2006
DOI: 10.1071/zo05038
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A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata:Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Abstract: To date no complete phylogeny of all of the currently recognised Indo-Australian varanid species and subspecies has been published. This paper presents a comprehensive mitochondrial gene phylogeny of these lizards. A portion of the mitochondrial genome comprising part of the ND4 gene and three adjacent tRNA genes (hereafter referred to as ND4) was analysed alone and, for a subset of the taxa, combined with previously published mitochondrial data. Similar tree topologies were produced by both datasets although … Show more

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“…Within the Indo-Australian group, four major groups are found: the 'varius group' which clusters with the 'gouldii group' and the 'acanthurus group' which clusters with the 'tristis group'. These relationships within Varanus are congruent with studies based on mitochondrial data only [6,[13][14][15][16]. It is interesting to note that independent evidence derived from genital morphological characters supports several molecular nodes both at the interfamilial (Shinisauridae/ Xenosauridae) and intrageneric (Varanus) level [17].…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 82%
“…Within the Indo-Australian group, four major groups are found: the 'varius group' which clusters with the 'gouldii group' and the 'acanthurus group' which clusters with the 'tristis group'. These relationships within Varanus are congruent with studies based on mitochondrial data only [6,[13][14][15][16]. It is interesting to note that independent evidence derived from genital morphological characters supports several molecular nodes both at the interfamilial (Shinisauridae/ Xenosauridae) and intrageneric (Varanus) level [17].…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 82%
“…The subgenus is geographically restricted to a large region east of Wallace’s line with the Solomon Islands and parts of Micronesia forming the eastern and northern boundaries (Ziegler et al 2007a, Sweet and Pianka 2007). The systematic arrangement is well-supported by molecular and morphological studies (Ziegler and Böhme 1997, Fitch et al 2006, Vidal et al 2012). Several new monitor lizards of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus have been discovered from islands in the southwest Pacific since the early 1990s.…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 61%
“…Pianka (1995) recovered a slightly different result, using different techniques. Fitch et al (2006) analyzed relationships among a subset of Varanus, and their results generally agree with those of Ast (2001).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 62%