Article
[Morphologic variation of the parthenogenetic lizard Aspidoscelis rodecki (Squamata: Teiidae): evolutionary and conservation implications].
Revista de biologia tropical - 1 Dec 2008
Elizalde-Rocha Sandra P, Méndez-de la Cruz Fausto R, Méndez-Sánchez J Fernando, Granados-González Gisela, Hernândez-Gallegos Oswaldo
Abstract excerpt
Post-formational divergence has been used for the recognition of new parthenogenetic species. Currently, the parthenogenetic lizard Aspidoscelis rodecki McCoy and Maslin 1962 is recognized as a single taxon that was derived from a single, parthenogenetically capable, hybrid. This lizard had been derived via hybridization between individuals of two gonochoristic species, Aspidoscelis ungusticeps Cope 1878 and...
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