Zakład Anatomii Porównawczej

Address: Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, ul. Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, room 2.65

Phone: +48 12 664 5056

E-mail: maciej.pabijan@uj.edu.pl

Head of the Department of Comparative Anatomy

Main research areas

genetic variation – phylogeny, phylogeography of amphibians and reptiles
biogeography and speciation
environmental,ecological and historical factors shaping the genetic variation of amphibians and reptiles
systematics and taxonomy of amphibians, species delimitation
amphibian inventory and monitoring

Publications

74. Jakóbik J, Drohvalenko M, Fernandez Melendez E, Kępa E, Klynova O, Fedorova A, Korshunov O, Marushchak O, Nekrasova O, Suriadna N, Smirnov N, Tkachenko O, Tupikov A, Dufresnes C, Zinenko O, Pabijan M (2024) Countrywide screening supports model-based predictions of the distribution of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ukraine. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 159, 15-27.

73. Ibánez A, Skupien-Rabian B, Jankowska U, Kędracka-Krok S, Fritz U, Auer M, Praschag P, Martínez-Silvestre A, Pabijan M (2024) Species-specific variation in mental gland secretions of turtles revealed by proteomic and lipidomic profiling. The European Zoological Journal 91, 787-803.

72. Babik W, Marszałek M, Dudek K, Antunes B, Palomar G, Zając B, Taugbol A, Pabijan M (2024) Limited evidence for genetic differentiation or adaptation in two amphibian species across replicated rural-urban gradients. Evolutionary Applications 17, e13700.

71. Miralles A, Secondi J, Pabijan M, Babik W, Lemaire C, Crochet P A (2024) Inconsistent estimates of hybridization frequency in newts revealed by SNPs and microsatellites. Conservation Genetics 25, 215-225.

70. Antunes B, Dudek K, Pabijan M, Zieliński P, Babik W (2023) Past forest cover explains current genetic differentiation in the Carpathian newt (Lissotriton montandoni), but not in the smooth newt (L. vulgaris). Diversity and Distributions: 29, 1129-1140.

69. Robbemont J, van Veldhuijzen S, Allain SJR, Ambu J, Boyle R, Canestrelli D, Cathasaigh EO, Cathrine C, Chiocchio A, Cogalniceanu D, Cvijanović M, Dufresnes C, Ennis C, Gandola R, Jablonski D, Julian A, Kranželić D, Lukanov S, Martínez-Solano I, Montgomery R, Naumov B, O'Neill M, North A, Pabijan M, Pushendorf R, Salvi D, Schmidt B, Sotiropoulos K, Stanescu F, Stanković D, Stapleton S, Šunje E, Szabolcs M, Vacheva E, Willis D, Zimić A, France J, Meilink WRM, Stark T, Struijk RPJH, Theodoropoulos A, de Visser MC, Wielstra B (2023) An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations. Amphibia-Reptilia: 44, 347-361.

68. Antunes B, Figueiredo-Vázquez C, Dudek K, Liana M, Pabijan M, Zieliński P, Babik W (2023) Landscape genetics reveals contrasting patterns of connectivity in two newt species (Lissotriton montandoni and L. vulgaris). Molecular Ecology: 32, 4515-4530.

67. Koppetsch T, Pabijan M, Hutter CR, Köhler J, Gehring PS, Rakotoarison A, Ratsoavina FM, Scherz MD, Vieites DR, Glaw F, Vences M (2023) An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology: 73, 397-432.

66. Pabijan M, Bąk-Kopaniarz S, Bonk M, Bury S, Oleś W, Antoł W, Dyczko I, Zając B (2023) Amphibian decline in a Central European forest and the importance of woody debris for population persistence. Ecological Indicators: 148, 110036.

65. Vences M, Glaw F, Pabijan M (2022) Mantellidae, Laliostominae: Laliostoma. in Goodman S.M. (ed), The New Natural History of Madagascar. Volume 2. pg. 1355 - 1356. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.

