A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia

Published:2023-11-14 Issue: Volume:73 Page:1033-1045
ISSN:2625-8498
Container-title:Vertebrate Zoology
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Short-container-title:VZ

Author:

Tamar Karin,Uvizl Marek,Shobrak Mohammed^ORCID,Almutairi Mohammed,Busais Salem^ORCID,Salim Al Faqih Ali,AlGethami Raed Hamoud M.,AlGethami Abdulaziz Raqi,Alanazi Abdulkarim Saleh K.,Alsubaie Saad Dasman,Chirio Laurent,Carranza Salvador^ORCID,Šmíd Jiří^ORCID

Abstract

Abstract A recent molecular phylogeny of the agamid genus Pseudotrapelus, distributed in the rocky areas of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, revealed the presence of a genetically distinct lineage around the city of Riyadh in central Saudi Arabia. With the inclusion of additional specimens, we were able to describe this lineage as a new species, P. tuwaiqensissp. nov., confined to the Tuwaiq Escarpment, thus endemic to central Saudi Arabia. Our results of morphological examinations and molecular analyses, using three mitochondrial (COI, 16S, ND4-tRNAs) and two nuclear (c-mos, MC1R) gene fragments, show the new species is genetically differentiated and phylogenetically close to P. sinaitus and P. chlodnickii.

Publisher

Pensoft Publishers

Subject

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/110626/download/pdf/

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