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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
High genetic differentiation within the Hemidactylus turcicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in the Levant, with comments on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus
Zootaxa, No. 2894, Year 2011
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The molecular phylogeny of Hemidactylus turcicus (sensu lato) and related Levantine taxa of Hemidactylus geckos were studied using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Five main phylogenetic lineages were detected within the distribution area of H. turcicus: (1) H. turcicus (sensu stricto) from the Mediterranean region comprising two widely distributed haplotype groups divergent by 2.1%; (2) H. cf. turcicus from north-eastern Israel forming a divergent (7.2%) sister lineage to H. turcicus s.s.; (3) H. turcicus lavadeserticus from the black Syrian basalt desert; (4) H. mindiae from southern Jordan; and (5) a highly supported lineage representing an unnamed species of Hemidactylus distributed in southern Syria and Jordan. On the basis of the obtained phylogenies, genetic divergences and morphological comparisons, the subspecies H. turcicus lavadeserticus is elevated to full species level and the unnamed Hemidactylus clade is described as a new species, H. dawudazraqi sp. n. In addition, an unnamed lineage of Hemidactylus from southern Sinai and exceptional genetic differentiation within "H. turcicus-like" forms from Yemen are reported, the type locality of H. turcicus is discussed and also comments are provided on the phylogeny and systematics of the genus Hemidactylus. Copyright © 2011 - Magnolia Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moravec, Jiří
Czech Republic, Prague
Národní Muzeum, Prague
Kratochvíl, Lukáš
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Amr, Zuhair Sami
Jordan, Irbid
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Jandzik, David
Slovakia, Bratislava
Univerzita Komenského V Bratislave
Šmíd, Jiří
Czech Republic, Prague
Národní Muzeum, Prague
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Gvoždík, Václav
Czech Republic, Prague
Národní Muzeum, Prague
Czech Republic, Libechov
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Statistics
Citations: 33
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.2894.1.2
ISSN:
11755326
e-ISSN:
11755334
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics