Publications

Peer-reviewed work, datasets, plus what is currently in the pipeline

Author

Giuliano Colosimo

Modified

October 14, 2026

A complete list of my publications. Titles link to the published version wherever one exists.

31 published works · 7 in review · 5 in preparation · spanning 2014–2026

Published

2026
Un Viaggio nell’ambiente R
Russo, T., Colosimo, G., Fanelli, C., Franceschini, S., Gratton, P., Parisi, A., & Alice, R.
TVUP (STEM series)
2026
The impact of serial translocation bottlenecks on the genetic diversity of Anegada Rock Iguanas (Cyclura pinguis) in the British Virgin Islands
Colosimo, G., Dykema, Z., Welch, M. E., Perry, G., Harlow, Z., Davis, H., Bradley, K. A., Gentile, G., & Gerber, G. P.
Conservation Genetics, 27(3)
2026
Novel COI mitochondrial sequences for noble pen shell from Marmara Sea
Colosimo, G., Rakaj, A., Acarli, D., Kale, S., Batir, E., Di Gianvito, M., Gentile, G., & Acarli, S.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 13
2026
A spatially explicit distribution model to support conservation strategies for isolated small-ranged species: a case study from Galápagos
Gargano, M., Marta, S., Garizio, L., Gratton, P., Colosimo, G., Gerber, G. P., Lewbart, G. A., Sevilla, C., & Gentile, G.
Diversity and Distributions, 32(6)
2025
Design of a LoRa-based multisensor device for the Internet of Animals
De Luca, M., Loreti, P., Bracciale, L., Colosimo, G., Gentile, G., Mastrangeli, F., Gerber, G. P., Haakonsson, J., Waters, G., Allegra, V., Capuano, R., Di Natale, C., & Catini, A.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12(15), 31588–31600
2025
Trafficking of Galápagos iguanas as an example of a global problem: CITES permits, laundering and the role of transit countries in Europe and Africa
Auliya, M., Nijman, V., Altherr, S., Aguilera, W. T., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Cantu, J. C., Colosimo, G., Gentile, G., Gerber, G., Grant, T., Henningheim, E., Hughes, A., Knapp, C. R., Lieberman, S., Malone, C., Pasachnik, S. A., Petrossian, G., Sevilla, C., Sosnowski, M., & Weissgold, B.
Biological Conservation, 305, 111104
2025
Genomic insights into the biogeography and evolution of Galápagos iguanas
Paradiso, C., Gratton, P., Trucchi, E., López-Delgado, J., Gargano, M., Garizio, L., Carr, I. M., Colosimo, G., Sevilla, C., Welch, M. E., Firdaus-Raih, M., Noor Mat-Isa, M., Goodman, S. J., & Gentile, G.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 204, 108294
2025
Ultrastructural studies distinguish skin diversities among Galápagos iguanas
Scimeca, M., Bonfiglio, R., Colosimo, G., Candi, E., Gerber, G. P., Lewbart, G. A., Mauriello, A., Melino, G., Sevilla, C., Shi, Y., Wang, Y., & Gentile, G.
Biology Direct, 20(1)
2024
Locating nesting sites for critically endangered Galápagos Pink Land Iguanas (Conolophus marthae)
Gargano, M., Colosimo, G., Garizio, L., Gratton, P., Lewbart, G. A., Gerber, G. P., Loreti, P., Catini, A., Bracciale, L., De Luca, M., Mastrangeli, F., Sevilla, C., & Gentile, G.
Animals, 14(12), 1835
2024
Hand grab or noose pole? Evaluating the least stressful practice for capture of endangered Turks and Caicos rock iguanas Cyclura carinata
Colosimo, G., Montemuro, G., Lewbart, G. A., Gentile, G., & Gerber, G. P.
PeerJ, 12, e17171
2024
Novel herpesvirus in the critically endangered Galápagos Pink Land Iguana
Nieto-Claudín, A., Sacristán, C., Deem, S. L., Lewbart, G. A., Colosimo, G., Esperón, F., Sevilla, C., & Gentile, G.
Acta Tropica, 252, 107127
2024
First evidence of recruitment in critically endangered Galápagos Pink Land Iguanas (Conolophus marthae)
Garizio, L., Gargano, M., Colosimo, G., Gratton, P., Gerber, G. P., Lewbart, G., Sevilla, C., & Gentile, G.
Conservation Science and Practice, 6(4)
2024
Spatial ecology of the Turks and Caicos Boa Chilabothrus c. chrysogaster Cope, 1871 (Serpentes: Boidae)
Reynolds, R. G., Reger, M. E., Peek, K. J., Raphael, B. L., Colosimo, G., Miller, A. H., Vanerelli, A. A., & Gerber, G. P.
The Herpetological Journal, 34(1), 22–34
2023
When pink is a question: comparative gross and microscopic skin structure analyses reveal the histological basis of skin colour in Galápagos Pink Land Iguanas (Conolophus marthae)