64. Vences M, Glaw F, Raselimanana AP, Pabijan M (2022) Ptychadenidae: Ptychadena, Mascarene Grass Frog. in Goodman S.M. (ed), The New Natural History of Madagascar. Volume 2. pg. 1400 - 1401. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.

63. Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022) Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae). Salamandra 58: 235-262.

62. Zając B, Mołoniewicz L, Solecki A, Matusiak R, Duraj M, Tomaszewski K, Purwin Z, Wąchała P, Bury S, Pabijan M, Gorzkowski B, Jablonski D (2022) Stabilna populacja zaskrońca rybołowa Natrix tessellata na Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Przegląd Przyrodniczy XXXIII, 1: 35-48.

61. Ibánez A, Skupien-Rabian B, Jankowska U, Kędracka-Krok S, Zając B, Pabijan M (2022) Functional protein composition in femoral glands of sand lizards (Lacerta agilis). Molecules, 27(7), 2371.

60. Calatayud-Mascarell A, Alonso-Alonso P, Boratyński Z, Dippenaar-Schoeman A, Pabijan M, Salgado-Irazabal X (2022) Hidden among the prickles: new records and updated distribution of Tmarus longicaudatus Millot, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Arachnology, 19(1), 1-6.

59. Jakóbik J, Pabijan M (2021) Pandemie wśród płazów. Kosmos, 70(3): 505-518.

58. Palomar G, Jakóbik J, Bosch J, Kolenda K, Kaczmarski M, Jośko P, Roces-Díaz JV, Stachyra P, Thumsová B, Zieliński P, Pabijan M (2021) Emerging infectious diseases of amphibians in Poland: distribution and environmental drivers. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 147: 1-12.

57. Jablonski D, Sillero N, Oskyrko O, Bellati A, Čeirans A, Cheylan M, Cogălniceanu D, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Crochet P-A, Crottini A, Doronin I, Džukić G, Geniez P, Ilgaz Ç, Iosif R, Jandzik D, Jelić D, Litvinchuk S, Ljubisavljević K, Lymberakis P, Mikulíček P, Mizsei E, Moravec J, Najbar B, Pabijan M, Pupins M, Sourrouille P, Strachinis I, Szabolcs M, Thanou E, Tzoras E, Vergilov V, Vörös J, Gvoždík V. (2021). The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones. Amphibia-Reptilia 42: 519-530.

56. Mołoniewicz L, Zajšc B, Stachyra P, Szymura J M, Pabijan M (2021) Extension of the known northeastern range limits of the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) in southern Poland. Salamandra 57: 325-334.

55. Ibáñez A, Fritz U, Auer M, Martínez-Silvestre A, Praschag P, Załugowicz E, Podkowa D, Pabijan M (2021) Evolutionary history of mental glands in turtles reveals a single origin in an aquatic ancestor and recurrent losses independent of macrohabitat. Scientific Reports 11: 1-15.

54. Wilk K, Pabijan M, Saługa M, Gaya E, Lücking R (2021). Phylogenetic revision of South American Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota, Teloschistales) reveals three new genera and species. Mycologia 113: 278-299.

53. Jośko P, Pabijan M (2021) Recent shifts in taxonomic compositions of water frog populations (Anura: Pelophylax) inhabiting fish ponds in southern Poland. Amphibia-Reptilia 42: 59-72.

52. Piwczyński M, Trzeciak P, Popa MO, Pabijan M, Corral J M, Spalik K, Grzywacz A (2021) Using RAD seq for reconstructing phylogenies of highly diverged taxa: A test using the tribe Scandiceae (Apiaceae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 59: 58-72.

51. Pabijan M, Palomar G, Antunes B, Antoł W, Zieliński P, Babik W. (2020) Evolutionary principles guiding amphibian conservation. Evolutionary Applications 13: 857-878.

50. Ibáñez A, Martínez-Silvestre A, Podkowa D, Woźniakiewicz A, Woźniakiewicz M, Pabijan M. (2020) The chemistry and histology of sexually dimorphic mental glands in the freshwater turtle, Mauremys leprosa. PeerJ 8: e9047.

