Vladislav Vergilov

Personal information

Contacts

e-mail: vladislav8807@gmail.com

Curriculum vitae

Born: 2 July 1988, Montana, Bulgaria.

Education:
2013 — Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Biology, Biologist — Master of Zoology of Vertebrates.
2017 — Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Biology, Doctor of Zoology (Zoology of Vertebrates).

Work:
Chief Assistant (Assistant Prof.) at the Vertebrates Department of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNH–BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria (January 2017–January 2024).
Assoc. Prof (Docent) at the Vertebrates Department of the NMNH–BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria (January 2024–October 2024).
Chief of Histological Laboratory, Vertebrates Department of the NMNH–BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria (2022–2024).

Current work:
Assoc. Prof. (Docent) at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria (October 2024–current).

Research interests

Herpetology, evolution, functional morphology, zoology of vertebrates, palaeontology.

Publications

Vergilov, V., Zlatkov, B. 2024. Morphology of hemipenes and its taxonomic implication in the fused eyelids species of the genus Ablepharus (Squamata: Scincidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 312: 79—91. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2024.07.009

Ollonen, J. S. O., Khannoon, E. R., Macrí, S., Vergilov, V., Kuurne, J., Saarikivi, J., Soukainen, A., Aalto, I.-M., Werneburg, I., Diaz Jr., R. E., Di-Poï, N. 2024. Dynamic evolutionary interplay between ontogenetic skull patterning and whole-head integration. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8376575

Zlatkov, B., Vergilov, V., Santa-Rita, J. V. P., Baixeras, J. 2023. First 3-D reconstruction of copulationin Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae). Frontiers in Zoology. doi:10.1186/s12983-023-00500-4

Mutafchiev, Y., Vergilov, V. 2023. Redescription of Thubunaea schurkovi Annaev, 1973 from Ablepharus chernovi, with notes on the members of Thubunaea (Spirurida: Physalopteridae) from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan realms. Journal of Helminthology, 97: e39. doi:10.1017/S0022149X23000172

Altmanová, M., Doležálková-Kaštánková, M., Jablonski, D., Strachinis, I., Vergilov, V., Vacheva, E., Iannucci, A., Choleva, L., Ráb, P., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V. 2023. Karyotype stasis but species—specific repetitive DNA patterns in Anguis lizards (Squamata: Anguidae), in the evolutionary framework of Anguiformes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad153

Zlatkov, B., Vergilov, V., Sivilov, O., Pérez Santa-Rita, J. V., Baixeras, J. 2022. New approaches for studying the functional anatomy of the phallus in Lepidoptera. Zoomorphology. doi:10.1007/s00435-022-00566-4

Vergilov, V., Tzankov, N., Kornilev, Y., Popgeorgiev, G. 2022. Ecology of the small Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) in a NW Bulgaria population. The North-Western Journal of Zoology, 18 (1): 40—46.

Slavchev, M., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Vergilov, V. 2022. Pelobates fuscus (Common Spadefoot Toad) and Pelophylax ridibundus (Marsh Frog). Interspecific amplexus. Herpetological Review, 53 (3): 474.

Vergilov, V., Tzankov, N. 2021. Giant pelobatid fossil larva from the middle Miocene of Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 43 (3): 29—42. doi:10.48027/hnb.43.031

Vergilov, V., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Georgieva, S., Slavchev, M. 2021. A case of Emys orbicularis (L.) feeding on newts from Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 43 (2): 25—27. doi:10.48027/hnb.43.021

Nedyakov, N., Vergilov, V., Zlatkov, B. 2021. Penis morphology of two European mole species (Soricomorpha, Talpidae). Biologia. doi:10.1007/s11756-021-00738-5

Jablonski, D., Sillero, N., Oskyrko, O., Bellati, A., Čeirāns, A., Cheylan, M., Cogălniceanu, D., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Crochet, P.-A., Crottini, A., Doronin, I., Džukić, G., Geniez, P., Ilgaz, Ç., Iosif, R., Jandzik, D., Jelić, D., Litvinchuk, S., Ljubisavljević, K., Lymberakis, P., Mikulíček, P., Mizsei, E., Moravec, J., Najbar, B., Pabijan, M., Pupins, M., Sourrouille, P., Strachinis, I., Szabolcs, M., Thanou, E., Tzoras, E., Vergilov, V., Vörös, J., Gvoždík, V. 2021. The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones. Amphibia-Reptilia. doi:10.1163/15685381-bja10069

Zlatkov, B., Stefanov, S., Gashtarov, V., Vergilov, V. 2020. New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 99—101. doi:10.48027/hnb.41.12003

Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., Pavlishina, P., Brusatte, S., Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., Vergilov, V., Simov, N., Spassov, N., Hristova, L. 2020. Welcome to “Cretaceous Park”: Three years of research at the Late Cretaceous tetrapod fossil site near the town of Tran, Western Srednogorie. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 81 (3): 141—143.

