Janis CzurdaPosition PhD studentDirection biogeography, taxonomyWorkplace Research facility Studenecczurda@ivb.czPhD thesis: Phylogeography, evolutionary history and taxonomy of frogs from the Congolian forests.Publications and Applied outputs2026Van Eden AJ, Theodoropoulos A, Arntzen JW, Czurda J, Dankovics R, Harmos K, Kranželić D, Mačát Z, Mikulíček P, Reiter A, Schmidt B, Stanković D, Vek M, Vörös J, Wielstra B (2026). The position, shape and dynamics of the hybrid zone between the Danube and Italian crested newt based on genome-wide data, with a cautionary tale on the discovery of a distinct mtDNA lineage. Amphibia-Reptilia.2025Badjedjea G, Czurda J, Masudi FM, Kihambu FF, Gvoždík V (2025). Egg predation of a rhacophorid foam-nest frog (Chiromantis cf. rufescens) by a colubrid tree snake (Dipsadoboa sp.) in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Herpetology notes, 18: 1095-1099.Nečas T, Badjedjea G, Czurda J, Gvoždík V (2025). An eastern Congolian endemic, or widespread but secretive? New data on the recently described Afrixalus lacustris (Anura, Hyperoliidae) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ZooKeys.2024Nečas T, Mazuch T, Czurda J, Elmi HSA, Rödel M, Gvoždík V (2024). Evolutionary relationships in the African frog family Ptychadenidae, including the first molecular analysis, range extension, and distribution modelling of the monotypic genus Lanzarana. African Journal of Herpetology.
