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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED5CB968FFE08FA51" bold="true" box="[151,385,1453,1479]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Phelsuma barbouri</emphasis>
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(contains
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED45696F2FE07FA7F" box="[266,398,1488,1513]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. barbouri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED49B96F2FDA6FA7F" box="[455,559,1488,1513]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. pronki</emphasis>
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These two species were recovered as sister taxa with strong support by both the mitochondrial and nuclear sequences, and the combined analysis (clade Q in
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Rocha
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2009
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; not shown here). They were previously thought to be closely related (
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Glaw
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1999
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) but later
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was reclassified within the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED0529547FA15F9E8" box="[1294,1436,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. klemmeri</emphasis>
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group based on being a non-egg-gluer (
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), contrary to
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED15295A9FB15F932" box="[1038,1180,1675,1700]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. barbouri</emphasis>
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. The molecular data suggests instead that
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED4CE9592FD95F95F" box="[402,540,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. klemmeri</emphasis>
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does not belong to any of the previously identified groups; although it may be more related to the
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and
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species groups (see below).
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and
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFADFFCED06895F4FA15F979" box="[1332,1436,1750,1775]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">P. pronki</emphasis>
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individuals exhibit a genetic distance of only 5.1% (uncorrected p-distance, cytochrome
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), which is low compared to other interspecific differentiation values within this genus and points to their relatively recent differentiation.
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and
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share a rather depressed body and head shape, and a rather similar and distinct colour pattern without clear predominance of green, but differ in the number of midbody scales (higher in
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), number of ventral scales and egg-gluing behaviour (
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFACFFCFD5CB945AFE92F806" bold="true" box="[151,283,1912,1936]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Schematic cladogram summarizing phylogenetic relationships of species groups proposed herein, species contained in each group, and characters useful for their phenotypic characterization. The tree is adapted from Rocha
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFACFFCFD0D494BAFF3AF859" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.</emphasis>
(2009) and represents the BI 50% majority-rule consensus tree of combined mitochondrial and nuclear data. Species groups containing more that one species are colour coded.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD5CB962FFE90FAB3" bold="true" box="[151,281,1293,1317]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Molecular phylogeny of the
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(2009). Shown are the respective clades from the Bayesian 50% majority-rule consensus trees based on (a) the combined dataset of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, (b) the mitochondrial genes only, and (c) the nuclear genes only. Asterisks mark nodes supported by Bayesian posterior probabilities of 99% or higher. ML bootstraps supports above 50 are given below the corresponding branch. Relevant PP values above 95 are given above respective branches (italics). Clade numbers M and O are as in Rocha
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(2009) and discussed in the text.
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is the most ground-dwelling species within the genus, found on and around the exposed rocky outcrops and boulders of unforested habitat areas of Madagascar's central mountain chain. In contrast,
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is an arboreal species in the mid-altitude rainforests bordering Madagascar's central high plateau. The divergence between these two species is likely a recent one, and may have been driven by ecological specialization along the sharp ecotone between these habitat
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. The distribution of
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD1D795A1FB7AF90A" box="[1163,1267,1667,1692]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. pronki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very poorly known (Glaw &amp; Vences 2007), and the species is probably rare and/or localized. Additional surveys are needed to understand if these two taxa are geographically isolated or have a contact or hybrid zone.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236A0FFAFFFCCD5CB9411FE80F803" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
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<th id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D5CB9410FE26F8DB" box="[151,431,1842,1869]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD5CB9411FE24F8DA" bold="true" box="[151,429,1842,1869]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD5CB9411FED2F8DB" box="[151,347,1843,1869]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD5CB9411FED2F8DB" bold="true" box="[151,347,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Phelsuma dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group
</emphasis>
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<tr id="357D34E2FFAF0039D5CB9477FA10F8F9" box="[151,1433,1877,1903]" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<th id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D5CB9477FE26F8F9" box="[151,431,1877,1903]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
(contains
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD4569474FE26F8F9" box="[266,431,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD4569474FE04F8F9" box="[266,397,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="berghofi">P. berghofi</taxonomicName>
, P.
