Molecular data suggest that melanistic ectotherms at the south-western tip of Africa are the products of Miocene climatic events: Evidence from cordylid lizards

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-383

  Daniels, S R ^a   Mouton, P L F N ^a   Du Toit, D A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cladogenesis; Cordylus; Melanism; Miocene; ND2 mtDNA; Relictual

Indexed keywords

ECTOTHERMY; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; CORDYLUS; CORDYLUS CORDYLUS; CORDYLUS NIGER; CORDYLUS OELOFSENI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 3543106780     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005424     Document Type: Article

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