Contact information:
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Šmíd, Ph.D.
Phone: +420 22 195 1849
E-mail: jirismd@gmail.com
Room: 221
Research interests:
Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Herpetology, Systematics and Taxonomy, reptiles of the Middle East
Proposed Bachelor and Master student projects to be found here.
Current projects:
Diversification dynamics of the Arabian squamate reptiles: spatial and temporal patterns and their key predictors
PhD students:
Lukáš Pola: Evolution, biogeography and systematics of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
Doubravka Velenská: Evolutionary history and diversity of the colubrid genus Platyceps
MSc students:
Matěj Vrúbel: Comparative analysis of diversification dynamics of Arabian squamates
Vojtěch Waldhauser: Evolutionary history and divesification dynamics of the viperid snakes
Denisa Žandová: Protected area evaluation and design for the conservation of Arabian squamates across evolutionary scales
Recent publications:
2024
Mochales-Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Barros MI, Velo-Antón G, Talavera A, Spilani L, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Crochet PA, Piris A, García-Cardenete L, Busais S, Els J, Shobrak M, Brito JC, Šmíd J, Carranza S, Martínez-Freiría F (2024) Hidden in the sand: Phylogenomics reveal an unexpected evolutionary history for the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 191, 107979.
2023
Tamar K, Uvizl M, Shobrak M, Almutairi M, Busais S, AlGethami RHM, AlGethami AR, Alanazi ASK, Alsubaie SD, Chirio L, Carranza S, Šmíd J (2023) A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia. Vertebrate Zoology 73, 1033-1045.
Mochales-Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Barros MI, Velo-Antón G, Talavera A, Spilani L, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, André-Crochet P, Piris A, García-Cardenete L, Busais S, Els J, Shobrak M, Carlos-Brito J, Šmíd J, Carranza S & Martínez-Freiría F (2023) Hidden in the sand: phylogenomics unravel an unexpected evolutionary history on the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes. bioRxiv 2023.10. 03.560686.
Šmíd J, Uvizl M, Shobrak M, Busais S, Salim AFA, AlGethami RHM, AlGethami AR, Alanazi ASK, Alsubaie SD, Rovatsos M, Nováková L, Mazuch T &
Carranza S (2023) Diversification of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in coastal plains and islands of southwestern Arabia with descriptions and complete mitochondrial genomes of two endemic species to Saudi Arabia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 23, 185-207.
Pola L, Velenská D, Prondzynska KM, Hejduk V, Zika A, Winkelhöfer T, Baker MAA, Amr ZS & Šmíd J (2023) More geckos, fewer gaps: diversity and distribution of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Jordan. Systematics and Biodiversity 21, 2237033.
Pinho CJ, Darwish M, Šmíd J, Carranza S & Vasconcelos R (2023) Green matters: dietary assessment of a reptile community using DNA metabarcoding. Global Ecology and Conservation 47, e02667.
Šmíd J, Fernández SM, Elmi HSA & Mazuch T (2023) Diversity of sand snakes (Psammophiidae, Psammophis) in the Horn of Africa, with the description of a new species from Somalia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99, 345-361.
Burriel-Carranza B, Mazuch T, Estarellas M, Talavera A, Riaño G, Koppetsch T, Tamar K, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Al Saadi S, Busais S, Kratochvíl L, Shobrak M, Šmíd J & Carranza S (2023) Pristurus guweirensis Haas, 1943 (Gekkota? Sphaerodactylidae): the most abundant and widely distributed species of Pristurus previously referred to as Pristurus sp. 1. Zootaxa 5297, 594-599.
Mi C, Na L, Yang M, Li X, ... Liu X, Du W (2023) Global protected areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change. Nature Communications 14, 1389.
2022
Šmíd J (2022) Geographic and taxonomic biases in the vertebrate tree of life. Journal of Biogeography 49, 2120-2129.
Šmíd J, Uvizl M, Shobrak M, Busais S, Ali Salim AF, AjGethami RHM, AlGethami AR, Alanazi ASK, Alsubaie SD, Rovatsos M, Nováková L, Mazuch T & Carranza S (2022) Diversification of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in coastal plains and islands of southwestern Arabia with descriptions and complete mitochondrial genomes of two endemic species to Saudi Arabia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 23, 185-207.
Štundlová J, Šťáhlavský F, Opatova V, Stundl J, Kovařík F, Dolejš P & Šmíd J (2022) Molecular data do not support the traditional morphology-based groupings in the scorpion family Buthidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173, 107511.
