Phylogeny and systematics of Arabian lacertids from the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of a new species

The lacertid genus Mesalina has been the subject of several phylogenetic and biogeographic studies as well as taxonomic revisions within the last decade. The genus is partitioned into seven main clades, some of which represent species complexes of morphologically very similar species. The Mesalina g...

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Autores: Šmíd, Jiří, Velenská, Doubravka, Pola, Lukáš, Tamar, Karin, Busais, Salem, Shobrak, Mohammed, Almutairi, Mohammed, Salim, Al Faqih Ali, Alsubaie, Saad Dasman, AlGethami, Raed Hamoud M, AlGethami, Abdulaziz Raqi, Alanazi, Abdulkarim Saleh K, Alshammari, Ahmed Mohajja, Egan, Damien M, Ramalho, Ricardo O, Olson, David, Smithson, Josh, Chirio, Laurent, Burger, Marius, van Huyssteen, Ryan, Petford, Melissa A, Carranza, Salvador
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::2c5de77d30a94ca1da7118d0c54aabb5
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/427044
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105009733525
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lizards
Mesopotamia
Middle East
Reptiles
Sauria
Squamates
Taxonomy
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Sumario:The lacertid genus Mesalina has been the subject of several phylogenetic and biogeographic studies as well as taxonomic revisions within the last decade. The genus is partitioned into seven main clades, some of which represent species complexes of morphologically very similar species. The Mesalina guttulata species complex is one such case. This complex currently comprises four described species that occur through Arabia and northern Africa, however, the presence of a cryptic species in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan was pointed out recently. For this study, we collected new material of the various species of the M. guttulata complex, including the undescribed lineage from across Saudi Arabia. We carried out multilocus phylogenetic analyses using three mitochondrial and three nuclear markers and analysis of morphological data to verify whether the undescribed lineage deserves a species rank.

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