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Project 2227: J. Šmíd, M. Shobrak, T. Wilms, U. Joger, S. Carranza. 2017. Endemic diversification in the mountains: genetic, morphological, and geographical differentiation of the Hemidactylus geckos in southwestern Arabia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 17 (1):267-285.
Specimen: Hemidactylus yerburii Anderson, 1895 (NHM-BS:N41866)

Abstract

In this study, we provide genetic, morphological, and geographical comparisons for 11 species of the southwestern Arabian radiation of Hemidactylus geckos, nine of which are endemic to the region. By using a coalescence-based species-
tree reconstruction in combination with divergence time estimations and speciation probability testing, we show that most of the speciation events occurred in the Pliocene, which is more recent than previously thought based on calibrations
of concatenated data sets. The current dating indicates that the changing climate at the beginning of the Pliocene, from hot and dry to cold and wet, is likely responsible for increased speciation in Hemidactylus. Analyses of geographic and altitudinal overlap of the species and their morphological differentiation show that most species do not occur in sympatry. Those that overlap geographically are usually differentiatedby their altitudinal preference, head shape, body size, or their
combination. Our results indicate that the topographically complex mountains of southwestern Arabia support a significant radiation of Hemidactylus geckos by allowing multiple allopatric speciation events to occur in a relatively small area.
Consequently, we describe two new species endemic to the Asir Mountains of Saudi Arabia, H. alfarraji sp. n. and H. asirensis sp. n., and elevate two former subspecies of H. yerburii to a species level, H. montanus and H. pauciporosus.


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Article DOI: 10.1007/s13127-016-0293-3

Project DOI: 10.7934/P2227, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P2227
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    Authors' Institutions

    • Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig

    • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

    • National Museum in Prague

    • Allwetterzoo Münster

    • Taif University

    • South African National Biodiversity Institute



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