New distributional data and genetic variation of Panaspis breviceps (Squamata: Scincidae) indicate a biogeographic connection across the Congo Basin
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/68081766:_____/21:00549936 RIV/00023272:_____/21:10135513
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1080/15627020.2021.2007418?scroll=top" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1080/15627020.2021.2007418?scroll=top</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2021.2007418" target="_blank" >10.1080/15627020.2021.2007418</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
New distributional data and genetic variation of Panaspis breviceps (Squamata: Scincidae) indicate a biogeographic connection across the Congo Basin
Original language description
In the central Congolian lowland forests we discovered for the first time Panaspis breviceps, a rarely found scincid lizard from the Central African riparian forests. Given that the Central African forests exhibit heterogeneity in the distribution of environmental characteristics and forms distinct ecoregions, the question arises as to how this newly discovered population compares with other populations in Central Africa and particularly in the Congolian lowland forests. We reviewed the distribution records of this species and examined and compared new and available genetic data (mitochondrial DNA). Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis revealed the existence of two evolutionary lineages differing by 2.0% in 16S rRNA. One lineage occurs in and around the southern Cameroon Highlands, but its distribution southwards is poorly documented. The other lineage includes the western, central and eastern populations of the Congo Basin, suggesting certain biogeographic connectivity across the Congolian forests. These results support the hypothesis of limited biogeographic barriers to the distribution of lizards in the Congolian lowland forests, but this remains to be tested using additional independent markers, denser sampling and multiple species.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
African Zoology
ISSN
1562-7020
e-ISSN
2224-073X
Volume of the periodical
56
Issue of the periodical within the volume
DEC 2021
Country of publishing house
ZA - SOUTH AFRICA
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
312-318
UT code for WoS article
000728706000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85122389517