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Catarina Rato

Articles in SCI journals

Rato, C., Carranza, S., Harris, D.J.(2012).Evolutionary history of the genus Tarentola (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Mediterranean Basin, using multilocus sequence data. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12:14
(doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-14) IF: 3.7
Rato C, Carranza S and Harris DJ (2011) When selection deceives phylogeographic interpretation: The case of the Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 365-373.
Rato C, Carranza S, Perera A, Carretero MA and Harris DJ (2010): Conflicting patterns of nucleotide diversity between mtDNA and nDNA in the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56(3): 962-971.
IF: 3.889
Rato C, Zuffi MAL, Corti C, Fornasiero S, Gentili A, Razzetti E, Scali S, Carretero MA and Harris DJ (2009): Phylogeography of the European Whip Snake, Hierophis viridiflavus (Colubridae) using mtDNA and nuclear DNA sequences. Amphibia-Reptilia 30: 283-289.
IF: 0.976
Rato C and Harris DJ (2008) Genetic variation within Saurodactylus and its phylogenetic relationships within the Gekkonoidea estimated from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Amphibia-Reptilia 29, 25-34.
Rato C, Brito JC, Carretero MA, Larbes S, Shacham S and Harris DJ (2007) Phylogeography and genetic diversity of Psammophis schokari (Serpentes) in North Africa based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. African Zoology 42, 112-117.
(doi:10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[112:PAGDOP]2.0.CO;2) IF: 0.383

Articles in non-SCI journals with referees

García-Muñoz, E., Jorge, F., Rato, C., Carretero, M. A. (2011). Pseudoepidalea brongersmai (Brongersma’s Toad) predation. Herpetological Review, 42(3): 413-414.
García-Muñoz E, Jorge F, Rato C and Carretero MA (2010): Four types of malformations in a population of Bufo boulengeri (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) from the Jbilet Mountains (Marrakech, Morocco). Herpetology Notes, 3: 267-270.
Harris DJ, Carretero MA, Brito JC, Kaliontzopoulou A, Pinho C, Perera A, Vasconcelos R, Barata M, Barbosa D, Batista V, Carvalho S, Fonseca MM, Pérez-Lanuza G and Rato C (2008) Data on the distribution of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Morocco: records from 2001-2006. Herpetological Bulletin, 103:19–28