Systematics and evolutionary relationships of the mountain lizard Liolaemus monticola (Liolaemini): How morphological and molecular evidence contributes to reveal hidden species diversity

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-650

  Torres Pérez, Fernando ^a,b   Méndez, Marco A ^b,c   Benavides, Edgar ^d   Moreno, Rodrigo A ^c,e   Lamborot, Madeleine ^c   Palma, R Eduardo ^b   Ortiz, Juan Carlos ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Andean range; Biometric data; Chile; Cytochrome b gene; Meristic data; Molecular phylogeny; Polytypic species; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BIOMETRY; CYTOCHROME; DATA SET; LIZARD; MERISTICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

LIOLAEMUS MONTICOLA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 60849108631     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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