Systematics and biogeography of the widespread Neotropical…广泛新热带的系统学和生物地理学.pdfVIP

Blackwell Publishing LtdOxford, UKZOJZoological Journal of the Linnean Society0024 The Linnean Society of London? 2007 1493 339370 Original Articles GEKKONID SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHYP. J. BERGMANN and A. P. RUSSELL Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 149, 339–370. With 7 figures Systematics and biogeography of the widespread Neotropical gekkonid genus Thecadactylus (Squamata), with the description of a new cryptic species PHILIP J. BERGMANN* and ANTHONY P. RUSSELL Vertebrate Morphology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada Received April 2005; accepted for publication February 2006 The systematics of the widespread neotropical gekkonid genus Thecadactylus is investigated using a combination of morphological, morphometric and mtDNA (cytochrome b) sequence data, forming a total evidence dataset. The anal- ysis tackles the common yet complex problem of a widespread taxon consisting of one or more cryptic species that are difficult to diagnose using morphology alone. The data are analysed using both maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference. Virtually all analyses resolve a well-supported south-western Amazonian clade distinct from the remain- der of the recognized T. rapicauda. The south-western Amazonian clade is not only robustly supported, but also exclusive