Iberian vipers, Vipera aspis and V. latastei. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, in press.
2024. Reyes-Puig, C., Enriquez-Urzelai, U., Carretero, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Is it all about size? Dismantling the integrated phenotype to understand species coexistence and niche segregation. Functional Ecology, 38: 2350-2368.
2024. Buldain, J., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Zuazo, O., Martínez-Freiria, F. Intensive agriculture increases fluctuating asymmetry of dorsal head shape in Iberian asp viper populations. Journal of Zoology, 324: 141-154.
2024. Alarcón-Ríos, L., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Álvarez, D., Velo-Antón, G. Urban life affects differentiation and phenotypic variation but not asymmetry in a fully terrestrial salamander. Evolutionary Biology, 51: 295–309.
2023. Oxford-Smith, N., Ruta, M., Gao, A., Viaud-Martinez, K., Sabin, R., Herman, J., Ososky, J., Tajima, Y., Yamada, T.K., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Moura, A.E. Skull morphology of bottlenose dolphins worldwide and patterns of adaptation between coastal and offshore environments. Journal of Zoology, 322: 42-57.
2023. Reyes-Puig, C., Adams, D.C., Enríquez-Urzelai, U., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Rensch’s Rule: linking intraspecific to evolutionary allometry. Evolution, 77(12): 2576-2589.
2023. Bellvert, A., Adrián-Serrano, S., Maciás-Hernández, N., Toft, S., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Arnedo, M.A. The non-dereliction in evolution: Trophic specialisation drives convergence in the radiation of red devil spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands. Systematic Biology, 72(5): 998-1012.
2023. Lucchini, N., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Lourdais, O., Martínez-Freiría, F. Climatic adaptation explains responses to Pleistocene oscillations and diversification in European vipers. Journal of Biogeography, 50: 1838-1851.
2023. Oliveira, D., Halpern, B., Martínez-Freiría, F., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Head Shape Heritability in the Hungarian Meadow Viper Vipera ursinii rakosiensis. Animals, 13: 322.
2023. Pinho, C., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Ferreira, C. A., Gama, J. Identification of morphologically cryptic species with computer vision models: wall lizards (Podarcis, Squamata: Lacertidae) as a case study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 198: 184-201.
2022. Sánchez-Márquez, A., Navarro, J., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Farré, M., Taite, M., Escolar, O., Villanueva, R., Allcock, L., Fernández-Álvarez, F. A. Unravelling the phylogenetic and ecological drivers of beak shape variability in cephalopods. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33: 221-239..
2022. Bellvert, A., Roca-Cusacs, M., Tonzo, V., Arnedo, M.A., Kaliontzopoulou, A. The Vitruvian spider: segmenting and integrating over different body parts to describe eco-phenotypic variation. Journal of Morphology, 283(11): 1425-1438.
2022. Enríquez-Urzelai, U., Martínez-Freiría, F., Freitas, I., Perera, A., Martínez-Solano, I., Salvi, D., Velo-Antón, G., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Allopatric speciation, niche conservatism and gradual phenotypic change in the evolution of European green lizards. Journal of Biogeography, 49: 2193-2205.
2022. García-Porta, J., Sol, D., Pennell, M. W., Sayol, F., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Botero, C.A. Niche expansion and adaptive divergence in the global radiation of crows and ravens. Nature Communications, 13: 2086.
2022. Coelho, P., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Sousa, P., Stockmann, M., van der Meijden, A. Reevaluating scorpion ecomorphs using a naïve approach. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22: 17.
2022. Martínez-Gil, H., Martínez-Freiría, F., Perera, A., Enríquez-Urzelai, U., Martínez-Solano, I., Velo-Antón, G., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Morphological diversification of Mediterranean anurans: the roles of evolutionary history and climate. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135(3): 462-477.
2021. Kiourtsoglou, A., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Poursanidis, D., Jablonski, D., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N. Evidence of cryptic diversity in Podarcis peloponnesiacus and re-evaluation of its current taxonomy; insights from genetic, morphological and ecological data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59: 2350-2370.
2021. Baken, E.K., Collyer, M.L, Kaliontzopoulou, A., Adams, D.C. geomorph v4.0 and gmShiny: enhanced analytics and a new graphical interface for a comprehensive morphometric experience. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12: 2355-2363.
2021. Yang, W., Feiner, N., Pinho, C., Kaliontzopoulou, A., While, G.M., Harris, D.J, Salvi, D., Uller, T. Extensive introgression and mosaic genomes of Mediterranean endemic lizards. Nature Communications, 12: 2762.
2021. Simbula, G., Vignoli, L., Carretero, M.A., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Fluctuating asymmetry as biomarker of pesticides exposure in the Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus). Zoology, 147: 125928.