</emphasis>
</th>
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD4EB9474FD89F8F9" box="[439,512,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD4EB9474FE75F8F9" box="[439,508,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">dubia</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D7559477FD96F8F9" box="[521,543,1877,1903]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD7559474FD96F8F9" box="[521,543,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D77A9477FD3CF8F9" box="[550,693,1877,1903]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD77A9474FD3CF8F9" box="[550,693,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD77A9474FD39F8F9" box="[550,688,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavigularis">flavigularis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D7E19477FD5AF8F9" box="[701,723,1877,1903]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD7E19474FD5AF8F9" box="[701,723,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D7869477FCDFF8F9" box="[730,854,1877,1903]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD7869474FCDFF8F9" box="[730,854,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD7869474FCD9F8F9" box="[730,848,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hielscheri">hielscheri</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D6019477FCFAF8F9" box="[861,883,1877,1903]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD6019474FCFAF8F9" box="[861,883,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D6269477FB9BF8F9" box="[890,1042,1877,1903]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD6269474FB9BF8F9" box="[890,1042,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD6269474FB87F8F9" box="[890,1038,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malamakibo">malamakibo</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D1479477FBB8F8F9" box="[1051,1073,1877,1903]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD1479474FBB8F8F9" box="[1051,1073,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D1649477FB28F8F9" box="[1080,1185,1877,1903]" gridcol="9" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD1649474FB28F8F9" box="[1080,1185,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD1649474FB15F8F9" box="[1080,1180,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modesta">modesta</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D1F59477FB49F8F9" box="[1193,1216,1877,1903]" gridcol="10" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD1F59474FB49F8F9" box="[1193,1216,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D19B9477FAC5F8F9" box="[1223,1356,1877,1903]" gridcol="11" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD19B9474FAC5F8F9" box="[1223,1356,1878,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigristriata">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD19B9474FAC5F8F9" box="[1223,1356,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">nigristriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D0089477FAF7F8F9" box="[1364,1406,1877,1903]" gridcol="12" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">and</td>
<td id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D0DA9477FA10F8F9" box="[1414,1433,1877,1903]" gridcol="13" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD0DA9474FA10F8F9" box="[1414,1433,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="357D34E2FFAF0039D5CB9459FA10F803" box="[151,1433,1915,1941]" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-10="1" rowspan-11="1" rowspan-12="1" rowspan-13="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1" rowspan-8="1" rowspan-9="1">
<th id="76AC5D9EFFAF0039D5CB9459FE26F803" box="[151,431,1915,1941]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD5CB9459FF76F802" box="[151,255,1915,1940]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ravenala">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD5CB9459FF76F802" box="[151,255,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">ravenala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)
</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236A0FFAFFFCCD5CB94E7FA13F849" blockId="10.[151,1434,1989,2015]" box="[151,1434,1989,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Evidence for a close relationship between
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD7EF94E4FC92F849" box="[691,795,1990,2015]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD7EF94E4FC92F849" box="[691,795,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD67094E4FC56F849" box="[812,991,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. flavigularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAFFFCCD6AC94E4FB22F849" box="[1008,1195,1990,2015]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malamakibo">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD6AC94E4FB22F849" box="[1008,1195,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. malamakibo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD1E094E4FACBF849" box="[1212,1346,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. b e rg h o f i</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAFFFCCD0D994E4FA13F849" box="[1413,1434,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236A0FFAEFFCDD5CB93BAFEFFFEB4" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2007]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD5CB93BAFE82FF27" box="[151,267,152,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hielscheri">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD5CB93BAFE82FF27" box="[151,267,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">hielscheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and of these with
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4BE93BAFDD5FF27" box="[482,604,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. m o d e s t a</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD7C593BAFCB2FF27" box="[665,827,152,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigristriata">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7C593BAFCB2FF27" box="[665,827,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. nigristriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is apparent from the molecular phylogenies (
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; clade M), corroborating morphological data. This group is strongly supported by the combined phylogeny and mtDNA data and also recovered (though not strongly supported 89 PP, including also
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD1CE93C0FACDFF6D" box="[1170,1348,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. serraticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) by the nuclear phylogeny.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236A0FFAEFFCDD598920FFD0BFDB1" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2007]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
Within this clade,
