Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko
Some of Southeast Asia’s most poorly known vertebrates include forest lizards that are rarely seen by field biologists. Arguably the most enigmatic of forest lizards from the Indo Australian archipelago are the Flap-legged geckos and the Flying geckos of the genera Luperosaurus and Ptychozoon. As...
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| description | Some of Southeast Asia’s most poorly known vertebrates include forest lizards that are rarely seen by
field biologists. Arguably the most enigmatic of forest lizards from the Indo Australian archipelago are
the Flap-legged geckos and the Flying geckos of the genera Luperosaurus and Ptychozoon. As new species
have accumulated, several have been noted for their bizarre combination of morphological characteristics,
seemingly intermediate between these genera and the pan-Asian gecko genus Gekko. We used the
first multilocus phylogeny for these taxa to estimate their relationships, with particular attention to
the phylogenetic placement of the morphologically intermediate taxa Ptychozoon rhacophorus, Luperosaurus
iskandari, and L. gulat. Surprisingly, our results demonstrate that Luperosaurus is more closely related
to Lepidodactylus and Pseudogekko than it is to Gekko but that some species currently classified as Luperosaurus
are nested within Gekko. The Flying Gecko genus Ptychozoon is also nested within Gekko, suggesting
that higher-level taxonomic revision of the generic boundaries within Southeast Asian gekkonines
will be a priority for the immediate future |
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| spelling | unimas-116942016-05-03T01:39:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11694/ Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko Brown, Rafe M. Siler, Cameron D. Das, I. Yong, Min QL Zoology Some of Southeast Asia’s most poorly known vertebrates include forest lizards that are rarely seen by field biologists. Arguably the most enigmatic of forest lizards from the Indo Australian archipelago are the Flap-legged geckos and the Flying geckos of the genera Luperosaurus and Ptychozoon. As new species have accumulated, several have been noted for their bizarre combination of morphological characteristics, seemingly intermediate between these genera and the pan-Asian gecko genus Gekko. We used the first multilocus phylogeny for these taxa to estimate their relationships, with particular attention to the phylogenetic placement of the morphologically intermediate taxa Ptychozoon rhacophorus, Luperosaurus iskandari, and L. gulat. Surprisingly, our results demonstrate that Luperosaurus is more closely related to Lepidodactylus and Pseudogekko than it is to Gekko but that some species currently classified as Luperosaurus are nested within Gekko. The Flying Gecko genus Ptychozoon is also nested within Gekko, suggesting that higher-level taxonomic revision of the generic boundaries within Southeast Asian gekkonines will be a priority for the immediate future Elsevier Ltd 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11694/1/Testing%20the%20phylogenetic%20affinities%20%28abstract%29.pdf Brown, Rafe M. and Siler, Cameron D. and Das, I. and Yong, Min (2012) Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63. pp. 915-921. ISSN 1055-7903 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312000723 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.019 |
| spellingShingle | QL Zoology Brown, Rafe M. Siler, Cameron D. Das, I. Yong, Min Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko |
| title | Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko |
| title_full | Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko |
| title_fullStr | Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko |
| title_short | Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia’s rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko |
| title_sort | testing the phylogenetic affinities of southeast asia’s rarest geckos: flap-legged geckos (luperosaurus), flying geckos (ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-asian genus gekko |
| topic | QL Zoology |
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