A phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar

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Robert E. Espinoza¹  Aung Lin²  Matthew L. Murdoch³  Rafe M. Brown⁴  Perry L. Wood Jr⁴  Mark W. Herr⁴  Marta S. Grismer⁵  L. Lee Grismer⁵  Evan S.H. Quah⁶ 

[1] Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA;Department of Biology, Fauna and Flora International, Yangon, Myanmar;Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA;Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA;Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, USA;School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Penang, Malaysia;

关键词: Molecular phylogenetics;    Herpetology;    Zoology;    Taxonomy;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.5575

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A phylogenetic taxonomy of species in the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group from the Ayeyarwady Basin of Myanmar is constructed based on color pattern, morphology, and molecular systematic analyses using the mitochondrial gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2. Newly collected samples from the type locality of C. peguensis and other localities indicate that this clade is endemic to central Myanmar and contains at least seven species, four of which are undescribed. Three species, including C. peguensis occur in the low hills of the Bago Yoma Range within the central portion of the Ayeyarwady Basin. Two of these, C. myintkyawthurai sp. nov. from the northern and central Bago Yoma and C. meersi sp. nov. which is syntopic with C. peguensis in the southern Bago Yoma are described herein. As more lowland hilly areas bordering, and within the Ayeyarwady Basin are surveyed, more new species of this group are likely to be discovered. These discoveries continue the recent surge of descriptions of new species of Cyrtodactylus that are being discovered in Myanmar.

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