Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the wall-lizard Podarcis erhardii (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Poulakakis, Nikos; Lymberakis, Petros; Antoniou, Aglaia; Chalkia, Dimitra; Ζούρος, Ε.; Mylonas, M.; Valakos, Efstratios D.

doi:10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00037-x

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“…The study of the P. erhardii's group [15,16] revealed hidden diversity and concluded with a plausible biogeographic scenario. In brief, the group's ancestral form appears to have reached Greece from the north and initially split in two lineages.…”

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Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Lymberakis

Poulakakis

2010

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Abstract:The area of the Aegean can be described as one of nature's most active laboratories. The contemporary geomorphology of the Aegean is a result of diverse and still ongoing geological events, which coupled with climate changes, have created mountains and thousands of islands. The Aegean bridges three continents, where human activity has been recorded for at least 10,000 years. Herpetofauna diversity offered early researchers the possibility of describing patterns in the Aegean, especially as the distributional limit for several species and faunal elements. The patterns initially described at a rather coarse scale formed the frame on which the application of new techniques opened new views and permitted finer analyses. Here, we assess recent works on the Aegean's herpetofauna, outlining the role of sea barriers, especially the Mid Aegean Trench (MAT). We propose four basic patterns (pre-MAT, post-MAT, newcomers, and that of an outlier) and discuss exceptions to these patterns, to interpret the diversity recorded. The interdisciplinary study of taxonomy helps explaining the observed diversity and provides powerful arguments for how exploring diversity can be used to explain more than biological processes.

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Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Lymberakis

Poulakakis

2010

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“…1). Tree topology and branch length estimations were based on a combination of molecular and morphological data (Mayer andTiedemann 1980, 1981;Lutz and Mayer 1985;Mayer 1986;Harris et al 1998;Harris and Arnold 1999;Chondropoulos et al 2000;Oliverio et al 2000;Poulakakis et al 2003). Divergence times for P. erhardii and P. milensis were calibrated using geological information on the isolation of the Crete and the Milos island groups, respectively (Hsü et al 1977;Dermitzakis and Papanikolaou 1981).…”

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Comparative Postautotomy Tail Activity in Six Mediterranean Lacertid Lizard Species

Pafilis¹,

Valakos²,

Foufopoulos³

2005

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

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Tail autotomy, the self-induced tail separation from the body, is a common and effective antipredator mechanism in lizards. In this study, we examine the muscle energetics of tail shedding in six lacertid lizard species (Podarcis erhardii, Podarcis peloponnesiaca, Podarcis muralis, Podarcis gaigeae, Podarcis milensis, and Lacerta graeca) from the northeast Mediterranean region. Very long periods of postautotomy tail movement were demonstrated for all species ( min), and differences range p 6-8 among species were not statistically significant. Postautotomy tail movement, powered by anaerobic muscle activity, resulted in a strong increase in lactate concentrations and a concomitant depletion of muscle glycogen of exhausted tails relative to resting tails. No significant differences were found in either lactate or glycogen concentrations among the species examined. Duration of movement was negatively correlated with final lactate concentrations. The lack of differentiation in postautotomy energetic physiology in this group of species that have evolved under very different predation environments indicates that postautotomy muscle metabolism involves an overall conservative suite of characters.

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“…There are several studies on land gastropods, but also on butterflies, beetles, terrestrial isopods, scorpions, frogs and lizards, and also plants (Beerli et al, 1996;Sfenthourakis, 1996, Douris et al, 1998, 2007Chatzimanolis et al, 2003;Parmakelis et al, 2003Parmakelis et al, , 2005Parmakelis et al, , 2006aPoulakakis et al, 2003Poulakakis et al, , 2005aBittkau & Comes, 2005;Kasapidis et al, 2005;Klossa-Kilia et al, 2006;Lymberakis et al, 2007;Poulakakis & Sfenthourakis, 2008;Papadopoulou et al, 2009;Lymberakis & Poulakakis, 2010), which suggest that the present distributions of most terrestrial Aegean taxa were shaped primarily through vicariant phenomena that resulted from the complex geological history of the eastern Mediterranean and particularly that of the Aegean archipelago. Nevertheless, dispersal over sea or through occasional land bridges was also involved (see Douris et al, 1998;Dennis et al, 2000;Kasapidis et al, 2005).…”

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Do diversity patterns of the spring-inhabiting snail Bythinella (Gastropoda, Bythinellidae) on the Aegean Islands reflect geological history?

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To explain the origin of the differentiation of the spring-inhabiting fauna on an island system, this study focused on the Aegean Islands and the Bythinella snails as a model organism. We inferred the phylogeographic pattern of the Aegean Bythinella with two molecular markers, and compared the inferred pattern with the geological history of the region and the estimated levels of biodiversity of Bythinella in Greece. 95 sequences of COI and 60 of ITS-1 were obtained from samples collected from Andros, Crete, Naxos, Chios, Kithira, and western Turkey, and pooled with previously published sequences from continental Greece. Phylogenetic analysis based on the COI revealed seven new clades. On Crete, three distinct clades were identified. The estimated divergence time indicated that the geological history of the island, which was divided into smaller islands until 2-3 Mya, was most probably responsible for such high diversity. Bythinella populations inhabiting Turkey were distinct from the Aegean populations, and the divergence began after the Zanclean flood (5.3 Mya). Shell morphology and anatomy of reproductive organs confirmed that molecularly distinct clades were real entities. Biodiversity analysis revealed that, in addition to five previously known Bythinella hotspots, there is a sixth in central Greece.Keywords Origin and history of spring fauna Á Springs as ephemeral habitats Á mtDNA Á COI Á ITS-1 Á Morphology Á Phylogeography Á Biodiversity

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Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the wall-lizard Podarcis erhardii (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Cited by 106 publications

References 28 publications

Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Three Continents Claiming an Archipelago: The Evolution of Aegean’s Herpetofaunal Diversity

Comparative Postautotomy Tail Activity in Six Mediterranean Lacertid Lizard Species

Do diversity patterns of the spring-inhabiting snail Bythinella (Gastropoda, Bythinellidae) on the Aegean Islands reflect geological history?

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