TY - JOUR
T1 - Phylogeography of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum) and green skink (O. chloronoton) species complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in New Zealand reveals pre-Pleistocene divergence
AU - Greaves, Stephanie
AU - Chapple, David
AU - Gleeson, Dianne
AU - Daugherty, Charles
AU - Ritchie, Peter
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The New Zealand skink fauna is diverse, comprising at least 28 species in two endemic genera, Oligosoma and
Cyclodina (Daugherty et al., 1994; Gill and Whitaker, 2001). The taxonomy of New Zealand skinks has been problematic, complicated by cryptic species, overlapping morphological characters among species, and wide variation
within many species across their ranges (Hardy, 1977). There is no comprehensive molecular phylogeny for New Zealand skinks, so many species remain undescribed, and the origin and evolutionary history of the fauna remain largely unknown. For example, the age of
the entire New Zealand skink fauna has been variously dated to the Pliocene, the Miocene and the Oligocene (reviewed in Smith et al., 2007).
AB - The New Zealand skink fauna is diverse, comprising at least 28 species in two endemic genera, Oligosoma and
Cyclodina (Daugherty et al., 1994; Gill and Whitaker, 2001). The taxonomy of New Zealand skinks has been problematic, complicated by cryptic species, overlapping morphological characters among species, and wide variation
within many species across their ranges (Hardy, 1977). There is no comprehensive molecular phylogeny for New Zealand skinks, so many species remain undescribed, and the origin and evolutionary history of the fauna remain largely unknown. For example, the age of
the entire New Zealand skink fauna has been variously dated to the Pliocene, the Miocene and the Oligocene (reviewed in Smith et al., 2007).
UR - http://www.biolsci.monash.edu.au/staff/chapple/docs/18.pdf
U2 - 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.008
M3 - Article
SN - 1055-7903
VL - 45
SP - 729
EP - 739
JO - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
JF - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
ER -