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4FB920FFDC9FED0" box="[423,576,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. hielscheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD70D920FFD5EFED0" box="[593,727,301,326]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="berghofi">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD70D920FFD5EFED0" box="[593,727,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. berghofi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD649920FFC42FED0" box="[789,971,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. malamakibo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(clade
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) plus
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD1D0920FFAB3FED0" box="[1164,1338,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. flavigularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, form a generally strongly supported clade (
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), but the position of this latter species respective to others differs between the mitochondrial and combined phylogenies (where P.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6E7925AFBC3FE07" box="[955,1098,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">flavigularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is basal to remaining three species) and the nuclear data (which instead recovers
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD65B92BFFC23FE20" box="[775,938,413,438]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavigularis">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD65B92BFFC23FE20" box="[775,938,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. flavigularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as sister to
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD16E92BFFB24FE20" box="[1074,1197,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. b e rg h o f i</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD1B492BFFA1CFE20" box="[1256,1429,413,438]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malamakibo">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD1B492BFFA1CFE20" box="[1256,1429,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. malamakibo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD58F92E0FED2FE4D" box="[211,347,450,475]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hiescheri">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD58F92E0FED2FE4D" box="[211,347,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. hiescheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
basal to these three). The placement of this group of species (
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD16692E0FE82FD97" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD16692E0FB62FE4D" box="[1082,1259,450,475]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malamakibo">P. malamakibo</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD1AB92E0FAF3FE4D" box="[1271,1402,450,475]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="berghofi">P. berghofi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD0DA92E0FE82FD97" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hielscheri">P. hielscheri</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD41892CAFE61FD97" box="[324,488,488,513]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavigularis">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD41892CAFE61FD97" box="[324,488,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. flavigularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) with the
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD73C92CAFCD5FD97" box="[608,860,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD73C92CAFD49FD97" box="[608,704,488,513]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">P. dubia</taxonomicName>
/
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</emphasis>
clade is strongly supported by mtDNA data and, although weakly, also by the nuclear data.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236A0FFAEFFCDD5989110FCB2FB9A" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2007]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
The placement of
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4EC9110FDD8FDDD" box="[432,593,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. hielscheri</emphasis>
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(and
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7C09110FCD2FDDD" box="[668,859,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. malamakibo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD69F9110FBA4FDDD" box="[963,1069,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group is congruent with the morphological data (
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; see also
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) but contrasts with recent results from
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B51FFAEFFCDD046917AFEA1FD01" pageId="11" pageNumber="28" refString="Raxworthy, C. J., Ingram, C. M., Rabibisoa, N. &amp; Pearson, R. G. (2007) Applications of ecological niche modelling for species delimitation: A review and empirical evaluation using day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology, 56, 907 - 923." type="journal article">
Raxworthy
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD5CB915FFF5BFD00" box="[151,210,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
</bibRefCitation>
in which their individual of
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD727915FFC84FD00" box="[635,781,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. hielscheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD103915FFB47FD00" box="[1119,1230,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. lineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD054915FFA1DFD00" box="[1288,1428,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Specimens of
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD41B9180FE57FD2D" box="[327,478,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. h i e l s c h e r i</emphasis>
have previously been considered as
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6F09180FB9BFD2D" box="[940,1042,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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Glaw
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD1FD9180FB69FD2D" box="[1185,1248,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
1999
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), and the differences between the two species only recently noted (Rösler
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6CF91EAFC46FD77" box="[915,975,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
2001). In our analysis, even when it is not placed in a monophyletic group with
