A New Species of Sand Racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_F96132EF70FA
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Publications
Institution
Titre
A New Species of Sand Racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula
Périodique
Zootaxa
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Fitze P.S., Gonzalez-Jimena V, San-Jose L.M., San Mauro D., Zardoya R.
ISSN
1175-5326
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
3205
Pages
41-52
Langue
anglais
Résumé
A new species of lacertid lizard of the genus Psammodromus is described from the Iberian Peninsula. Genetic and recently published phenotypic data support the differentiation of Psammodromus hispanicus into three, and not as previously suggested two, distinct lineages. Age estimates, lineage allopatry, the lack of mitochondrial and nuclear haplotype sharing between lineages, ecological niche divergence, and the current biogeographic distribution, indicated that the three lineages correspond to three independent species. Here, we describe a new species, Psammodromus occidentalis sp. n., which is genetically different from the other sand racers and differentiated by the number of femoral pores, number of throat scales, snout shape, head ratio, green nuptial coloration, and number of supralabial scales below the subocular scale. We also propose to upgrade the two previously recognized subspecies, Psammodromus hispanicus hispanicus Fitzinger, 1826 from central Spain and Psammodromus hispanicus edwardsianus (Dugès, 1829) from eastern Spain, to the species level: Psammodromus hispanicus stat. nov. and Psammodromus edwardsianus stat. nov. Given that the holotype of Psammodromus hispanicus was lost, we designate a neotype. We also analysed museum specimens of P. blanci, P. microdactylus and P. algirus to describe differentiation of the Psammodromus hispanicus lineages/species from their closest relatives.
Mots-clé
Psammodromus hispanicus, Psammodromus edwardsianus, Psammodromus occidentalis sp n., Psamodromus blanci, Psammodromus microdactylus, mitochondrial and nuclear differentiation, phenotypic differentiation
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