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Taxonomic reassessment of Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae), with the description of a new species from southeast Anatolia (Turkey).
Zootaxa - 13 May 2014
Sindaco Roberto, Kornilios Panagiotis, Sacchi Roberto, Lymberakis Petros
Abstract excerpt
The study of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences reveals that the polytypic Blanus strauchi is a species complex including three well-defined allopatric clades, one of which consists of two sub-clades. Only the two sub-clades of the Western clade are morphologically diagnosable in the field, whereas obvious characters to distinguish the Central and the Eastern clades are lacking. However, all four clades show...
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