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Phylogenetic relationships within the lizard clade Xantusiidae: using trees and divergence times to address evolutionary questions at multiple levels.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2013
Noonan Brice P, Pramuk Jennifer B, Bezy Robert L, Sinclair Elizabeth A, de Queiroz Kevin, Sites Jack W
Abstract excerpt
Xantusiidae (night lizards) is a clade of small-bodied, cryptic lizards endemic to the New World. The clade is characterized by several features that would benefit from interpretation in a phylogenetic context, including: (1) monophyletic status of extant taxa Cricosaura, Lepidophyma, and Xantusia; (2) a species endemic to Cuba (Cricosaura typica) of disputed age; (3) origins of the parthenogenetic species of...
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