Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar
Using an integrative taxonomic approach including genetic and morphological data, we formally describe a new microendemic gecko species belonging to the Paroedura bastardi clade, previously referred to as P. bastardi D. We name this taxon currently known from Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest...
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| author | Costanza Piccoli Francesco Belluardo Javier Lobón-Rovira Ivo Oliveira Alves Malalatiana Rasoazanany Franco Andreone Gonçalo M. Rosa Angelica Crottini |
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| description | Using an integrative taxonomic approach including genetic and morphological data, we formally describe a new microendemic gecko species belonging to the Paroedura bastardi clade, previously referred to as P. bastardi D. We name this taxon currently known from Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest (south-central Madagascar), as P. manongavato sp. nov. The new species differs from other species of the P. bastardi clade by ≥ 12.4% uncorrected p-distance at the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and it forms a monophyletic group in the COI mtDNA phylogenetic tree. It lacks haplotype sharing at the nuclear KIAA1239 and CMOS genes with the other species of the same complex, including the syntopic P. rennerae. Given its limited extent of occurrence and high levels of habitat fragmentation linked to forest clearances and fires, we propose the IUCN Red List Category of Critically Endangered, based on the B1ab(iii) criterion. The conservation value of Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest is remarkable. Preserving the remaining deciduous forest habitat is of paramount importance to protect these narrow-range reptile species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d776c50863dc40d380518434f2da2cbb2023-10-06T08:11:03ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702023-10-01118112515410.3897/zookeys.1181.108134108134Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central MadagascarCostanza Piccoli0Francesco Belluardo1Javier Lobón-Rovira2Ivo Oliveira Alves3Malalatiana Rasoazanany4Franco Andreone5Gonçalo M. Rosa6Angelica Crottini7Museo Regionale di Scienze NaturaliUniversidade do PortoUniversidade do PortoUniversidade do PortoUniversité d’AntananarivoMuseo Regionale di Scienze NaturaliCentre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & Global Change and Sustainability InstituteBIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de VairãoUsing an integrative taxonomic approach including genetic and morphological data, we formally describe a new microendemic gecko species belonging to the Paroedura bastardi clade, previously referred to as P. bastardi D. We name this taxon currently known from Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest (south-central Madagascar), as P. manongavato sp. nov. The new species differs from other species of the P. bastardi clade by ≥ 12.4% uncorrected p-distance at the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and it forms a monophyletic group in the COI mtDNA phylogenetic tree. It lacks haplotype sharing at the nuclear KIAA1239 and CMOS genes with the other species of the same complex, including the syntopic P. rennerae. Given its limited extent of occurrence and high levels of habitat fragmentation linked to forest clearances and fires, we propose the IUCN Red List Category of Critically Endangered, based on the B1ab(iii) criterion. The conservation value of Anja Reserve and Tsaranoro Valley Forest is remarkable. Preserving the remaining deciduous forest habitat is of paramount importance to protect these narrow-range reptile species.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/108134/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Costanza Piccoli Francesco Belluardo Javier Lobón-Rovira Ivo Oliveira Alves Malalatiana Rasoazanany Franco Andreone Gonçalo M. Rosa Angelica Crottini Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar ZooKeys |
| title | Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar |
| title_full | Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar |
| title_fullStr | Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar |
| title_short | Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar |
| title_sort | another step through the crux a new microendemic rock dwelling paroedura squamata gekkonidae from south central madagascar |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/108134/download/pdf/ |
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