In:
Herpetozoa, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 32 ( 2019-10-04), p. 229-236
Abstract:
The distribution and hybridisation zone of the two grass snake species occurring in the German state of Baden-Württemberg are described, based on genetic data from maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA, up to 1983 bp) and biparentally inherited microsatellite DNA (13 loci). In agreement with previously published morphological evidence, the barred grass snake ( Natrix helvetica ) occurs in the Upper Rhine Valley and the Black Forest, while the common grass snake ( N. natrix , ‘yellow lineage’) is distributed across the remaining, more eastern parts of Baden-Württemberg. Cline analyses across two transects running through the region of Karlsruhe and the Black Forest indicate that the hybrid zone is similarly narrow here as in the previously characterised stretch near Lake Constance. With respect to nuclear DNA, the Black Forest constitutes no impediment to gene flow in comparison with lowland regions (Karlsruhe, Lake Constance). However, on the eastern slope of the Black Forest, the abrupt replacement of mtDNA of N. helvetica by that of N. natrix indicates male-mediated gene flow and that the Black Forest represents a dispersal barrier for female grass snakes.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2682-955X
,
1013-4425
DOI:
10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38897
DOI:
10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38897.figure1
DOI:
10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38897.figure2
DOI:
10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38897.figure3
DOI:
10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e38897.suppl1
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2019
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2474932-1
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12