Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae).

摘要: Sequence data derived from two mitochondrial markers, 16S rRNA and cytochrome b genes, were used to infer the phylogenetic relationships of 38 populations snake-eyed skinks genus Ablepharus with emphasis on A. kitaibelii Greece Turkey. The partition-homogeneity tests indicated that combined set was homogeneous, maximum-parsimony, maximum-likelihood, Bayesian analyses produced topologically identical trees revealed a well-resolved phylogeny. All species except form monophyletic units. latter appears paraphyletic respect budaki chernovi clustering into distinct clades. budaki, which have recently been raised status, confirmed as genetically forms. We sequence divergence paleogeographic history Aegean region reconstruct biogeographic evolutionary scenario for kitaibelii.