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The taxonomic position and the unexpected divergence of the Habu viper, Protobothrops among Japanese subtropical islands.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 2016
Shibata Hiroki, Chijiwa Takahito, Hattori Shosaku, Terada Koki, Ohno Motonori, Fukumaki Yasuyuki
Abstract excerpt
There are four Habu species currently recognized in Japan: Protobothrops flavoviridis from the Amami Islands and the Okinawa Islands, P. tokarensis from the Tokara Islands, P. elegans from the Yaeyama Islands and Ovophis okinabvensis from the Amami Islands and the Okinawa Islands. To clarify their taxonomic positions, we determined the complete mitochondria genome sequence (approx. 17kb) from two specimens from...
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