Deepak, V. and Lalronunga, Samuel and Lalhmingliani, Esther and Das, Abhijit and Narayanan, Surya and Das, Indraneil and Gower, David J. (2021) Phylogenetic relationships of xenodermid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Xenodermidae), with the description of a new genus. Vertebrate Zoology, 71 (10). pp. 747-763. ISSN 1864-5755
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Abstract
Xenodermidae is a generally poorly known lineage of caenophidian snakes found in South, East and Southeast Asia. We report molecular phylogenetic analyses for a multilocus data set comprising all five currently recognised genera and including new mi- tochondrial and nuclear gene sequence data for the recently described Stoliczkia vanhnuailianai. Our phylogenetic results provide very strong support for the non-monophyly of Stoliczkia, as presently constituted, with S. borneensis being more closely related to Xenodermus than to the Northeast Indian S. vanhnuailianai. Based on phylogenetic relationships and morphological distinctiveness, we transfer Stoliczkia borneensis to a new monotypic genus endemic to Borneo, Paraxenodermus gen. nov. We also present new morphological data for P. borneensis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Borneo, endemic, morphology, Paraxenodermus gen. nov., phylogeny, taxonomy |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation |
| Depositing User: | Das |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2021 02:21 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2023 03:41 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36821 |
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