Intraspecific Variability in Teratoscincus bedriagai Nikolsky, 1900 (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 4، دوره 15، شماره 2، مرداد 2019   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v15i2.80864

نویسندگان

Hamzeh Oraei^{* 1}؛ Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani²؛ Azar Khosravani؛ Fariba Yousefabadi³

¹shahrekord university

²Department of Biology

³Hakim Sabzevari University

چکیده

The Bedraiga's skink gecko, Teratoscincus bedriagai, is among the fairly known lizards of Iran. Phylogenetic relationships among five distant populations of Teratoscincus bedriagai were estimated based on the mitochondrial COI sequences. This study highlights very low genetic divergences among examined populations despite the noticeable geographic distance between them. We assumed that the current distribution pattern of haplotypes is shaped as a consequence of climate changes and glaciations in the Quaternary.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Genetic distance؛ Teratoscincus bedriagai؛ Iran؛ Sphaerodactylidae؛ Quaternary