Lewbart, G. A., Colosimo, G., Gaudette, C., Negrão Watanabe, T. T., Parker, J., Sevilla, C., Gerber, G. P., & Gentile, G.
Acta Zoologica, 105(4), 514–523
2023
Galápagos pink land iguana (Conolophus marthae): conservation and management plan 2022–2027
Castaño, P. A., Campbell, K. J., Colosimo, G., Gerber, G., León, P., Tapia, W., & Gentile, G.
IUCN
2022
Nitrogen and carbon stable isotope analysis sheds light on trophic competition between two syntopic land iguana species from Galápagos
Gargano, M., Colosimo, G., Gratton, P., Marta, S., Brilli, M., Giustini, F., Sevilla, C., & Gentile, G.
Scientific Reports, 12(1)
2022
Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of West Indian Rock Iguanas (genus Cyclura)
Reynolds, R. G., Miller, A. H., Pasachnik, S. A., Knapp, C. R., Welch, M. E., Colosimo, G., Gerber, G. P., Drawert, B., & Iverson, J. B.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 174, 107548
2022
Remote tracking of Galápagos Pink Land Iguana reveals large elevational shifts in habitat use
Colosimo, G., Gargano, M., Loreti, P., Bracciale, L., De Luca, M., Catini, A., Di Natale, C., Vera, C., Sevilla, C. R., Gerber, G. P., & Gentile, G.
Journal for Nature Conservation, 68, 126210
2022
Conservation of a flagship species: health assessment of the pink land iguana, Conolophus marthae
Colosimo, G., Gentile, G., Vera, C. A., Sevilla, C., Gerber, G. P., Westermeyer, H. D., & Lewbart, G. A.
PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0257179
2021
Correlated population genetic structure in a three-tiered host-parasite system: the potential for coevolution and adaptive divergence
Colosimo, G., Jackson, A. C., Benton, A., Varela-Stokes, A., Iverson, J., Knapp, C. R., & Welch, M.
Journal of Heredity, 112(7), 590–601
2021
Turks and Caicos rock iguana (Cyclura carinata): conservation and management plan 2020–2024
IUCN
2021
All is fish that comes to the net: metabarcoding for rapid fisheries catch assessment
Russo, T., Maiello, G., Talarico, L., Baillie, C., Colosimo, G., D’Andrea, L., Di Maio, F., Fiorentino, F., Franceschini, S., Garofalo, G., Scannella, D., Cataudella, S., & Mariani, S.
Ecological Applications, 31(2)
2020
Chemical signatures of femoral pore secretions in two syntopic but reproductively isolated species of Galápagos land iguanas (Conolophus marthae and C. subcristatus)
Colosimo, G., Di Marco, G., D’Agostino, A., Gismondi, A., Vera, C. A., Gerber, G. P., Scardi, M., Canini, A., & Gentile, G.
Scientific Reports, 10(1)
2020
Genetic structure of Rhinoceros Rock Iguanas, Cyclura cornuta, in the Dominican Republic, with insights into the impact of captive facilities and the taxonomic status of Cyclura on Mona Island
Pasachnik, S. A., Colosimo, G., Carreras-De León, R., & Gerber, G.
Conservation Genetics, 21(5), 837–851
2020
Leiocephalus carinatus — geographic distribution notes
Colosimo, G., Gerber, G. P., & Clay, C.
Herpetological Review, 51(2), 272
2020
Assessment and validation of miniaturized technology for the remote tracking of critically endangered Galápagos Pink Land Iguana (Conolophus marthae)
Loreti, P., Bracciale, L., Colosimo, G., Vera, C., Gerber, G. P., De Luca, M., & Gentile, G.
Animal Biotelemetry, 8(1)
2019
Cyclura carinata: the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020
Gerber, G. P., Colosimo, G., & Grant, T. D.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN
2019
Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers
Mariani, S., Baillie, C., Colosimo, G., & Riesgo, A.
Current Biology, 29(11), R401–R402
2017
Molecular variation and population structure in critically endangered Turks and Caicos Rock Iguanas: identifying intraspecific conservation units and revising subspecific taxonomy
Welch, M. E., Colosimo, G., Pasachnik, S. A., Malone, C. L., Hilton, J., Long, J., Getz, A. H., Alberts, A. C., & Gerber, G. P.
Conservation Genetics, 18(2), 479–493
2016
Genetic diversity and structure in the endangered Allen Cays rock iguana, Cyclura cychlura inornata
Aplasca, A. C., Iverson, J. B., Welch, M. E., Colosimo, G., & Hekkala, E. R.
PeerJ, 4, e1793
2014
Inferred vs realized patterns of gene flow: an analysis of population structure in the Andros Island rock iguana
Colosimo, G., Knapp, C. R., Wallace, L. E., & Welch, M. E.
PLoS ONE, 9(9), e106963

