Dr. Spartak N. Litvinchuk
Assotiated Researcher
Department of Evolutionary cytoecology
Institute of Citology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Tikhoretsky Pr., 4
St. Petersburg
194064
Russia
Telephone: +7 (812) 323-31-40, +7 (812) 247-23-67
Fax: +7 (812) 328-02-21
E-mail: slitvinchuk@yahoo.com
Research Interests
Amphibians, Evolution, Speciation, Hybridization, Genome size, Cytoecology
Field Research
Ukraine, Byelorussia, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and other parts of former Soviet Union;
Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Serbia and Montenegro.
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Litvinchuk S. N., Rosanov J. M., Borkin L. J. 1998. A case of natural triploidy in a smooth newt,
Triturus vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758), from Russia. – Herpetozoa, Wien, 11 (1/2): 93-95.
Litvinchuk S. N., Borkin L. J., Dzukic G., Kalezic M. L., Khalturin M. D., Rosanov Y. M. 1999.
Taxonomic status of Triturus karelinii on the Balkans, with some comments about other crested newt taxa.
– Russ. J. Herpetol., 6 (2): 153-163.
Borissovsky A. G., Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N. and Rosanov J. M. 2000. Morphometric characteristics
of European green frogs (Rana esculenta complex) in Udmurtia. – Vestnik Udmurtskogo Universiteta, Izhevsk,
5: 70-75 (in Russian).
Borkhvardt V. G., and Litvinchuk S. N. 2000. Epicoracoid overlap indices in newts of the genus
Triturus (Amphibia: Salamandridae). – Russ. J. Herpetol., 7 (3): 239-240.
Borkin L. J., Rosanov J. M., and Litvinchuk S. N. 2000. Nuclear DNA content in some green toads
(Bufo viridis complex) of Turkey and Iran. – Russ. J. Herpetol., 7 (3): 171-180.
Litvinchuk S. N., and Borkin L. J. 2000. Intraspecific taxonomy and nomenclature of the Danube crested
newt, Triturus dobrogicus. – Amphibia-Reptilia, Leiden, 21 (4): 419-430.
Borissovsky A.G., Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N., and Rosanov J. M. 2001. Distribution of green frogs
(Rana esculenta complex) in Udmurtia. – Vestnik Udmurtskogo Universiteta, Izhevsk, 6: 51-63 (in Russian, with
English abstract).
Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N., Milto K. D., Rosanov J. M., and Khalturin M. D. 2001. Cryptic speciation
in Pelobates fuscus (Amphibia, Pelobatidae): genome size and biochemical evidences. – Doklady Akademii Nauk,
376 (5): 707-709 (in Russian).
Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N., Rosanov J. M., and Milto K. D. 2001. Cryptic speciation in Pelobates fuscus
(Anura, Pelobatidae): evidence from DNA flow cytometry. – Amphibia-Reptilia, Leiden, 22 (4): 387-396.
Litvinchuk S. N. 2001. First record of paedomorphosis for the smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris) from
Ukraine. – Russ. J. Herpetol., 8 (1): 77-78.
Litvinchuk S. N., Rosanov J. M., and Borkin L. J. 2001. Natural autotriploidy in the Danube newt,
Triturus dobrogicus (Salamandridae). – Russ. J. Herpetol., 8 (1): 74-76.
Borkin L. Y., Pashkova I. M., and Litvinchuk S. N. (2002): Differences in muscle thermostability between
diploid and tetraploid species of green toads (Bufo viridis complex) of the Middle Asia. – Tsitologia,
St. Petersburg, 44 (3): 259-262 (in Russian, with English abstract).
Litvinchuk S.N., and Borkin L.J. (2002): Distribution, ecology and conservation status of the Danube
crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus) in Ukraine and Moldavia. – Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev, 36 (3): 35-44 (in Russian,
with English abstract).
Litvinchuk S. N., Kazakov V. I., and Anatsky S. Y. (2002): Use of museum animal collections in
molecular-genetic investigations. – Uspekhi Sovremennoy Biologii, Moscow, 122 (5): 444-448 (in Russian, with English abstract).
Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N., Mannapova E. I., Pestov M. V., and Rosanov J. M., 2002. The distribution
of green frogs (Rana esculenta complex) in Nizhegorodskaya Region, central European Russia. – Russ. J. Herpetol.,
9 (3): 195-207.
Khalturin M. D., Litvinchuk S. N., Borkin L. J., Rosanov J. M., and Milto K. D. 2003. Genetic variation
in two cryptic forms, with different genome size, of the common spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus (Pelobatidae,
Anura, Amphibia). – Tsitologia, St. Petersburg, 45 (3): 308-323 (in Russian, with English abstract).
Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N. and Zuiderwijk A. 2003. Bandmolch, Triturus vittatus (Gray, 1835).
– In: Grossenbacher K.G. and Thiesmeier B. (Hrg.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Bd. 4/IIA: Schwanzlurche,
AULA-Verlag, Wiebelsheim: 555-605.
Litvinchuk S. N., Borkin L. J. and Rosanov J. M. 2003. On distribution of and hybridization between the
newts Triturus vulgaris and T. montandoni in western Ukraine. – Alytes, Paris, 20 (3-4): 161-168.
Borkin L. J., Litvinchuk S. N., Rosanov J. M., Khalturin M. D., Lada G. A., Borissovsky A. G., Faizulin A. I.,
Kotserzhinskaya I. M., Novitsky R. V., and Ruchin A. B. 2003. New data on the distribution of two cryptic forms of the
common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus) in Eastern Europe. – Russ. J. Herpetol., 10 (2): 115-122.
Litvinchuk S. N., and Borkin L. J. 2003. Variation in numbers of trunk vertebrae and of costal grooves
in salamanders of the family Hynobiidae. – Contr. Zool., Amsterdam, 72 (4): 195-209.
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