Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards

Omar Torres-Carvajal; Paola Mafla-Endara

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.013

Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards

Omar Torres-Carvajal^*, Paola Mafla-Endara

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Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

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Abstract

Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus lizards contain seven and two species, respectively, as currently recognized. We analyze three mitochondrial loci (12S, 16S, ND4) using Bayesian methods to clarify the phylogenetic relationships between these genera based on a well-supported phylogenetic hypothesis. The phylogenetic tree obtained in this paper includes two main clades and shows that both Pholidobolus and Macropholidus are not monophyletic. A chronophylogenetic analysis indicates that the southernmost clade, occurring in the Huancabamba Depression, diversified earlier than the northern-Andes clade. Bayesian hypothesis tests reject previous phylogenetic hypotheses. We propose phylogenetic definitions for the main clades inferred herein.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	212-217
Number of pages	6
Journal	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Volume	68
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.013
State	Published - Aug 2013

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We thank P. Venegas (CORBIDI, Lima, Peru) for the loan of tissue samples of species from Peru; J.P. Almeida, F. Ayala-Varela, S. Báez, L. Bustamante, A. Carvajal-Campos, V. Durán, P. Loaiza, S. Ron, D. Salazar and P. Venegas for their help during fieldwork. This manuscript was greatly improved with comments from K. de Queiroz. Photographs of species from Ecuador were taken from ReptiliaWebEcuador (http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/Vertebrados/Reptiles/ReptilesEcuador); those of species from Peru were provided by P. Venegas. This work was funded by Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología del Ecuador (SENESCYT), project PIC-08-0000470. Specimens were collected under collection permit 008-09 IC-FAU-DNB/MA issued by Ministerio del Ambiente and were deposited at Museo de Zoología (QCAZ), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.

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Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología del Ecuador
Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación	PIC-08-0000470

Keywords

Andes
Chronophylogenetic
Gymnophthalmidae
Macropholidus
Pholidobolus
Phylogenetics

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