49. Alonso-Alonso, P, Salgado-Irazabal, X, Pabijan M., Mohamed Hacen ML, Qninba A, Bousadik H, Boratynski Z. (2020) Bird records in the Diawling National Park and surrounding areas, Mauritania. Go-South Bulletin 17: 75-86.

48. Wollenberg Valero KC, Marshall JC, Bastiaans E, Caccone A, Camargo A, Morando M, Niemiller ML, Pabijan M, Russello MA, Sinervo B, Werneck FP, Sites JW Jr, Wiens JJ, Steinfartz S (2019) Patterns, Mechanisms and Genetics of Speciation in Reptiles and Amphibians. Genes 10: 646.

47. Jakóbik J, Janowski P, Błażuk J, Narczyński T, Pabijan M (2019) An Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) population on the Baltic coast of Poland. Herpetology Notes 12: 923-930.

46. Pabijan M, Ogielska M. Conservation and declines of amphibians in Poland. in: H. Heatwole, J.W. Wilkinson (eds) Amphibian Biology. Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Eastern Hemisphere. pp. 26-45, Pelagic Publishing 2019

45. Pabijan M (2018) Triturus cristatus, Ichthyosaura alpestris, Lissotriton vulgaris, Lissotriton montandoni. in: Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Poland. Status, Distribution, Conservation. Głowaciński Z., Sura P. (eds), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, Warszawa, pp. 28-38.

44. Szymura JM, Pabijan M (2018) Bombina bombina, Bombina variegata. in: Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Poland. Status, Distribution, Conservation. Głowaciński Z., Sura P. (eds), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, Warszawa, pp. 39-45.

43. Wielstra B, Canestrelli D, Cvijanović M, Denoël M, Fijarczyk A, Jablonski D, Liana M, Naumov B, Olgun K, Pabijan M, Pezzarossa A, Popgeorgiev G, Salvi D, Si Y, Sillero N, Sotiropoulos K, Zieliński P, Babik W. (2018) The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni)–an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia, 39: 252-259.

42. Pabijan M, Zieliński P, Dudek K, Stuglik M, Babik W (2017) Isolation and gene flow in a speciation continuum in newts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 116: 1-12.

41. Kolenda K, Pietras-Lebioda A, Hofman S, Ogielska M, & Pabijan M (2017) Preliminary genetic data suggest the occurrence of the Balkan water frog, Pelophylax kurtmuelleri, in southwestern Poland. Amphibia-Reptilia 38: 187-196.

40. Vences M, Köhler J, Pabijan M, Bletz MC., Gehring PS, Hawlitschek O, Rakotoarison A, Ratsoavina FM, Andreone F, Crottini A, Glaw F (2017) Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Malagasy frogs of the Gephyromantis asper clade, with description of a new subgenus and revalidation of Gephyromantis ceratophrys . Salamandra 53: 77-98.

39. Zimkus BM, Lawson LP, Barej MF, Barratt CD, Channing A, Dash KM, Dehling JM, Du Preez L, Gehring P-S, Greenbaum E, Gvoždík V, Harvey J, Kielgast J, Kusamba C, Nagy ZT, Pabijan M, Penner J, Rödel M-O, Vences M, Lötters S (2017) Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 254-269.

38. Kolenda K., Pabijan M. (2016) Zmiany w systematyce żab zielonych (Pelophylax sp.) zachodniej Palearktyki. w: Wpływ Odkryć Profesora Leszka Bergera na Rozwój Nauk Biologicznych. L.W. Szajdak i J. Śmiełowski (red.), pp. 129-138.