2021. Galindo, J., Carvalho, J., Sotelo, G., Duvetorp, M., Costa, D., Kemppainen, P., Panova, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Johannesson, K., Faria, R. Genetic and morphological divergence between Littorina fabalis ecotypes in Northern Europe. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34: 97 - 113.
2021. Martínez-Castro, A., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Freitas, I., Martínez-Freiría, F. Macroevolutionary variation and environmental correlates of scalation traits in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132(2): 318 - 327.
2021. Lucchini, N., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Aguado, G., Martinez-Freiría, F. Sources of intraspecific morphological variation in Vipera seoanei: allometry, sex, and colour phenotype. Amphibia-Reptilia, 42: 1-16.
2020. Sillero, N., Argaña, E., Matos, C., Franch, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. Local segregation of realised niches in lizards. ISPRS, International Journal of Geo-Information, 9: 764.
2020. Caeiro-Dias, G., Brelsford, A., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Meneses-Ribeiro, M., Crochet, P.-A., Pinho, C. Variable levels of introgression between the endangered Podarcis carbonelli and highly divergent congeneric species. Heredity, 126(3). 463 - 476.
2020. Martínez-Freiría, F., Toyama-Campos, K., Freitas, I., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Thermal melanism explains macroevolutionary variation of dorsal pigmentation in Eurasian vipers. Scientific Reports, 10: 16122.
2020. Pujol-Buxó, E., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Unanue-Goikoetxea, G., Ambrós, B., Llorente, G.A. Geographical differences in competitive hierarchy in a native-invasive system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(3): 632-646 .
2020. Adams, D.C., Glynne, E., Kaliontzopoulou, A. Interspecific allometry for sexual shape dimorphism: Macroevolution of multivariate sexual phenotypes with application to Rensch's Rule. Evolution, 74(9): 1908-1922.
2020. Gomes, V., Herrel, A., Carretero, M.A., Kaliontzopoulou, A. New insights into bite performance: morphological trade-offs underlying the duration and magnitude of bite force. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 93(3): 175-184.
2020. Freitas, I., Ursenbacher, S., Mebert, K., Zinenko, O., Schweiger, S., Wüster, W., Brito, J. C., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Halpern, B., Fahd, S., Santos, X., Pleguezuelos, J. M., Joger, U., Orlov, N., Mizsei, E., Lourdais, O., Zuffi, M. A. L., Strugariu, A., Zamfirescu, S. R., Martínez-Solano, I., Velo-Antón, G., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Martínez-Freiría, F. Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae). Amphibia-Reptilia, 41(3): 285-311.
2020. Alarcón-Ríos, L., Nicieza, A. G., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Buckley, D., Velo-Antón, G. Evolutionary history and not heterochronic modifications associated with viviparity drive head shape differentiation in a reproductive polymorphic species, Salamandra salamandra. Evolutionary Biology, 47: 43-55.
2020. Costa, D., Sotelo, G., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carvalho, J., Butlin, R., Hollander, J., Faria, R. Hybridization patterns between two marine snails, Littorina fabalis and L. obtusata. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 1158 - 1179.
2019. Massetti, F., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Gomes, V. & Rato, C. Variation in morphology and functional performance across distinct evolutionary lineages of the Moorish gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) from the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57: 431-444.
2018. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Pinho, C. & Martínez-Freiría, F. Where does diversity come from? Linking geographical patterns of morphological, genetic, and environmental variation in wall lizards. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18: 124.
2018. Caeiro-Dias, G., Luís, C., Pinho, C., Crochet, P.-A., Sillero, N. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Lack of congruence of genetic and niche divergence in Podarcis hispanicus complex. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56: 479-492.
2018. Gomes, V., Carretero, M.A & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Run for your life, but bite for your rights? How interactions between natural and sexual selection shape functional morphology across habitats. The Science of Nature, 105:9.
2017. Lazić, M., Rödder, D. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. The ontogeny of developmental buffering in lizard head shape. Evolution & Development, 19: 244 - 252.
2017. Gomes, V., Carretero, M.A. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Instantaneous vs. interval speed estimates of maximum locomotor capacities for whole-organism performance studies. Evolutionary Biology, 44: 551-560.
2017. Massetti, F., Gomes, V., Perera, A., Rato, C. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Morphological and functional implications of sexual size dimorphism in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122: 197-209.
2017. Nakamura, M., Godinho, R., Rio-Maior, H., Roque, S., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Bernardo, J., Castro, D., Lopes, R., Petrucci-Fonseca, F. & Álvares, F. Evaluating the predictive power of field variables for species and individual molecular identification on wolf noninvasive samples. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 63: 53.
