Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Mabuya spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Indian Ocean islands

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-385

  Rocha, Sara ^a,b,c   Carretero, Miguel A ^a,b   Harris, D James ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Comoros; cryptic diversity; island colonisation; Mabuya; Madagascar; Seychelles; Trachylepis; Western Indian Ocean islands

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PEMBA ISLAND; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

MABUYA; MABUYA COMORENSIS; MABUYA MACULILABRIS; MABUYA WRIGHTII; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TRACHYLEPIS;

EID: 77954709171     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791769473     Document Type: Article

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