TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cacciali, Pier
A1  - Lotzkat, Sebastian
A1  - Gamble, Tony
A1  - Köhler, Gunther
T1  - Cryptic diversity in the neotropical gecko genus Phyllopezus peters, 1878 (reptilia: squamata: phyllodactylidae) : a new species from Paraguay
T2  - International journal of zoology
N2  - The gecko genus Phyllopezus is distributed mainly along South America’s "Dry Diagonal" (Caatinga, Cerrado, and Chaco). The genus has been the subject of recent taxonomic analyses and includes four described species and seven candidate species referred to here as Phyllopezus pollicaris sensu lato. In Paraguay, Phyllopezus is known from the Chaco and Cerrado where it is abundant, and also from a small isolated population from a rocky hill formation named "Cordillera de Los Altos" (Los Altos mountain range). Here we analyzed genetic samples from across its range, including new samples from Paraguay, using DNA barcoding analysis of the mitochondrial 16S gene and phylogenetic analyses using both Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood methods. We found genetic and morphological differences among geckos from the Los Altos mountain range and the remaining Phyllopezus populations. Using both molecular and morphological evidence we describe a new Phyllopezus species, sister to P. przewalskii. Genetic differentiation among described and putative Phyllopezus species is greater than their morphological differences, which likely accounts for these cryptic taxa remaining undescribed for so long.
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/50648
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-506487
SN  - 1687-8477
SN  - 1687-8485
N1  - Copyright © 2018 Pier Cacciali et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 2018
IS  - Art. 3958327
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - Hindawi
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -