The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
The gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus is the third largest vertebrate genus on the planet with well over 300 species that range across at least eight biogeographic regions from South Asia to Melanesia. The ecological and morphological plasticity within the genus, has contributed to its ability to dispers...
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| author | L. Lee Grismer Nikolay A. Poyarkov Evan S.H. Quah Jesse L. Grismer Perry L. Wood Jr |
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| description | The gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus is the third largest vertebrate genus on the planet with well over 300 species that range across at least eight biogeographic regions from South Asia to Melanesia. The ecological and morphological plasticity within the genus, has contributed to its ability to disperse across ephemeral seaways, river systems, basins, land bridges, and mountain ranges—followed by in situ diversification within specific geographic areas. Ancestral ranges were reconstructed on a mitochondrial phylogeny with 346 described and undescribed species from which it was inferred that Cyrtodactylus evolved in a proto-Himalaya region during the early Eocene. From there, it dispersed to what is currently Indoburma and Indochina during the mid-Eocene—the latter becoming the first major center of origin for the remainder of the genus that seeded dispersals to the Indian subcontinent, Papua, and Sundaland. Sundaland became a second major center of radiation during the Oligocene and gave rise to a large number of species that radiated further within Sundaland and dispersed to Wallacea, the Philippines, and back to Indochina. One Papuan lineage dispersed west to recolonize and radiate in Sundaland. Currently, Indochina and Sundaland still harbor the vast majority of species of Cyrtodactylus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b4f8ca367104f28a7aa21a6e4f8e0d32023-12-03T09:58:11ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592022-03-0110e1315310.7717/peerj.13153The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)L. Lee Grismer0Nikolay A. Poyarkov1Evan S.H. Quah2Jesse L. Grismer3Perry L. Wood Jr4Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, United States of AmericaFaculty of Biology, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Moscow State University, Moscow, RussiaDepartment of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, United States of AmericaDepartment of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, United States of AmericaDepartment of Biological Sciences & Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of AmericaThe gekkonid genus Cyrtodactylus is the third largest vertebrate genus on the planet with well over 300 species that range across at least eight biogeographic regions from South Asia to Melanesia. The ecological and morphological plasticity within the genus, has contributed to its ability to disperse across ephemeral seaways, river systems, basins, land bridges, and mountain ranges—followed by in situ diversification within specific geographic areas. Ancestral ranges were reconstructed on a mitochondrial phylogeny with 346 described and undescribed species from which it was inferred that Cyrtodactylus evolved in a proto-Himalaya region during the early Eocene. From there, it dispersed to what is currently Indoburma and Indochina during the mid-Eocene—the latter becoming the first major center of origin for the remainder of the genus that seeded dispersals to the Indian subcontinent, Papua, and Sundaland. Sundaland became a second major center of radiation during the Oligocene and gave rise to a large number of species that radiated further within Sundaland and dispersed to Wallacea, the Philippines, and back to Indochina. One Papuan lineage dispersed west to recolonize and radiate in Sundaland. Currently, Indochina and Sundaland still harbor the vast majority of species of Cyrtodactylus.https://peerj.com/articles/13153.pdfSouth AsiaIndochinaSoutheast AsiaMelanesiaPhylogenyCenters of origin |
| spellingShingle | L. Lee Grismer Nikolay A. Poyarkov Evan S.H. Quah Jesse L. Grismer Perry L. Wood Jr The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) PeerJ South Asia Indochina Southeast Asia Melanesia Phylogeny Centers of origin |
| title | The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |
| title_full | The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |
| title_fullStr | The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |
| title_short | The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |
| title_sort | biogeography of bent toed geckos cyrtodactylus squamata gekkonidae |
| topic | South Asia Indochina Southeast Asia Melanesia Phylogeny Centers of origin |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/13153.pdf |
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