RNDr. Petra Frýdlová, PhD. Institution: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Vinicná 7, CZ 128 44, Praha 2, Czech Republic Phone: 00420221951846, 00420739352490 Email: petra.frydlova@seznam.cz Research interests: Herpetology, Ecomorphology, Sexual Size Dimorphism, Behavioural Ecology Current Projects: Evolution of Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism, Determinate and Indeterminate Growth, Body Growth of Reptiles, Behaviour of Monitor Lizards, Physiology and Behaviour of Boid Snakes

Model Taxa: Reptiles and Snakes Lectures and Courses: Ecomorphology and Evolutionary Ecology, Practical courses in Vertebrate Zoology, Morphology of Vertebrates, Ethology and Sociobiology, Sociobiology and Behavioural Ecology Publications: Frýdlová, P. & Frynta, D. (2010). A test of Rensch´s rule in varanid lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100:293-306. Hnízdo, J., Frynta, D., Frýdlová, P., Adlerová, L. & Chylíková, L. (2010). Nitrotělní masy u varana mangrovového (Varanus indicus) - tři případy, tři příčiny. Veterinární lékař 8(1):153-159. Frynta, D., Frýdlová, P., Hnízdo, J., Šimková, O., Cikánová, V. & Velenský, P. (2010). Ontogeny of the sexual size dimorphism in monitor lizards: males grow for a longer period but not at a faster rate. Zoological Science 27(12):917-923. Frýdlová, P., Velenský, P., Šimková, O., Cikánová, V., Hnízdo, J., Rehák, I. & Frynta, D. (2011). Is body shape of mangrove-dwelling monitor lizards (Varanus indicus, Varanidae) sexually dimorphic? Amphibia-Reptilia 32(1):27-37. Frýdlová, P., Hnízdo, J., Chylíková, L., Šimková, O., Cikánová, V., Velenský, P. & Frynta, D. (2013) Morphological characteristics of blood cells in monitor lizards: is erythrocyte size linked to actual body size? Integrative Zoology 8(1):39-45. Frýdlová, P., Hnízdo, J., Velenský, P., Šimková, O., Cikánová, V., Chylíková, L. & Frynta, D. (2013) Easy life of males? Indirect evidence that growth is easier than egg production in mangrove-dwelling monitor lizards (Varanus indicus). Acta Herpetologica 8(2):105-113.