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   contribution to the taxonomic knowledge of acanthodactylus (squamata, lacertidae): description of a new lacertid lizard species from eastern anatolia, turkey  
   
نویسنده kurnaz muammer ,şahin mehmet kürşat
منبع journal of wildlife and biodiversity - 2021 - دوره : 5 - شماره : 3 - صفحه:100 -119
چکیده    Acanthodactylus wiegmann, 1834 is one of the most diverse and widespread lizard genus in the palearctic realm. here, we describe a new species, - acanthodactylus ilgazi sp. nov. - from the anatolian peninsula. this new species ranges approximately 250 km north from the closest population of this genus in turkey. compared to other fringe-fingered lizards, the new species is phylogenetically close to a. robustus, a. tristrami and a. orientalis but it has some distinct morphological characteristics: reddish coloration under the tail, a sharp white or grayish stripe in the middle of the dorsum, and four plates in a row on the 4^th finger. moreover, phylogenetic molecular data, based on cyt b gene fragment, verifies that the new species is phylogenetically a member of the tristrami species group with 13.03%, 17.35% and 20.56 genetic distance respectively from a. orientalis, a. tristrami and a. robustus. lastly, the known range of this species, located in yazıhan, malatya in eastern anatolia, is restricted by a dam, thus habitat loss endangers its continuity. therefore, the conservation status of this species should be assessed immediately.
کلیدواژه anatolian peninsula ,fringe-fingered lizard ,phylogeny ,new species ,cyt b
آدرس gümüşhane university, kelkit vocational school of health services, department of medical services and techniques 29600, turkey, karamanoglu mehmetbey university, kamil ozdag faculty of science, department of biology, turkey
پست الکترونیکی mkursatsahin@kmu.edu.tr
 
     
   
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