2017. Žagar, A., Carretero, M.A., Vrezec, A., Drašler, C. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Towards a functional understanding of species coexistence: Ecomorphological variation in relation to whole-organism performance in two sympatric lizards. Functional Ecology, 31: 1780-1791.
2017. Lobo-Coelho, P., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Rasko, M. & van der Meijden, A. A “striking” relationship: scorpion defensive behavior and its relation to morphology and performance. Functional Ecology, 31: 1390-1404.
2017. Alarcón-Ríos, L., Velo-Antón, G. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. A non-invasive geometric morphometrics method for exploring variation in dorsal head shape in urodeles: sexual dimorphism and geographic variation in Salamandra salamandra. Journal of Morphology, 278: 475-485.
2017. Cortada, A., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Mendes, J. & Carretero, M.A. A case of limb regeneration in a wild adult Podarcis lilfordi lizard. Turkinsh Journal of Zoology, 41: 1069-1071.
2016. Lazić, M., Carretero, M.A., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Postnatal dynamics of developmental stability and canalization of lizard head shape under different environmental conditions. Evolutionary Biology, 43: 368-379.
2016. Gomes, V., Carretero, M.A. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. The relevance of morphology for habitat use and locomotion in two species of wall lizards. Acta Oecologica, 70: 87-95.
2016. Kaliontzopoulou, A. & Adams, D.C. Phylogenies, the comparative method and the conflation of tempo and mode. Systematic Biology, 65(1): 1-15.
2016. Dias, G., Luís, C., Pinho, C. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. A case of Podarcis carbonelli intake by Podarcis virescens. Herpetology Notes, 9: 105-108.
2015. Carneiro, D., García-Muñoz, E., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Llorente, G. A. & Carretero, M. A. Comparing ecophysiological traits in two Podarcis wall lizards with overlapping ranges. Salamandra, 51: 335-344.
2015. San-Millán, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Rissech, C., Turbón, D. A geometric morphometric analysis of acetabular shape of the primate hip joint in relation to locomotor behaviour. Journal of Human Evolution, 83: 15-27.
2015. Enriquez-Urzelai, U., Montori, A., Llorente, G.A. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Locomotor mode and the evolution of the hindlimb in Western Mediterranean amphibians. Evolutionary Biology, 42: 199-209.
2015. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Adams, D.C. Ecomorphological variation in male and female wall lizards and the macroevolution of sexual dimorphism in relation to habitat use. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 80-94.
2015. Lazić, M., Carretero, M.A., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Effects of environmental disturbance on phenotypic variation: an integrated assessment of canalization, developmental stability, modularity and allometry in lizard head shape. American Naturalist 185: 44-58.
2014. Militão, T., Gómez-Díaz, E., Kaliontzopoulou, A. & González-Solís, J. Comparing multiple criteria for species identification in two recently diverged seabirds. PLoS ONE 9(12): e115650.
2013. Lazić, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. Lizards from urban areas are more asymmetric: using fluctuating asymmetry to evaluate environmental disturbance. PLoS ONE 8(12): e84190.
2013. Salvi, D., Harris, D.J., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Pinho, C. Persistence across Pleistocene Ice Ages in Mediterranean and extra-Mediterranean refugia: phylogeographic insights from the common wall lizard. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13: 147.
2013. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Salvi, D., Gomes, V., Maia, J.P.M.C. & Kaliontzopoulos, P. Polydactyly in the Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta). Acta Herpetologica, 8: 75-78.
2013. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Bandeira, V. & Carretero, M.A. Sexual dimorphism in locomotor performance and its relation to morphology in Podarcis bocagei wall lizards. Journal of Zoology, 289: 294-302.
2012. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Adams, D.C., van der Meijden, A., Perera, A. & Carretero, M.A. Relationships between head morphology, bite performance and ecology in two species of Podarcis wall lizards. Evolutionary Ecology, 26: 825-845.
2012. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Llorente, G.. Morphology of Podarcis wall lizards from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa: patterns of variation in a putative cryptic species complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164: 173-193.
2011. García-Muñoz, E., Ceacero, F., Pedrajas, L., Kaliontzopoulou, A. & Carretero, M. A. Tail tip removal for tissue sampling has no short-term effects on microhabitat selection by Podarcis bocagei, but induced autotomy does. Acta Herpetologica, 6 (2): 223-227.
2011. Kaliontzopoulou, A. Geometric morphometrics in herpetology: modern tools for enhancing the study of morphological variation in amphibians and reptiles. Basic & Applied Herpetology, 25: 5-32.