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7DC91CFFCA2FC90" box="[640,811,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. m a l a m a k i b o</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD63591CFFC61FC90" box="[873,1000,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. berghofi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6A591CFFB03FC90" box="[1017,1162,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. hielscheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is always recovered as included in the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4059030FE37FCBD" box="[345,446,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, and never close to the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6649030FC27FCBD" box="[824,942,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. lineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6859030FBE4FCBD" box="[985,1133,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. laticauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species groups as in the analysis of
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B51FFAEFFCDD478901AFDC6FCC4" box="[292,591,824,850]" pageId="11" pageNumber="28" refString="Raxworthy, C. J., Ingram, C. M., Rabibisoa, N. &amp; Pearson, R. G. (2007) Applications of ecological niche modelling for species delimitation: A review and empirical evaluation using day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology, 56, 907 - 923." type="journal article">
Raxworthy
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4EF901AFE78FCC7" box="[435,497,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
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. A reanalysis of the data of these authors as available from Genbank revealed that they had only a very short partial sequence of cytochrome
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6AF907FFB8BFCE0" box="[1011,1026,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">b</emphasis>
available for this species (193 bp;
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); which, when aligned with our data, clustered deep inside the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD15D90A0FB46FC0D" box="[1025,1231,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Phelsuma lineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. Since our samples come from a well-identified specimen of
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7A6908AFC18FC57" box="[762,913,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. hielscheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the various markers we sequenced are congruent in placing it into the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD75390EFFDF9FC70" box="[527,624,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, we conclude that the deviant placement of the species in the phylogeny of
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B51FFAEFFCDD46690D0FDDAFB9A" box="[314,595,1010,1036]" pageId="11" pageNumber="28" refString="Raxworthy, C. J., Ingram, C. M., Rabibisoa, N. &amp; Pearson, R. G. (2007) Applications of ecological niche modelling for species delimitation: A review and empirical evaluation using day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology, 56, 907 - 923." type="journal article">
Raxworthy
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD49F90D0FE74FB9D" box="[451,509,1010,1035]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
</bibRefCitation>
is likely erroneous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236A0FFAEFFCDD598973AFAD0F93A" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,2007]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
The mitochondrial genes reveal additional deep differentiation within
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD15A973AFBE1FBA7" box="[1030,1128,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(although not apparent in the nuclear phylogeny, possibly due to incomplete lineage sorting).
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD69E971FFBADFBC0" box="[962,1060,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
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has a patchy distribution along the northwestern coast of
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, possibly with disjunct populations (
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B51FFAEFFCDD1539740FA9DFBEA" author="Glaw" box="[1039,1300,1122,1148]" pageId="11" pageNumber="26" refString="Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M. (1994) A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second Edition. Vences and Glaw Verlag, Koln, 480 pp." type="book" year="1994">Glaw &amp; Vences 1994</bibRefCitation>
). We find a deep divergence between the individual from the northern isolate (Ambanja) and the southern one (Antsalova) (12.2% uncorrected p-distance in the cytochrome
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7BA978FFD7CFB50" box="[742,757,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">b</emphasis>
marker). The included specimen from Moheli,
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, is very closely related to specimens from northwestern
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(Ambanja), as are specimens from
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,
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: see
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Rocha
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD75997DAFDC9FA87" box="[517,576,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
2007
</bibRefCitation>
). Recently,
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B51FFAEFFCDD64D97DAFBA2FA84" box="[785,1067,1272,1298]" pageId="11" pageNumber="28" refString="Raxworthy, C. J., Ingram, C. M., Rabibisoa, N. &amp; Pearson, R. G. (2007) Applications of ecological niche modelling for species delimitation: A review and empirical evaluation using day geckos (Phelsuma) from Madagascar. Systematic Biology, 56, 907 - 923." type="journal article">
Raxworthy
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6C697DAFC5FFA87" box="[922,982,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD1F797DAFAB9FA87" box="[1195,1328,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. ravenala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the eastern coast of
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as a new species from the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD61B963FFC25FAA0" box="[839,940,1309,1334]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. Although genetic differentiation relative to
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD4489661FEFDFACA" box="[276,372,1347,1372]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4489661FEFDFACA" box="[276,372,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was minimal (~0.3%, 12S rRNA uncorrected p-distance; 0.40.7% cytochrome
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD0799661FABDFACA" box="[1317,1332,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">b</emphasis>
distance according to our data), allopatric distribution, morphological differentiation and better fit of distribution models when considering it a different species were invoked to argue for its specific status. Our
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD06496AFFA15FA30" box="[1336,1436,1421,1446]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
individuals from the Antsalova region in western
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exhibit a much higher degree of differentiation relative to remaining
