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Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Anatolian lizard Apathya (Squamata, Lacertidae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2013
Kapli Paschalia, Botoni Dimitra, Ilgaz Cetin, Kumlutaş Yusuf, Avcı Aziz, Rastegar-Pouyani Nasrullah, Fathinia Behzad, Lymberakis Petros, Ahmadzadeh Faraham, Poulakakis Nikos
Abstract excerpt
Apathya is a lacertid genus occurring mainly in south-east Turkey and its adjacent regions (part of Iran and Iraq). So far two morphological species have been attributed to the genus; A. cappadocica (with five subspecies, A. c.cappadocica, A. c.muhtari, A. c.schmidtlerorum, A. c. urmiana and A. c.wolteri) and A.yassujica. The first species occupies most of the genus' distribution range, while A. yassujica is...
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