Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy, character evolution and biogeography of the lacertid lizards of the genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Squamata): A molecular perspective

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-509

  Ota, Hidetoshi ^a   Honda, Masanao ^a   Chen, Szu Lung ^a   Hikida, Tsutomu ^b   Panha, Somsak ^c   Oh, Hong Shik ^d   Matsui, Masafumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Eastern Eurasia; Homoplasy; Maximum likelihood analysis; Maximum parsimony analysis; Mitochondrial DNA; Palaeogeography; Ribosomal RNA genes; Subgeneric classification; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS; TAKYDROMUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0036694450     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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