Anton O. Svinin PhD (Candidate of Biological Sciences) Senior Researcher Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Saint Petersburg, Russia. 4 Tikhoretskiy pr., 194064 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation Field of Research Interests Herpetology, parasitology, molecular biology, genetics, Evo-Devo, bioinformatics. My research program focuses mostly on biology of amphibians from Northern Eurasia. I’m interested in Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Ecology, Cell Biology, Herpetology and Parasitology. Currently, I am investigating the morphological anomalies in amphibians, specifically those referred to as anomaly P, which is induced by Strigea robusta, a highly pathogenic trematode species affecting amphibians. E-mail: ranaesc@gmail.com ResearchGate ORCID: 0000-0002-8400-6826 Scopus ID 57206674084