| cryptic lineage diversity, body size divergence, and sympatry in a species complex of australian lizards (gehyra). | understanding the joint evolutionary and ecological underpinnings of sympatry among close relatives remains a key challenge in biology. this problem can be addressed through joint phylogenomic and phenotypic analysis of complexes of closely related lineages within, and across, species and hence representing the speciation continuum. for a complex of tropical geckos from northern australia-gehyra nana and close relatives-we combine mtdna phylogeography, exon-capture sequencing, and morphological ... | 2018 | 29067680 |
| systematics of a small <i>gehyra</i> (squamata: gekkonidae) from the einasleigh uplands, queensland: description of a new range restricted species. | the tropical savannah landscapes of australia's north, though previously overshadowed by the biodiverse rainforests of the wet tropics, are themselves now attracting interest for their biological significance and uniqueness. the einasleigh uplands region of north-east queensland is home to a diverse group of mammals and reptiles and was previously recognised for its importance in shaping speciation in birds. here we add a small saxicoline gecko to a growing list of recently described reptiles th ... | 2017 | 28187551 |
| species delimitation in the gehyra nana (squamata: gekkonidae) complex: cryptic and divergent morphological evolution in the australian monsoonal tropics, with the description of four new species. | recent advances in molecular genetic techniques and increased fine scale sampling in the australian monsoonal tropics (amt) have provided new impetus to reassess species boundaries in the gehyra nana species complex, a clade of small-bodied, saxicolous geckos which are widely distributed across northern australia. a recent phylogenomic analysis revealed eight deeply divergent lineages that occur as a series of overlapping distributions across the amt and which, as a whole, are paraphyletic with ... | 2018 | 29690231 |