Selected publications (2019 - 2025)

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2025

Ibrogimova P., Matsiushova M., Shmakov P., Litvinchuk S., Svinin A. Comparative analysis of mitochondrions in European water frogs of the genus Pelophylax. Book of Abstracts. 23rd European Congress of Herpetology, September 8-12, 2025. LIB, Museum Koenig Bonn, Bonn, Germany. P. 314.

Ibrogimova P., Matsiushova M., Svinin A. New insight into the effects of the Strigea robusta parasite on abnormalities in amphibians. Book of Abstracts. 23rd European Congress of Herpetology, September 8-12, 2025. LIB, Museum Koenig Bonn, Bonn, Germany. P. 245.

Ananjeva N.B., Matsiushova M.I., Svinin A.O., Bezman-Moseyko O.S., Tao N.T., Orlov N.L. Unraveling cryptic diversity in Acanthosaura (Sauria: Squamata: Agamidae) species complexes in Vietnam: Research history and current status. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 2025. 32(3), 211–232.

Litvinchuk S.N., Ibrogimova P.K., Anisimov N.V., Svinin A.O. Origin of populations of the cane toad Rhinella marina and its parasitic tick Amblyomma dissimile on Margarita Island (Venezuela). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 2025. 32(2), 96–107.

Lisachova L.S., Lisachov A.P., Ermakov O.A., Svinin A.O., Chernigova P.I., Lyapkov S.M., Zamaletdinov R.I., Pavlov A.V., Zaks S.S., Fayzulin A.I., Korzikov V.A., Simonov E. Continent-Wide Distribution of CMTV-Like Ranavirus, from the Urals to the Atlantic Ocean. Ecohealth, 2025. 22: 173–184.


2024

Chernigova, P., Ermakov, O., Lisachev, A. Svinin A., Simonov E. Multiplex PCR assay to distinguish among three widespread brown frog species. Conservation Genetics Resources, 2024. 16: 7–9.


2023

Svinin A.O., Chikhlyaev I.V., Bashinskiy I.W., Osipov V.V., Neymark L.A., Ivanov A.Y., Stoyko T.G., Chernigova P.I., Ibrogimova P.K., Litvinchuk S.N., & Ermakov O.A. Diversity of trematodes from the amphibian anomaly P hotspot: Role of planorbid snails. PLoS ONE, 2023. 18(3): e0281740.

Svinin A.O., Bashinskiy I.V., Ermakov O.A., Litvinchuk S.N. Effects of minimum Strigea robusta (Digenea: Strigeidae) cercariae doses and localization of cysts on the anomaly P manifestation in Pelophylax lessonae (Anura: Ranidae) tadpoles. Parasitology Research, 2023. 122(3):889-894.


2022

Svinin A.O., Ermakov O.A., Litvinchuk S.N. The incidence of the anomaly P syndrome in water frogs (Anura, Ranidae, Pelophylax) from the Middle Volga River (Russia). Herpetozoa, 2022. 35: 283-288.

Svinin A.O., Matushkina K.A., Dedukh D.V., Bashinskiy I.V., Ermakov O.A., Litvinchuk S.N. Strigea robusta (Digenea: Strigeidae) infection effects on the gonadal structure and limb malformation in toad early development. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 2022. 337(6): 675-686.


2021

Litvinchuk S.N., Svinin A.O., Dujsebayeva T.N. Morphological differentiation between diploid and polyploid species of green toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Bufotes) in Central Asia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 2021. 70 (2): 361–371.

Kukushkin O., Ermakov O., Gherghel I., Lukonina S., Svinin A., Doronin I., Simonov E., Jablonski D. The mitochondrial phylogeography of the Crimean endemic lizard Darevskia lindholmi (Sauria, Lacertidae): Hidden diversity in an isolated mountain system. Vertebrate Zoology, 2021. 71: 559–576.

Svinin A.O. Effect of Strigea robusta (Digenea: Strigeidae) metacercariae on development of brown frog tadpoles. 13th European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Belgrade, Serbia. October 12-16, 2021. p. 265.

Svinin A.O., Dedukh D.V., Borkin L.J., Ermakov O.A., Ivanov A.Y., Litvinchuk Y.S., Zamaletdinov R.I., Mikhaylova R.I., Trubyanov A.B., Skorinov D.V., Rosanov Y.M., and Litvinchuk S.N. Genetic structure, morphological variation, and gametogenic peculiarities in water frogs (Pelophylax) from northeastern European Russia. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2020. 59: 646–662.


2020

Svinin A.O., Bashinskiy I.V., Litvinchuk S.N., Ermakov O.A., Ivanov A.Yu., Neymark L.A., Vedernikov A.A., Osipov V.V., Drobot G.P., and Dubois A. Strigea robusta causes polydactyly and severe forms of Rostand’s anomaly P in water frogs. Parasites & Vectors, 2020. 13(381).

Svinin A.O., Ermakov O.A., Litvinchuk S.N., and Bashinskiy I.V. The anomaly P syndrome in green frogs: the history of discovery, morphological features and possible causes. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2020. 324(1): 108–123. [In Russian]


2019

Svinin A.O., Bashinskiy I.V., Osipov V.V., Neymark L.A., Ivanov A.Yu, Ermakov O.A., and Litvinchuk S.N. New records of the anomaly P syndrome in two water frog species (Pelophylax ridibundus and P. lessonae) in Russia. Herpetozoa, 2019. 32: 277-281.

Svinin A. O., Bashinskiy I.V., Litvinchuk S.N., Neymark L.A., Ivanov A.Y., Ermakov O.A., Vedernikov A.A., and Dubois A. Planorbarius corneus is an intermediate host of the infectious agent of Rostand’s “anomaly P” in green frogs. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 2019. 26(6): 349 – 353.

Svinin A.O., Bashinskiy I.V., Litvinchuk S.N., Neymark L.A., Osipov V.V., Katsman E.A., Ermakov O.A., Ivanov A.Y., Vedernikov A.A., Drobot G.P., and Dubois A. First record of the Jean Rostand’s “anomaly P” in the marsh frog, Pelophylax ridibundus, in central Russia. Alytes, 2019. 37: 31–45.

Dedukh D., Litvinchuk J., Svinin A., Litvinchuk S., Rosanov J., and Krasikova A. Variation in hybridogenetic hybrid emergence between populations of water frogs from the Pelophylax esculentus complex. PLoS ONE, 2019. 14(11): e0224759.

Ermakov O., Ivanov A., Titov S., Svinin A., and Litvinchuk S. New multiplex PCR method for identification of east European green frog species and their hybrids. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 2019. 26(6): 367-370.

Ivanov A.Yu., Ruchin A.B., Fayzulin A.I., Chikhlyaev I.V., Litvinchuk S.N., Kirillov A.A., Svinin A.O., and Ermakov O.A. The first record of natural transfer of mitochondrial DNA from Pelophylax cf. bedriagae into P. lessonae (Amphibia, Anura). Nature Conservation Research. 2019, 4(2): 125–128.