Competition between Tax Havens: Does Geographic Distribution Matter?

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa R. Blanco ◽  
Cynthia L. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Tax Havens

A new species of Contomastix (Squamata, Teiidae) supported by total evidence, with remarks on diagnostic characters defining the genus

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Mario. R. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Total Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Proximal Margin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Characters

Formerly Cnemidophorus was thought to be the most speciose genus of Teiidae. This genus comprised four morphological groups that were later defined as four different genera, Ameivula, Aurivela, Cnemidophorus and Contomastix. The last appears as paraphyletic in a recent phylogenetic reconstruction based on morphology, but monophyletic in a reconstruction using molecular characters. Six species are allocated to Contomastix. One of them, C. lacertoides, having an extensive and disjunct geographic distribution in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Preliminary analyses revealed morphological differences among its populations, suggesting that it is actually a complex of species. Here, we describe a new species corresponding to the Argentinian populations hitherto regarded as C. lacertoides, by integrating morphological and molecular evidence. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the presence of notched proximal margin of the tongue is a character that defines the genus Contomastix.

Geographic distribution and variation of Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) subspecies overwintering in Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Jong-Gil Park ◽  
Kyoung-Soon Jin ◽  
Chang-uk Park ◽  
Dong-Ha Nam
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution
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