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD4C896FAFE7CFA67" box="[404,501,1496,1521]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(14% uncorrected p-distance at cytochrome
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD15B96FAFB9FFA67" box="[1031,1046,1496,1521]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">b</emphasis>
) and might also be allopatrically distributed. This indicates that the taxonomy in the
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD64596DFFC7DF980" box="[793,1012,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD64596DFFCF2F980" box="[793,891,1533,1558]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">P. dubia</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD6D696DFFC7DF980" box="[906,1012,1533,1558]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ravenala">ravenala</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
complex of species merits further investigation;
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD41E9501FE2DF9AA" box="[322,420,1571,1596]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is at the moment paraphyletic with respect to
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6889501FBE9F9AA" box="[980,1120,1571,1596]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. r a v e n a l a,</emphasis>
and possibly contains yet further undescribed species, with the western Antsalova population being one candidate. Also, the validity of
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD5CB954FFE92F910" box="[151,283,1645,1670]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. r a v e n a l a</emphasis>
is in need of confirmation, especially regarding its morphological differentiation (in number of midbody scales, colour and number of preanofemoral pores; see
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Raxworthy
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD14B95B1FBD8F93A" box="[1047,1105,1683,1708]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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and
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).
</paragraph>
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The second major clade in the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD771959AFD04F947" box="[557,653,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
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group is composed of
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6C6959AFB9CF947" box="[922,1045,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. m o d e s t a</emphasis>
and the Comoran
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD1AE959AFA1DF947" box="[1266,1428,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. nigristriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The sister group relationship of these two species is supported by nuclear as well as mitochondrial data. The placement of this clade with the
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D23FFAEFFCDD7489421FDFAF88A" box="[532,627,1795,1820]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Phelsuma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7489421FDFAF88A" box="[532,627,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. dubia</emphasis>
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group is strongly supported by the combined and mitochondrial data sets but unresolved with nuclear data alone. Our results are partly in agreement with the opinion of
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Nussbaum
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD5CB946FFF5FF8F0" box="[151,214,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(2000)
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who considered the subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD7BA946FFC46F8F0" box="[742,975,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Phelsuma modesta</emphasis>
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as invalid forms representing colour variations. The level of differentiation between two of the subspecies (
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD6B09451FB51F81A" box="[1004,1240,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. modesta modesta</emphasis>
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from Tolagnaro and
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD59594BAFEDDF827" box="[201,340,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. m. isakae</emphasis>
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from near the
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locality Isaka) is very low (0.1% uncorrected p-distance in cytochrome
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD0D894BAFA1BF827" box="[1412,1426,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">b</emphasis>
) and the blue head colouration of males, the only character to distinguish
<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD15D949FFB04F840" box="[1025,1165,1981,2006]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. m. i s a k a e</emphasis>
from
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFAEFFCDD186949FFAF6F840" box="[1242,1407,1981,2006]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">P. m. modesta</emphasis>
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is also seen in specimens from the Tolagnaro region, usually assigned to
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFA9FFCAD6B493BAFB07FF27" box="[1000,1166,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. m. modesta</emphasis>
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. On the other hand,
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFA9FFCAD0DA93BAFEFCFF40" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. modesta leiogaster</emphasis>
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presents a higher level of differentiation (6%), but the topology recovered differs between mitochondrial and nuclear genes.
</paragraph>
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Species in the
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFA9FFCAD42E922AFDBAFEB7" box="[370,563,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Phelsuma dubia</emphasis>
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group share egg-gluing behaviour (except for
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFA9FFCAD103922AFA8DFEB7" box="[1119,1284,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. nigristriata</emphasis>
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), absence of nostril-rostral contact, a relatively low number of preanofemoral pores in males (30 or less), and keeled dorsal and lateral scales (except for
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<emphasis id="B939EAB2FFA9FFCAD4B39270FDFDFEFD" box="[495,628,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">P. ravenala</emphasis>
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). Most species have a weak expression of green colour, and in some species of the group the ventrals and/or subcaudals are keeled (
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).
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