In:
Vertebrate Zoology, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 71 ( 2021-10-06), p. 577-619
Kurzfassung:
Abstract Asian pit vipers belonging to the genus Craspedocephalus are a complex group of vipers, distributed in South and Southeast Asia. Their taxonomy is unresolved in many lineages across their distributional range. Here, we reassess the taxonomy and systematics of pit vipers of the genus Craspedocephalus in Peninsular India based on extensive field sampling, in particular in the Western Ghats. We build and expand on the previous findings of genetic relatedness between the peninsular Indian lineages with the Sundaic clade ( C. puniceus complex) with greater evidence, based on additional taxa sequenced herein. We reconstruct the phylogeny of the group using three mitochondrial genes and delineated lineages using coalescent species delimitation methods. We then used multiple criteria including genetic divergence and separation in morphological and geographic space to designate taxonomic units. Our work revealed the presence of a South Asian radiation of the clade Craspedocephalus , with a few Sundaic members. Our study reveals the systematic relationships of four Peninsular Indian species of Craspedocephalus , including Peltopelor macrolepis and C. strigatus , sequenced here for the first time, that are classified or confirmed as members of Craspedocephalus . Hence, we place the genus Peltopelor in the synonymy of Craspedocephalus . Using our multi-criteria approach, we delimit four new cryptic evolutionary lineages within the Western Ghats escarpment of Peninsular India. These cryptic lineages belong to the C. malabaricus , C. gramineus and C. macrolepis complexes and are geographically and/or ecologically (in terms of habitat association) distinct from their sister lineages across their distributional range, while others are separated in morphological space. Our new phylogenetic tree and delimitation analysis thus reveals the presence of multiple clades with several cryptic lineages separated by geographical barriers or habitat association.
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2625-8498
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1864-5755
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10.3897/vz.71.e66239
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Unbekannt
Verlag:
Pensoft Publishers
Publikationsdatum:
2021
ZDB Id:
2392087-7
SSG:
12
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