Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of the Heteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 11; p. e78110
• Main Authors: Pepper, Mitzy, Doughty, Paul, Fujita, Matthew K., Moritz, Craig, Keogh, J. Scott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.11.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Arid environments; Arid regions; Arid zones; Australia; Banding; Biology; Datasets; Divergence; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Ecology; Evolution; Geckos; Gehyra; Gekkonidae; Genetic diversity; Genetics; Hemibagrus planiceps; Heterogeneity; Highlands; Information management; Lizards - classification; Lizards - genetics; Loci; Miocene; Mitochondrial DNA; Monsoons; Morphology; New species; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Populations; Pygopodidae; Reptiles; Reptiles & amphibians; Speciation; Species Specificity; Systematics; Taxonomy; Trees; Tropical environments; Zoology; Australia; United States > US; Western Australia Australia; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia

The isolated uplands of the Australian arid zone are known to provide mesic refuges in an otherwise xeric landscape, and divergent lineages of largely arid zone taxa have persisted in these regions following the onset of Miocene aridification. Geckos of the genus Heteronotia are one such group, and...