2021
Šmíd J, Aghová T, Velenská D, Moravec J, Balej P, Naumov B, Popgeorgiev G, Üzüm N, Avci A & Jablonski D (2021) Quaternary range dynamics and taxonomy of the Mediterranean collared dwarf racer, Platyceps collaris (Squamata: Colubridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193, 655-672.
Pola L, Hejduk V, Zíka A, Winkelhöfer T, Šmíd J, Carranza S, Shobrak M, Baker MA, Amr ZS (2021) Small and overlooked: Phylogeny of the genus Trigonodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the first record of Trigonodactylus arabicus from Jordan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 28, 3511-3516.
Deepak V, Passos P, Nagy ZT, Zaher H, Šmíd J, Nguyen TQ, Carranza S, Cisneros-Hereida DF, David P, Tamar K, Gower DJ (2021) Contributions to ophiology in Zootaxa 2001-2020: patterns and trends. Zootaxa 4979, 17-22.
Šmíd J, Sindaco R, Shobrak M, Busais S, Tamar K, Aghová T, Simó-Riudalbas M, Tarraso P, Geniez P, Crochet PA, Els J, Burriel-Carranza B, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Carranza S (2021) Diversity patterns and evolutionary history of Arabian squamates. Journal of Biogeography 48, 1183-1199.
Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Patton AH, Caetano DS, Šmíd J, Harmon L & Carranza S (2021) Reconstructing squamate biogeography in Afro-Arabia reveals the influence of a complex and dynamic geologic past. Systematic Biology 71, 261-272.
Šmíd J, Uvizl M, Shobrak M, AlGethami RHM, Algethami AR, Alanazi ASK, Alsubaie SD, Busais S & Carranza S (2021) Swimming through the sands of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: Phylogeny of sandfish skinks (Scincidae, Scincus) reveals a recent and rapid diversification. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution 155, 107012.
2020
Šmíd J, Mazuch T, Nováková L, Modrý D, Malonza PK, Elmi HSA, Carranza S, Moravec J (2020) Phylogeny and systematic revision of the gecko genus Hemidactylus from the Horn of Africa (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Herpetological Monographs 33, 26-47.
2019
Šmíd J, Mazuch T, Nováková L, Modrý D, Malonza PK, Abdirahman Elmi HS, Carranza S & Moravec J (2019) Phylogeny and systematic revision of the gecko genus Hemidactylus from the horn of Africa (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Herpetological Monographs 33, 26-47.
Machado L, Šmíd J, Mazuch T, Sincado R, Al Shukaili AS & Carranza S (2019) Systematics of the Saharo-Arabian clade of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos with the description of a new species of Tropiocolotes endemic to Oman. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57: 159-178.
Uvizl M, Šmíd J, Aghová T, Varadínová ZK & Benda P (2019) Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Sheath-tailed bats from the Middle East (Emballonuridae: Taphozous and Coleura). Acta Chiropterologica 21, 23-34.
Simo-Riudalbas M, Tamar K, Šmíd J, Mitsi P, Sindaco R, Chirio L ... (2019) Biogeography of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae), with special emphasis on the Mesalina adramitana group from Arabia and Socotra archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 137, 300-312.
Štundlová J, Šmíd J, Nguyen F & Štáhlavský F (2019) Cryptic diversity and dynamic chromosome evolution in Alpine scorpions (Euscorpidae: Euscorpius). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134, 152-163
Šmíd J, Gocmen B, Crochet PA, Trape JF, Mazuch T, Uvizl M & Nagy ZT (2019) Ancient diversification, biogeography, and the role of climatic niche evolution in the Old World cat snakes (Colubridae, Telescopus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134, 35-49.
Šmíd J & Tolley KA (2019) Calibrating the tree of vipers under the fossilized birth-death model. Scientific Reports 9, 1-10.
Lehr E, Moravec J, Lundberg M, Kohler G, Catenazzi A & Šmíd J (2019) A new genus and species of arboreal lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of Peru. Salamandra 55, 1-13.
Benda P, Shobrak J, Mohammed & Šmíd J (2019) New record of the Midas free-tailed bat (Mops midas) from the Arabian peninsula (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Sciences 188, 147-150.
Burriel-Carranza B, Tarroso P, Els J, Gardner A, Soorae P... (2019) An integrative assessment of the diversity, phylogeny, distribution, and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles (Sauropsida, Squamata) of the United Arab Emirates. PLoS ONE 14.
