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Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae)

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Author(s):
Recoder, Renato [1] ; Prates, Ivan [2] ; Marques-Souza, Sergio [1] ; Camacho, Agustin [1] ; Nunes, Pedro M. Sales [3] ; Dal Vechio, Francisco [1] ; Ghellere, Jose Mario [1] ; McDiarmid, Roy W. [2] ; Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut [1]
Total Authors: 9
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Vertebrate Zool, Washington, DC 20560 - USA
[3] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Biociencias, Dept Zool, Recife, PE - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY; v. 190, n. 1, p. 271-297, SEP 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

The Pantepui region of northern South America harbours an endemic fauna that differs dramatically from those of the surrounding lowland rainforests and savannas. A component of this unique fauna is Riolama, a poorly known genus of microteiid lizards with four described and two undescribed species restricted to tepui mountains. We here implement an integrative approach to formally describe the two unnamed species and investigate the phylogenetic relationships and timing of diversification in Riolama using a fossil-calibrated molecular approach. Our results suggest that diversification initiated in Riolama during the Oligocene (c. 28 Mya), thereby characterizing the genus as an ancient lineage. This supports the Plateau biogeographic hypothesis to explain the diversification of the Pantepui fauna. Our divergence time estimation analysis also provides an updated temporal framework for the diversification of the highly diverse Gymnophthalmidae Glade. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50297-0 - Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo: a multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot
Grantee:Cristina Yumi Miyaki
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 12/15754-8 - Ecogeographical consequences of evolution of the snake-like morphotype in squamates
Grantee:Agustín Camacho Guerrero
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 11/50146-6 - Comparative phylogeography, phylogeny, paleoclimate modeling, and taxonomy of neotropical reptiles and amphibians
Grantee:Miguel Trefaut Urbano Rodrigues
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants