Unexpected phylogeographic affinities of <i>Psammodromus algirus</i> from Conigli islet (Lampedusa)

The only Italian population of the lacertid Psammodromus algirus is found in Conigli islet whereas the species is absent from the nearby island of Lampedusa. The phylogeographic relationships of this population were investigated. Mitochondrial DNA (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA) fragment sequences were anal...

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Main Authors: Miguel A. Carretero, Anna Perera, Pietro Lo Cascio, Claudia Corti, D. James Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2009-07-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1551