Datasets

Data products from my research. Some carry restrictions on access — for critically endangered species, precise locality data is itself a conservation risk. Where a database is not openly downloadable, please get in touch and I will be glad to discuss access.

Quantifying endemic island species recovery following cat eradication
Colosimo, G., Gargano, M., Waters, G., & Gerber, G. P.
To be deposited in Zenodo · in preparation
Amphibian and reptile occurrence records for Italy, 1950–2025: a cleaned, elevation-annotated subset of a GBIF download [dataset]
Colosimo, G.
Zenodo · 10.5281/zenodo.23383862

In review

Quantifying endemic island species recovery following cat eradication
Colosimo, G., Gargano, M., Waters, G., & Gerber, G. P.
Animal Conservation - 4593528 · under review
The Pink Land Iguana (Conolophus marthae Gentile and Snell, 2009): a high-altitude, high-priority, highly endangered species
Gentile, G., Colosimo, G., Gerber, G. P., Sevilla, C., & Lewbart, G. A.
Book chapter · accepted / in press
A constructive reanalysis of island climatic and geographical influences on body size in the Lesser Antillean iguana: a cautionary tale as the unit of analysis matters
Colosimo, G., & van den Burg, M.
Journal of Zoology - JZO-07-26-LER-232 · under review
A genomic perspective on the origins, evolution and adaptation of Galápagos iguanas
López-Delgado, J., Carr, I. M., Paradiso, C., Gratton, P., Colosimo, G., van den Burg, M., Debrot, A. O., Sevilla, C., Mat-Isa, M. N., Bayliss, R., Gerber, G. P., Firdaus-Raih, M., O’Connell, M. J., Gentile, G., & Goodman, S. J.
Current Biology - S-26-02452 · under review
Why they move: breeding-site availability drives partial migration in a large terrestrial reptile
Gargano, M., Garizio, L., Colosimo, G., Loreti, P., Catini, A., Bracciale, L., De Luca, M., Lewbart, G. A., Sevilla, C., Gerber, G. P., Gratton, P., & Gentile, G.
Journal of Applied Ecology - JAPPL-2026-02031 · under review · preprint
How small is too small? Genetic signatures from naturally small populations of a large island vertebrate, the Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana
Dykema, Z., Gerber, G. P., Colosimo, G., Welch, M. E.
Journal of Heredity - JOH-2026-171 · under review · preprint
Thermoregulation in two syntopic Galápagos land iguanas: the role of microhabitat selection and skin pigmentation
Garizio, L., Gargano, M., Gratton, P., Marta, S., Colosimo, G., Sevilla, C., Vignoli, L., Carosi, M., & Gentile, G.
Oecologia - OECO-D-26-00698 · under review

In preparation

Eighty days apart: intrinsic allochrony masks adaptive trade-offs between competition and survival in endangered rock iguanas
Colosimo, G., Gargano, M., Gerber, G. P., Carreras De León, R., & Pasachnik, S. A.
Ecology and Evolution · ready for submission
Using terrestrial laser scanning to characterize the habitat structure of the critically endangered Galápagos pink land iguana
Downes, J., Garizio, L., Campeiro, G., Suter, S., Zemp, C., Gentile, G., & Colosimo, G.
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation · in preparation
Amphibians and reptiles track warming upslope: an open-data climate-velocity framework demonstrated on the Italian herpetofauna
Colosimo, G.
Ecography · in preparation
Acquired antimicrobial resistance in cloacal Enterobacterales of the Endangered Turks and Caicos rock iguana (Cyclura carinata)
Ziantona, S., D Andrea, M. M., Gentile, G., Colosimo, G.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases · in preparation
Trombiculid Mite Associated Dermatitis in a Galapagos Pink Iguana (Conolophus marthae).
Benedict, W.M., Troan, B. V., Flower, J., Gentile, G., Colosimo, G., Sevilla, C., Lewbart, G.
in preparation

Review services

I have reviewed for the following journals:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Herpetologica
  • Conservation Genetics
  • PLoS ONE
  • Biological Invasion
  • Journal for Nature Conservation
  • Integrative Zoology
  • Oecologia