Kornilev, Y., Lukanov, S., Pulev, A., Slavchev, M., Vacheva, E., Vergilov, V., Mladenov, V., Georgieva, R., Popgeorgiev, G. 2020. The Alien Pond Slider Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) in Bulgaria: Future Prospects for an Established and Reproducing Invasive Species. Acta zoologica bulgarica, 72 (4): 571—581.

Georgieva, S., Vergilov, V. 2020. Notes on some biometrical data on hatchlings of Lacerta agilis (L.) (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Western Bulgaria. The North-Western Journal of Zoology, 16 (2): 246—247.

Gemel, R., Vergilov, V. 2020. Nomenclatural-taxonomic notes on the genus Ablepharus Fitzinger, 1824 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa, 4858 (3) 448—450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.11

Vergilov, V., Kornilev, Y. 2019. Injuries reflecting intra- and interspecific interactions in the Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) (Squamata, Scincidae) from Bulgaria. Herpetozoa, 32: 171—175. doi:10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e37735

Popgeorgiev, G., Naumov, B., Kornilev, Y., Vergilov, V., Slavchev, M., Lukanov, S., Dyugmegdzhiev, A., Stoyanov, A., Dobrev, D., Tzankov, N. 2019. Diversity and Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Bulgarian Part of the Lower Danube. p. 283—314.

Handschuh, S., Natchev, N., Kummer, S., Beisser, C., Lemell, P., Herrel, A., Vergilov, V. 2019. Cranial kinesis in the miniaturised lizard Ablepharus kitaibelii (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. doi:10.1242/jeb.198291

Vergilov, V., Tzankov, N., Zlatkov, B. 2018. Age structure and growth in Bulgarian populations of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa, 30 (3/4): 179—185.

Vergilov, V., Tzankov, N. 2018. Contribution to the individual marking techniques for small lizards: heat branding on Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833). The North-Western Journal of Zoology, 14 (2) 270—273.

Vergilov, V., Necheva, V., Zlatkov, B. 2018. Reproduction of Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) (Squamata: Scincidae) in Bulgaria. Acta zoologica bulgarica, 70 (4): 507—516.

Vergilov, V., Natchev, N. 2018. Notes on the hatching phases and the size of the juveniles in the Snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833). Acta Scientifica Naturalis, 5 (1): 69—74.

Vergilov, V., Zlatkov, B., Tzankov, N. 2017. Hemipenial differentiation in the closely related congeners Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833), and Ablepharus budaki Göçmen, Kumlutaş & Tosunoğlu, 1996 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa, 30 (1/2): 39—48.

Vergilov, V., Natchev, N. 2017. First record of tail bifurcations in the Snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) from Pastrina hill (northwestern Bulgaria). Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 15: 224—228.

Vergilov, V. 2017. Notes on the defensive behavior and activity of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) in Bulgaria. ZooNotes, 116: 1—4.

Цанков, Н., Стоянов, А., Добрев, Д., Луканов, С., Корнилев, Ю., Андонов, К., Вергилов, В., Попгеоргиев, Г. 2017. Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792). стр. 110—113. В: Тричкова, Т., Владимиров, В., Томов, Р., Тодоров, М. (ред.): Атлас на инвазивните чужди видове от значение за Европейския съюз, ИБЕИ-БАН, ESENIAS, София, 176 стр.

Vergilov, V., Hristov, G., Lukanov, S., Lambevska, A., Tzankov, N. 2016. First record of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) in Montenegro. Biharean Biologist, 10 (1): 65—66.

Natchev, N., Tzankov, N., Vergilov, V., Kummer, S., Handschuh, S. 2015. Functional morphology of a highly specialised pivot joint in the cranio-cervical complex of the minute lizard Ablepharus kitaibelii in relation to feeding ecology and behaviour. Contributions to Zoology, 84 (1) 13—23.

Vergilov, V., Tzankov, N. 2014. Influence of environmental factors on the morphology of the Snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Eastern Balkans. Acta zoologica bulgarica, 66 (2): 217—224.

Tzankov, N., Popgeorgiev, G. S., Naumov, B., Stojanov, A., Kornilev, Y. V., Petrov, B., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Vergilov, V., Dragomirova, R., Lukanov, S., Westerström, A. 2014. Identification guide to the amphibians and reptiles in Vitosha Nature Park. Directorate of Vitosha Nature Park, Sofia, 248 pp.

Affiliation

Department

Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology

Division

Community Ecology and Conservation Biology

History

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