2011. Kaliontzopoulou, A.*, Pinho, C.*, Harris, D.J. & Carretero, M.A. When cryptic diversity blurs the picture: a cautionary tale from Iberian and North African Podarcis wall lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103: 779-800. * equal contributions
2011. Pinho, C., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Harris, D.J. & Ferrand, N. Recent evolutionary history of the Iberian endemic lizards Podarcis bocagei (Seoane 1884) and P. carbonelli Pérez-Mellado 1981 (Squamata: Lacertidae) revealed by allozyme and microsatellite markers. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 162: 184-200.
2010. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Llorente, G. Intraspecific ecomorphological variation: linear and geometric morphometrics reveal habitat-related patterns within Podarcis bocagei wall lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23: 1234-1244.
2010. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Sillero, N.. Geographic patterns of morphological variation in Podarcis carbonelli, a species with fragmented distribution. Herpetological Journal, 20: 41-50.
2010. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. & Llorente, G.A.. Sexual dimorphism in traits related to locomotion: ontogenetic patterns of variation in Podarcis wall lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99: 530-543.
2009. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Sillero, N., Martinez-Freiría, F., Carretero, M.A., Brito, J.C.. Podarcis hispânica* (North African wall lizard) arboreal behaviour. Herpetological Review, 40(2): 224-225.
2009. Bandeira, V., Azevedo, A., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. Podarcis bocagei (Bocage’s wall lizard). Spinal fracture. Herpetological Review, 40: 348-349.
2009. Navarro, J., Kaliontzopoulou, A., González-Solís, J. Sexual dimorphism in bill morphology and feeding ecology in Cory´s shearwater (Calonectris diomedea). Zoology, 112: 128-138.
2009. Pinho, C., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A., Harris, D.J. & Ferrand, N. Genetic admixture between the Iberian endemic lizards Podarcis bocagei and P. carbonelli: evidence for limited natural hybridization and a bimodal hybrid zone. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 47: 368-377.
2008. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Brito, J.C., Carretero, M.A., Larbes, S., Harris, D.J. Modelling the partially unknown distribution of wall lizards Podarcis in North Africa: ecological affinities, potential areas of occurrence and methodological constraints. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86 (9): 992-1001.
2008. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A., Llorente, G.A. Intersexual and interspecific variation of presacral vertebrae number in Podarcis bocagei and Podarcis carbonelli. Amphibia-Reptilia, 29: 288-292.
2008. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A., Llorente, G. Head shape allometry and proximate causes of head sexual dimorphism in Podarcis lizards: evidence from multivariate and geometric morphometrics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93: 111-124.
2008. Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Valakos, E. & Mylonas, M. Two new species of Podarcis (Squamata; Lacertidae) from Greece. Systematics and Biodiversity, 6: 307-318.
2008. Brito, J.C., Feriche, M., Herrera, T., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Martínez-Freiria, F., Nesbitt, D., Omolo, D., Ontiveros, D., Quiñoz, L., Pleguezuelos, J.M., Santos, X., Sillero, N. En los limites de la distribución: anfíbios y reptiles paleárcticos en el noroeste de Túnez. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española, 19: 75-82.
2008. Harris, D. J., Carretero, M. A., Brito, J. C., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Pinho, C., Perera, A., Vasconcelos, R., Barata, M., Barbosa, D., Batista, V., Carvalho, S., Fonseca, M. M., Pérez-Lanuza, G., Rato, C. Data on the distribution of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Morocco: records from 2001-2006. Herpetological Bulletin, 103: 19-28.
2007. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A., Llorente, G. Multivariate and geometric morphometrics in the analysis of sexual dimorphism variation in Podarcis lizards. Journal of Morphology, 268: 152-165.
2006. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A., Llorente, G.A., Santos, X., Llorente, C., 2006. Patterns of shape and size sexual dimorphism in a population of Podarcis hispanica* (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from NE Iberia. In: Corti, C., Lo Cascio, P. & Biaggini, M. (eds.). Mainland and insular lizards. A Mediterranean perspective. Firenze University Press, Florence. Pp. 73-89.
2006. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A. Podarcis bocagei (Bocage’s Wall Lizard) abnormal scalation. Herpetological Review, 37 (4): 470.
2006. Carretero, M.A., Vasconcelos, R., Fonseca, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Brito, J.C., Harris, D.J., Perera, A. Escape tactics of two syntopic forms of the Lacerta perspicillata complex with different colour patterns. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84(11): 1594-1603.
2005. Kaliontzopoulou, A., Carretero, M.A., Llorente, G.A. Differences in the pholidotic patterns of Podarcis bocagei and Podarcis carbonelli and possible implications for species determination. Revista Española de Herpetología, 19: 71-86.
2003. Lymberakis, P. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. Additions to the herpetofauna of Syria. Zoology in the Middle East, 29: 33-39.
