Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: Another case of paraphyly?

Kapli, Paschalia; Lymberakis, Petros; Poulakakis, Nikos; Μάντζιου, Γεωργία; Parmakelis, Aristeidis; Mylonas, M.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.016

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“…() for Chalcides ocellatus , from Mendoça and Harris () for Trogonophis wiegmanni , from Kapli et al. () for Mesalina guttulata and from Recuero et al. () for Hyla meridionalis…”

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Phylogeographic patterns in North African water frog Pelophylax saharicus (Anura: Ranidae)

Nicolas

Mataame²,

Crochet

et al. 2015

J Zoolog Syst Evol Res

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We studied the phylogeography of the Sahara frog in North Africa. We widely sampled frogs from Morocco to Tunisia (195 individuals) and sequenced two mitochondrial (16S and CO1) and one nuclear (Rag1) genes. Our results confirm that Moroccan populations of Pelophylax saharicus are genetically distinct from Algerian ones. Specimens from Alger and Djelfa (central Algeria) are genetically closer to Moroccan specimens than to east Algerian ones, and the split between these two lineages may have occurred approximately 2.6 Mya. A similar pattern of differentiation was observed in several other species and was hypothesized to be linked to the formation of the fossil island called the 'Edough Peninsula' in eastern Algeria around 4.2 Ma and then to have been reinforced by Pleistocene climatic changes. At the Moroccan scale, we found a low level of genetic diversity and no clear phylogeographic pattern within P. saharicus. However, our SAShA analyses revealed a mixture of random and underdistributed haplotypes, which may indicate a complex population genetic or biogeographic history.

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“…() for Chalcides ocellatus , from Mendoça and Harris () for Trogonophis wiegmanni , from Kapli et al. () for Mesalina guttulata and from Recuero et al. () for Hyla meridionalis…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phylogeographic patterns in North African water frog Pelophylax saharicus (Anura: Ranidae)

Nicolas

Mataame²,

Crochet

et al. 2015

J Zoolog Syst Evol Res

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“…Phylogenetic data for other groups such as Pristurus (Papenfuss et al. 2009), Mesalina (Joger & Mayer 2002; Kapli et al. 2008), Hakaria simonyi (Brandley et al.…”

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Origin and in situ diversification in Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago

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The Socotra Archipelago is an ancient continental fragment of Gondwanan origin and one of the most isolated landforms on Earth and a biodiversity hot spot. Yet, the biogeography and evolutionary history of its endemic fauna still remain largely overlooked. We investigate the origin, tempo and mode of diversification in the Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Concatenated and multilocus species coalescent analyses of Hemidactylus from Arabia and North Africa indicate that the Hemidactylus from Socotra do not form a monophyletic group and branch as three independent and well‐supported clades instead. Both the chronogram inferred using the gene tree approach of BEAST and the age‐calibrated multilocus species tree obtained using *BEAST suggest that the origin of Hemidactylus from Socotra may have involved a first vicariance event that occurred in the Early Miocene, followed by two independent transoceanic dispersal events that occurred more recently, during the Pliocene. Within Socotra, we analysed patterns of genetic diversity, the phylogeography and the demographic history in all seven nonintroduced species of Hemidactylus. Results based on two mitochondrial and two nuclear loci from 144 individuals revealed complex patterns of within‐island diversification and high levels of intra‐species genetic divergence. The interplay of both historical and ecological factors seems to have a role in the speciation process of this group of geckos. Interestingly, the case of H. forbesii and H. oxyrhinus, which inhabit the island of Abd al Kuri with an area of 133 km2, may represent one of the most extreme cases of intra‐island speciation in reptiles ever reported.

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“…insignitus , lizards, i.e. diversification of the North African Mesalina guttulata (Kapli et al, 2008) and northeastern Algerian Acanthodactylus erythrurus belli and Tunisian A. blanci (Fonseca et al, 2009). Moreover, many studies report such events occurring in the broader Maghreb region at that time, such as the diversification of ''northern" Chalcides, the split between C. mionecton/other ''western" Chalcides (Carranza et al, 2008), the diversification of Macroprotodon , Agama impalearis (Brown et al, 2002) and Pleurodeles poireti .…”

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Phylogeography of the ocellated skink Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata, Scincidae), with the use of mtDNA sequences: A hitch-hiker’s guide to the Mediterranean

Kornilios

Kyriazi

Poulakakis

et al. 2010

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: Another case of paraphyly?

Cited by 39 publications

References 30 publications

Phylogeographic patterns in North African water frog Pelophylax saharicus (Anura: Ranidae)

Phylogeographic patterns in North African water frog Pelophylax saharicus (Anura: Ranidae)

Origin and in situ diversification in Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago

Phylogeography of the ocellated skink Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata, Scincidae), with the use of mtDNA sequences: A hitch-hiker’s guide to the Mediterranean

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