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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Ophisops elegans schlueteri BOETTGER, 1880
Baier, F. & Sparrow, D.J. & Wiedl, H.J. (2009) -
Bischoff, W. (1991) -
Boettger, O. (1880) -
Böhme, W. & Wiedl, H.-J. (1993) -
Boulenger, G.A. (1887) -
Boulenger, G.A. (1918) -
Boulenger, G.A. (1921) -
Clark, R.J. (1973) -
Deichsel, G. & Rutschke, J. & Koepe, D. & Oefinger, P. & Oefinger, B. (2002) -
Girard, F. (2008) -
Göçmen, B. & Kasot, N. & Yildiz, M.Z. & Sas, I. & Akman, B. & Yalcinnkaya, D. Gücel, S. (2008) -
During the three trips conducted to Northern Cyprus in 2007, we found that three frog and toad species (Anura), 11 lizards (Lacertilia), 3 turtles (Testudinata) and 9 snakes (Ophidia) inhabit the northern part of the Cyprus Island. The distributions of a total of 26 reptile and amphibian species were observed and some ecological information on their biotopes was summarized, and the taxonomic states of some of the species determined discussed.
Haas, G. (1951) -
Lambert, M.R.K. (1987) -
Leviton, A.E. & Anderson, S.C. (2010) -
Mertens, R. (1922) -
Montgelard, G. & Behrooz, R. & Arnal, V. & Asadi, A. & Geniez, P. & Kaboli, M. (2020) -
Revealing cryptic diversity constitutes the backbone of the future identification and description of a new lineage. For the genus Ophisops (Lacertidae), previous studies indicated that this genus is characterized by cryptic diversity as three clades were obtained for O. elegans and O. occidentalis that do not fit the classical systematics. Notably, we were interested to delineate the distribution range of the two clades of O. elegans described in Iran. We sequenced 65 individuals of Ophisops mainly from northwestern Iran for one mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 [COI]; 686 base pairs [bp]) and three nuclear genes (R35, MC1R, and PKM2; 1,857 bp). Phylogeographic analysis from mitochondrial and nuclear genes confirmed that Iranian samples belong to two major haplogroups (divergence of 13% for COI) that are also split into several subclades (divergence of 6%–10% for COI), revealing an unsuspected diversity within Iranian Ophisops. Divergence dating and biogeographi- cal analysis indicated that most clades arose through vicariance and dispersal pro- cesses during the Mio-Pliocene (between 7.2 and 1 Myr). However, a scenario of expansion/regression is also advocated for explaining the distribution and contact between three subclades in North Iran. We propose to recognize the three major clades as three potential candidate species. Moreover, we found some correspond- ence between several phylogenetic clades or subclades identified and six of the nine subspecies described for O. elegans. Both species and subspecies delimitation and identification would deserve additional investigations (including morphology, ecol- ogy, biogeography, and behavior) to fulfill the conditions of integrative taxonomy.
Müller, L. (1933) -
Schätti, B. & Sigg, H. (1989) -
Schmidt, K.P. (1939) -
Sivan, N. & Y.L. Werner (1992) -
Werner, F. (1936) -