Topic
Afroablepharus
About: Afroablepharus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4 publications have been published within this topic receiving 74 citations.
Papers
University of Texas at El Paso1, Villanova University2, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University3, Natural History Museum of Geneva4, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity5, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences6, Texas A&M University7, University of Texas at Arlington8, University of Mississippi9, Makerere University10, Museum für Naturkunde11
TL;DR: It is inferred that rifting processes (including the formation of the East African Rift System) and climatic oscillations contributed to the expansion and contraction of savannas, and caused cladogenesis in snake-eyed skinks.
32 citations
TL;DR: The phylogenetic relationships of species belonging to the genus Afroablepharus from the volcanic islands of the Gulf of Guinea (West Africa) and neighboring continental Africa are assessed, suggesting a single initial colonization followed by radiation to the other islands, possibly from São Tomé to Príncipe and Annobon.
21 citations
TL;DR: This study applies Bayesian, maximum parsimony, and maximum likelihood methods of phylogenetic inference to mitochondrial 12S rRNA and 16S r RNA gene fragments to examine the degree of genetic variation within the genus Panaspis, and proposes the recognition of the four former subgenera as full genera.
Abstract: The scincid taxa connected to the genus Panaspis sensu lato have undergone various taxonomic changes based mainly on morphological studies in the last century, but their true relationships are still far from clear. In the present study we applied Bayesian, maximum parsimony, and maximum likelihood methods of phylogenetic inference to mitochondrial 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA gene fragments to examine the degree of genetic variation within the genus. We found considerable genetic differentiation between the different proposed subgenera. Similarly, we could show that two species considered to be part of the former subgenus Leptosiaphos are in reality genuine members of the genus Lacertaspis. Based on our results we propose the recognition of the four former subgenera as full genera, and we identify several additional, possibly subgeneric, lineages within the different newly recognized full genera.
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