Diversifying on the Ark:multiple new endemic lineages of dwarf geckos from the Western Ghats provide insights into the systematics and biogeography of South Asian Cnemaspis(Reptilia:Squamata)

作     者：Saunak Pal Zeeshan A.Mirza Princia Dsouza Kartik Shanker Saunak Pal;Zeeshan A.Mirza;Princia Dsouza;Kartik Shanker

作者机构：Bombay Natural History SocietyMumbaiMaharashtra 400001India Centre for Ecological SciencesIndian Institute of ScienceBengaluruKarnataka 560012India National Centre for Biological SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchBengaluruKarnataka 560065India 

出 版 物：《Zoological Research》 (动物学研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第42卷第6期

页      面：675-691页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：This study was supported by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund(Western Ghats) DBT-IISc Partnership Programme and Ministry of Environment,Forests,and Climate Change(MoEFCC) Singinawa Conservation Foundation,and Rufford Small Grant 

主　　题：Biogeography Cnemaspis Dwarf geckos Molecular phylogeny New species Osteology South Asia Systematics Western Ghats 

摘      要：The highly speciose gekkonid genus Cnemaspis Strauch,1887 is polyphyletic,with three distantly related and geographically isolated clades from Africa,South Asia(SA),and Southeast *** present,there are 85 known species within SA Cnemaspis,although the number continues to increase rapidly with focused surveys and rigorous taxonomic *** studies have provided valuable insights into the diversity and evolutionary history of SA Cnemaspis;however,most of these studies lack sufficient sampling in the Western Ghats(WG),where the genus has its greatest *** addressed this research gap by conducting extensive sampling across the WG and re-examining museum specimens,thus providing a systematic account of various extant Cnemaspis species along with their distribution and natural *** described 12 new species and a southern WG endemic clade of SA *** of the newly described species are endemic to the forests of the southern *** also identified 10 well-supported subclades that can be separated across morphological,geographic,and phylogenetic axes.A time-calibrated phylogeny and ancestral area reconstructions confirmed the Paleocene origin of SA Cnemaspis in the WG and provide insights into its evolutionary history and *** discovery of multiple endemic and deeply divergent lineages further highlights the evolutionary significance of the WG for lizards.