37. Piwczyński M, Pabijan M, Grzywacz A, Glinkowski W, Bereś PK, Buszko J (2016) High regional genetic diversity and lack of host-specificity in Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) as revealed by mtDNA variation. Bulletin of entomological research 106: 512-521

36. Sadza I, Oleś W, Zając B, Bury S, Żuwała K, Pabijan M (2015) Aktualne rozmieszczenie płazów na terenie Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego na tle badań prowadzonych w drugiej połowie XX wieku. w: Przyroda Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego a Człowiek. Tom II Nauki Biologiczne. Wydawnictwa Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego, Zakopane, 47-54

35. Pabijan M, Zieliński P, Dudek K, Chloupek M, Sotiropoulos K, Liana M, Babik W (2015) The dissection of a Pleistocene refugium: phylogeography of the smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, in the Balkans. Journal of Biogeography 42: 671-683

34. Rodríguez A, Börner M, Pabijan M, Gehara M, Haddad CF, Vences M (2015) Genetic divergence in tropical anurans: deeper phylogeographic structure in forest specialists and in topographically complex regions. Evolutionary Ecology 29: 765-785

33. Pabijan M, Brown JL, Chan LM, Rakotondravony HA, Raselimanana AP, Yoder AD, Glaw F, Vences M (2015) Phylogeography of the arid-adapted Malagasy bullfrog, Laliostoma labrosum, influenced by past connectivity and habitat stability. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 11-24

32. Köhler J, Glaw F, Pabijan M, Vences M (2015) Integrative taxonomic revision of mantellid frogs of the genus Aglyptodactylus (Anura: Mantellidae). Zootaxa 4006: 401-438

31. Babik W, Dudek K, Fijarczyk A, Pabijan M, Stuglik M, Szkotak R, Zieliński P (2015) Constraint and adaptation in newt Toll-like receptor genes. Genome Biology and Evolution 7: 81-95

30. Hofman S, Pabijan M, Osikowski A, Litvinchuk SN, Szymura JM (2015) Phylogenetic relationships among four new complete mitogenome sequences of Pelophylax (Amphibia: Anura) from the Balkans and Cyprus. Mitochondrial DNA, DOI:10.3109/19401736.2015.1025266

29. Kaczmarski M, Kolenda K, Pabijan M (2015) Nowe stanowisko gniewosza plamistego Coronella austriaca na Ziemi Kłodzkiej. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 71: 71-76

28. Wielstra B, Arntzen JW, van der Gaag KJ, Pabijan M, Babik W (2014) Data concatenation, Bayesian concordance and coalescent-based analyses of the species tree for the rapid radiation of Triturus newts. PLoS ONE 9: e111011

27. Hofman S, Pabijan M, Osikowski A, Szymura JM (2014) Complete mitochondrial genome of the Greek marsh frog Pelophylax cretensis (Anura, Ranidae). Mitochondrial DNA, (0), 1-2. DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.974158

26. Pabijan M, Wandycz A, Hofman S, Węcek K, Piwczyński M, Szymura JM (2013) Complete mitochondrial genomes resolve phylogenetic relationships within Bombina (Anura: Bombinatoridae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 63-74

25. Vences M, Hauswaldt JS, Steinfartz S, Rupp O, Goesmann A, Künzel S, Orozco-terWengel P, Vieites DR, Nieto-Roman S, Haas S, Laugsch C, Gehara M, Bruchmann S, Pabijan M, Ludewig A-K, Rudert D, Angelini C, Borkin LJ, Crochet P-A, Crottini A, Dubois A, Ficetola GF, Galán P, Geniez P, Hachtel M, Jovanovic O, Litvinchuk SN, Lymberakis P, Ohler A, Smirnov NA (2013) Radically different phylogeographies and patterns of genetic variation in two European brown frogs, genus Rana. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 657-670

24. Pabijan M, Crottini A, Reckwell D, Irisarri I, Hauswaldt JS, Vences M (2012) A multigene species tree for Western Mediterranean painted frogs (Discoglossus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 690-696

23. Pabijan M, Wollenberg K, Vences M (2012) Small body size increases the regional differentiation of populations of tropical mantellid frogs (Anura: Mantellidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 2310-2324

22. Gehring P-S, Pabijan M, Randrianirina JE, Glaw F, Vences M (2012) The influence of riverine barriers on phylogeographic patterns of Malagasy reed frogs (Heterixalus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 618-632

21. Hofman S, Pabijan M, Dziewulska-Szwajkowska D, Szymura JM (2012) Mitochondrial genome organization and divergence in hybridizing central European waterfrogs of the Pelophylax esculentus complex (Anura, Ranidae). Gene 491: 71-80

