TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hernández-Jiménez, Carlos A.
A1  - Flores-Villela, Oscar
A1  - Aguilar-Bremauntz, Aranzazú
A1  - Campbell, Jonathan A.
T1  - Phylogenetic relationships based on morphological data and taxonomy of the genus Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853 (Reptilia, Colubridae)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The genus Salvadora has not been subjected to a modern phylogenetic analysis. Described in 1853, its taxonomic history is complex and confusing. In this study, we evaluate the monophyly of the genus and present the first phylogenetic hypothesis based on an analysis of 66 qualitative and quantitative morphological characters of over 1000 specimens representing all described taxa across their entire distribution. Morphological characters were processed in Fast Morphology for subsequent phylogenetic analysis in PAUP under the maximum parsimony criterion. We obtained a single tree in which Salvadora appears as a monophyletic group with two clearly defined geographic species groups: a southern mexicana group and a northern grahamiae group. Based on our phylogenetic hypothesis, we evaluate the taxonomic status of all described taxa. Additionally, we include a diagnosis for all species, distribution maps, and an illustrated dichotomous taxonomic key of the genus.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 764:85-118 
KW  - morphology
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - patch-nosed snakes
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/61502
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-615025
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 764
SP  - 85
EP  - 118
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -