DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
Laboratory of Fish Genetics

Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, v.v.i.

Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic

Rumburska 89

277 21 Libechov

Czech Republic



Phone: +420 315 639 516
Fax: +420 315 639 510
E-mail: vgvozdik@email.cz

 

2003	MSc., Master´s degree, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
2008	RNDr. (Rerum Naturalium Doctor) Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
2010	Ph.D., Doctor degree, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague & Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics AS CR, v.v.i, Libechov; Thesis: Phenotypic and molecular approaches in the systematics of the Palearctic and Neotropic tree frogs, Hyla and Osteocephalus (Amphibia: Hylidae). Charles University, Prague 2009.

Biodiversity research of selected groups of vertebrates, particularly amphibians and reptiles from the Palearctic and Afrotropic ecozones using molecular-phylogenetic and phylogeographic methods, evolutionary-ecological approaches; and conservation of endangered species.

Systematics and taxonomy had not been very popular in the scientific research in the recent past. However, it has changed due to the problems of the global biodiversity crisis during last years. The pressure of our over-engineered civilisation on the global ecosystems has caused severe species decline – extinctions. That begs for active conservation of species, which is, however, depending on proper cognition of true biodiversity and evolutionary relationships among species. Such knowledge can help in better understanding of ecological relationships in the ecosystems and also streamline the applied conservation of the global biodiversity. The tropics are one of the least-explored regions of the World, especially the Afrotropics, where the biodiversity inventories and knowledge of taxonomy of lower vertebrates, e.g. highly endangered amphibians, are poor and therefore attract the attention for further studies.

 

LC06073 (MSMT CR)	Centrum Biodiverzita - Centre for the Biodiversity Research (member of the research team), (2006 - 2011).
206/05/2334 (GACR)	Phenotypic and molecular phylogeography of Central Europe and the Mediterranean: A comparison of ten vertebrate model taxa (member of the research team), (2005 - 2007).

October 2006

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain (Dr. M. García-Paris). Research fellowship of the European Commission´s Research Infrastructure Action (the SYNTHESYS Project No. ES-TAF-2532).

• Societas Europaea Herpetologica
• Herpetological Association of Africa
• Czech Herpetological Society (committee member)

 

Europe, Middle East, North and Tropical Africa.

 

• Barej M.F., Ineich I., Gvoždík V., Lhermitte-Vallarino N., Gonwouo N.L., LeBreton M., Bott U., Schmitz A. (2010): Insights into chameleons of the genus Trioceros (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in Cameroon, with resurrection of Chamaeleon serratus Mertens, 1922. Bonn zoological Bulletin (in press).
• Blackburn D.C., Gvoždík V., Leaché A.D. (2010): A new squeaker frog (Arthroleptidae: Athroleptis) from the mountains of Cameroon and Nigeria. Herpetologica 66 (3): 335-348.
• Gvoždík V., Moravec J., Klütsch C., Kotlík P. (2010): Phylogeography of the Middle Eastern tree frogs (Hyla, Hylidae, Amphibia) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation, with a description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 1146-1166.
• Gvoždík V. (2010): Second species of tree frog, Hyla orientalis (formely H. arborea), from Iran confirmed by acoustic data. Herpetology Notes 3: 41–44.
• Benda P., Gvoždík V. (2010): Taxonomy of the genus Otonycteris (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Plecotini) as inferred from morphological and mtDNA data. Acta Chiropterologica 12(1): 83-102.
• Gvoždík V., Jandzik D., Lymberakis P., Jablonski D., Moravec J. (2010): Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Genetic structure reveals deep divergences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 460-472.
• Moravec J., Aparicio J., Guerrero-Reinhard M., Calderón G., Jungfer K.-H., Gvoždík V. (2009): A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura: Hylidae) from Amazonian Bolivia: first evidence of tree frog breeding in fruit capsules of the Brazil nut tree. Zootaxa 2215: 37-54.
• Gvoždík V., Moravec J., Kratochvíl L. (2008): Geographic morphological variation in parapatric Western Palearctic tree frogs, Hyla arborea and Hyla savignyi: are related species similarly affected by climatic conditions ? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 539-556. 
• Gvoždík V. (2008): Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993 – Underwood’s Rear-fanged Tree-Snake; Geographical distribution in Cameroon. African Herp News 45: 23–25. 
• Hořák D., Gvoždík V., Reif J. & Klvaňa P. (2007): A nest of Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas beside a temporal stream. Bulletin of the African Bird Club (Bull. ABC) 14 (2): 183–184.
• Gvoždík V. & Moravec J. (2005): Variation of Hyla savignyi: A color pattern of Cypriote and mainland populations. In: Ananjeva N. & Tsinenko O. (Eds.): Herpetologia Petropolitana. Proc. of the 12th Ord. Gen. Meeting Soc. Eur. Herpetol., August 12 – 16, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (Suppl.): 32–34.

 

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