20. Lehtinen M, Glaw F, Andreone F, Pabijan M, Vences M (2012) A new species of putatively pond breeding frog of the genus Guibemantis from south-eastern Madagascar. Copeia 2012: 648-662

19. Bonk M, Bury S, Hofman S, Szymura JM, Pabijan M (2012) A reassessment of the northeastern distribution of Rana dalmatina (Bonaparte, 1840). Herpetology Notes 5: 345-354

18. Bonk M, Maniarski R, Pabijan M (2012) Pijawka lekarska Hirudo medicinalis w południowej Polsce. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 68: 232-237

17. Pabijan M, Gehring P-S, Köhler J, Glaw F, Vences M (2011) A new microendemic frog species of the genus Blommersia (Anura: Mantellidae) from the east coast of Madagascar. Zootaxa 2978: 34-50

16. Barth A, Galán P, Donaire D, González de la Vega JP, Pabijan M, Vences M (2011) Mitochondrial uniformity in populations of the treefrog Hyla molleri across the Iberian Peninsula. Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 557-564

15. Köhler J, Glaw F, Gehring P-S, Pabijan M, Rosa GM, Andreone F, Vences M (2011) Two new bright-eyed treefrogs of the genus Boophis from Madagascar. Salamandra 47: 207-221

14. Czarniewska E, Rybacki M, Pabijan M, Berger L (2011) Large eggs and ploidy of green frog populations in Central Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 149-158

13. Bonk M, Bury S, Pabijan M (2011) Nowe stanowiska gniewosza plamistego (Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768) w Polsce południowej. Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 67: 474-478

12. Vences M, Köhler J, Pabijan M, Glaw F (2010) Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 59: 133-156

11. Gehring P-S, Pabijan M, Ratsoavina FM, Köhler J, Vences M, Glaw F (2010) A Tarzan yell for conservation: a new chameleon, Calumma tarzan sp. n., proposed as a flagship species for the creation of new nature reserves in Madagascar. Salamandra 46: 167-179

10. Bonk M, Pabijan M (2010) Changes in a regional batrachofauna in south-central Poland over a 25 year period. North-Western Journal of Zoology 6: 225-244

9. Pabijan M (2010) Traszka grzebieniasta Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768). W: Makomaska-Juchiewicz M. (red.) Monitoring gatunków zwierząt. Przewodnik metodyczny. Część pierwsza. Główny Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska, Warszawa

8. Babik W, Pabijan M, Arntzen P, Cogalniceanu D, Durka W, Radwan J (2009) Long-term survival of an urodele amphibian despite depleted MHC variation. Molecular Ecology 18: 769-781

7. Pabijan M, Rożej E, Bonk M (2009) An isolated locality of the alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris Laurenti, 1768) in central Poland. Herpetology Notes 2: 23-26

6. Babik W, Pabijan M, Radwan J (2008) Contrasting patterns of variation in MHC loci in the Alpine newt. Molecular Ecology 17: 2339-2355

5. Pabijan M, Spolsky C, Uzzell T, Szymura JM (2008) Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes in Bombina (Anura; Bombinatoridae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 67: 246-256

4. Pabijan M, Babik W (2006) Genetic structure in northeastern populations of the Alpine newt Triturus alpestris: evidence for post-Pleistocene differentiation. Molecular Ecology 15: 2397-2407

3. Pabijan M, Babik W, Rafiński J (2005) Conservation units in northeastern populations of the Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris). Conservation Genetics 6: 307-312

2. Pabijan M, Czarniewska E, Berger L (2004) Amelanistic phenotypes in Western Palearctic water frogs from Poland. Herpetozoa 17: 127-134

1. Pabijan M, Przystalski A (2003) Występowanie płazów i gadów w Nadgoplańskim Parku Tysiąclecia. Parki narodowe i Rezerwaty Przyrody, 22: 593-603

Scientific Cooperation

Vences lab, Technical University of Braunschweig, Niemcy
Molecular and Behavioural Ecology Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
Chair of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicholas Copernicus University, Toruń
Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), Porto, Portugalia