The occurrence of<i>Acanthodactylus hardyi</i>Haas, 1957 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and notes on its ecology

Rifai, Lina; Modrý, David; Necas, Petr; Amr, Zuhair S.

doi:10.1080/09397140.2003.10637954

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“…Adaptive radiation seems unlikely, as most lacertids species living in arid areas seem to show similar ecological niches as inferred from distribution patterns: most arid regions of the Middle East or North Africa are inhabited by a maximum of 3-4 species of Acanthodactylus (large bodied) and 3-4 species of Mesalina (small bodied) segregated by habitat preferences within genus (e.g. Haas 1951;Blanc 1980;Werner 1982;Schleich et al 1996;Nouira and Blanc 2003;Rifai et al 2003;Baha El Din 2007), and most species diversity in the genera correspond with changes in these species between regions. However, such pattern could be the result of the strong relation between the environment and ecological and life history traits of lizards (e.g.…”

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Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids

Solan

Sinervo

Géniez

et al. 2023

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Conspicuous body colors and color polymorphism have been hypothesized to increase rates of speciation. Conspicuous colors are evolutionary labile, and often involved in intraspecific sexual signaling and thus may provide a raw material from which reproductive isolation can easily evolve, while polymorphism could favor rapid evolution of new lineages through morphic speciation. Here, we investigated the influence of the presence/absence of conspicuous colorations, and of color polymorphism on the speciation of Lacertids. We used several state-dependent diversification models, and showed that, regardless of the methods, conspicuous colorations and color polymorphism were not related to species speciation. While the lack of correlation between conspicuous colorations and speciation rates is in line with most of the literature testing this hypothesis, the results for color polymorphism contradict previous studies, and question the generality of the morphic speciation hypothesis.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids

Solan

Sinervo

Géniez

et al. 2023

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“…Adaptive radiation seems unlikely, as most lacertids species living in arid areas seem to show similar ecological niches as inferred from distribution patterns: most arid regions of the Middle East or North Africa are inhabited by a maximum of 3-4 species of Acanthodactylus (large bodied) and 3-4 species of Mesalina (small bodied) segregated by habitat preferences within genus (e.g. Haas, 1951;Blanc, 1980;Werner, 1982;Schleich et al, 1996;Nouira & Blanc, 2003;Rifai et al, 2003;Baha El Din, 2007), and most species diversity in the genera correspond with changes in these species between regions. However, such pattern could be the result of the strong relation between the environment and ecological and life history traits of lizards (e.g.…”

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Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids

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Sinervo,

Geniez

et al. 2023

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Conspicuous body colours and colour polymorphism have been hypothesized to increase rates of speciation. Conspicuous colours are evolutionary labile, and often involved in intraspecific sexual signalling and thus may provide a raw material from which reproductive isolation can easily evolve, while polymorphism could favour rapid evolution of new lineages through morphic speciation. Here, we investigated the influence of the presence/absence of conspicuous colourations, and of colour polymorphism on the speciation of Lacertids. We used several state-dependent diversification models, and showed that, regardless of the methods, conspicuous colourations and colour polymorphism were not related to species speciation. While the lack of correlation between conspicuous colourations and speciation rates is in line with most of the literature testing this hypothesis, the results for colour polymorphism contradict previous studies, and question the generality of the morphic speciation hypothesis.

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“…In the past, several taxonomic studies identifi ed the herpetofauna of Jordan (WERNER, 1971;DISI, 1991;DISI, 1996;DISI et al, , 2001DISI et al, , 2004MODRY et al, 1999;DISI & AMR, 1998;RIFAI et al, 2003, SHWAYAT et al, 2009, however, these studies focused on the reptiles taxonomy, distribution and zoogeographic affi nities.…”

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Reptiles and Amphibians in Dibbeen Nature Reserve, Jordan

Damhoureyeh¹,

Qarqaz²,

Amr

et al. 2009

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Twenty-one species of reptiles and amphibians belonging to nine families were recorded in this survey. These species included one amphibian, one tortoise, 12 lizards, and seven snakes. The present study is the fi rst attempt to compare between opportunistic and systematic survey methods in Jordan for reptiles and amphibians. The opportunistic survey is the method of choice when conducting a survey to assess the presence or absence of reptilian species regardless of their abundance. On the other hand, the systematic survey proved to be an excellent method to evaluate the abundance of species, expressed in the total number of observations. Ophisops elegans was by far the most frequently observed species and accounted for 28.94 % and 61.03 % of all observations when employing opportunistic and systematic surveys respectively. Additionally, this lizard was found in all types of habitats studied within the reserve.

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The occurrence ofAcanthodactylus hardyiHaas, 1957 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and notes on its ecology

Cited by 7 publications

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Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids

Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids

Colour polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase speciation rates in Lacertids

Reptiles and Amphibians in Dibbeen Nature Reserve, Jordan

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