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Diversification and Demography of the Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) on Hainan Island and the Adjacent Mainland.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Huang Yong, Guo Xianguang, Ho Simon Y W, Shi Haitao, Li Jiatang, Li Jun, Cai Bo, Wang Yuezhao
Abstract excerpt
The Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) is one of the few non-gekkonid lizards that are geographically widespread in the tropics. We investigated its population dynamics on Hainan Island and the adjacent mainland of China and Vietnam, focusing on the impact of cyclic upheaval and submergence of land bridges during the Pleistocene. Our Bayesian phylogenetic analysis reveals two mitochondrial lineages, A...
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