Cytotaxonomy and DNA taxonomy of lizards (Squamata, Sauria) from a tropical dry forest in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the coast of Jalisco, Mexico
Author
Castiglia, Riccardo
Author
Annesi, Flavia
Author
Bezerra, Alexandra M. R.
Author
García, Andrés
Author
Flores-Villela, Oscar
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Zootaxa
2010
2508
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196005
4a013300-d475-4db9-a5cf-bff30510ac4a
1175-5326
196005
Aspidoscelis lineattissima
(Cope)
(Many-lined whiptail)
Distribution:
Mexican endemic. Widespread along the Pacific coast, from Nayarit to Michoacán.
Subspecies:
Aspidoscelis
l. duodecemlineatus
(Lewis),
A. l. exoristus
(Duellman & Wellman),
A. l.
lineattissima
(Cope)
,
A. l. lividis
(Duellman & Wellman).
Karyotype:
The karyotype of this species has been studied by
Lowe
et al.
(1970)
, who reported a 2n = 52 to be typical of the “
deppei
” group. It was not studied again in this study.
DNA taxonomy:
The phylogenetic position of this species has not been studied with molecular markers. The phylogenetic tree confirms the placement of
A. lineattissima
within the “
deppei
” group (
Reeder
et al.
2002
) (
Fig. 14
). In fact,
A. lineattissima
results as sister species of
A. deppei
(bootstrap values 63–91%) within a clade that also includes
A. guttatus
(66% with NJ and 63% with ML). This is the first report of a relationship between
A. lineattissima
and
A. deppei
.