Molecular evidence for the taxonomic status of Hemidactylus brookii group taxa (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

• Main Authors: Bauer, Aaron M., Jackman, Todd R., Greenbaum, Eli, Anslem, de Silva, Giri, Varad B., Indraneil, Das
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: British Herpetological Society 2010
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11610/1/Molecular%20evidence%20for%20the%20taxonomic%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11610/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223087014_Molecular_evidence_for_the_taxonomic_status_of_Hemidactylus_brookii_group_taxa_Squamata_Gekkonidae

Hemidactylus brookii has one of the widest distributions and, arguably, one of the most confused taxonomic histories of any gekkonid lizard. Nuclear (RAG1 and PDC) and mitochondrial (ND2, cyt b ) DNA sequence data were employed to examine relationships among a sample of putative H. brookii , in...