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Phylogeny and evolution of habitat preference in Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) and their correlation with karst and granite-stream-adapted ecomorphologies in species groups from Vietnam
- Source :
- Vertebrate Zoology 71: 335-352, Vertebrate Zoology, Vol 71, Iss, Pp 335-352 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2021.
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Abstract
- Abstract Maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) analyses using two mitochondrial (16S and cyt b) and two nuclear (CMOS and RAG1) genes and 103 specimens recovered the first phylogenies of all 23 extant species of Goniurosaurus. The analyses strongly supported the recognition of four monophyletic species groups with identical inter-specific relationships within the kuroiwae, lichtenfelderi, and yingdeensis groups but discordant topologies at some nodes within the luii group. Both analyses recovered a polyphyletic G. luii with respect to G. kadoorieorum, and owing to the lack of diagnostic characters in the latter, it is considered a junior synonym of G. luii. A stochastic character mapping analysis of karst versus non-karst habitat preference suggested that karstic landscapes may have played a major role in the evolution and diversification of Goniurosaurus. A karst habitat preference is marginally supported as the most probable ancestral condition for Goniurosaurus as well as for the kuroiwae, luii, and yingdeensis groups. However, a non-karst habitat preference is marginally supported as the most probable ancestral condition for the lichtenfelderi group. Multivariate and univariate ecomorphological analyses of the karst-adapted G. catbaensis, G. huuliensis, and G. luii of the luii group and the granite-stream-adapted G. lichtenfelderii of the lichtenfelderi group demonstrated that their markedly statistically different body shapes may be an adaptive response that contributes to habitat partitioning in areas of northern Vietnam where they are nearly sympatric.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Goniurosaurus
Species groups
Squamata
Reptilia
Asia
stochastic character mapping
synonymy
Eublepharidae
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
tiger geckos
03 medical and health sciences
Phylogenetics
Animalia
Chordata
systematics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
biology
Ecology
biology.organism_classification
Karst
Preference
030104 developmental biology
Habitat
QL1-991
Zoology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26258498 and 18645755
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vertebrate Zoology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a99e54948510a4132a3bbb8e68fed0d7