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 Quah, Evan Seng Huat 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 | ums.eprints-337592022-08-15T03:39:43Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33759/ The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) L. Lee Grismer Nikolay A. Poyarkov Quah, Evan Seng Huat Jesse L. Grismer Perry L. Wood Jr QL1-355 General Including geographical distribution QL1-991 Zoology 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. PeerJ Inc. 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33759/1/The%20biogeography%20of%20bent-toed%20geckos%2C%20Cyrtodactylus%20.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33759/2/The%20biogeography%20of%20bent-toed%20geckos%2C%20Cyrtodactylus%201.pdf L. Lee Grismer and Nikolay A. Poyarkov and Quah, Evan Seng Huat and Jesse L. Grismer and Perry L. Wood Jr (2022) The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). PeerJ, 2022. pp. 1-22. ISSN 2167-8359 https://peerj.com/articles/13153/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13153 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13153 |
| spellingShingle | QL1-355 General Including geographical distribution QL1-991 Zoology L. Lee Grismer Nikolay A. Poyarkov Quah, Evan Seng Huat Jesse L. Grismer Perry L. Wood Jr The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) |
| 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 | QL1-355 General Including geographical distribution QL1-991 Zoology |
| url | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33759/1/The%20biogeography%20of%20bent-toed%20geckos%2C%20Cyrtodactylus%20.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33759/2/The%20biogeography%20of%20bent-toed%20geckos%2C%20Cyrtodactylus%201.pdf |
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