The Intriguing Biogeographic Pattern of the Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Tuscan Archipelago Reveals the Existence of a New Ancient Insular Clade
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Dorsal Pattern Diversity
2.2. Morphological Analysis
2.3. Genetic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Dorsal Pattern
3.2. Morphological Analysis
3.3. Genetic Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Island | mtDNA | Microsatellites | Meristic Data/SVL | Dorsal Pattern |
---|---|---|---|---|
Capraia | 1 | 2 | 43 M–9 F | 34 M–12 F |
Cerboli | 1 | 1 | 16 M–5 F | 13 M–6 F |
Elba | 0 | 2 | 17 M–8 F | 14 M–10 F |
Giannutri | 1 | 2 | 31 M–19 F | 58 M–26 F |
Giglio | 13 | 13 | 26 M–21 F | 94 M–63 F |
Montecristo | 8 | 9 | 57 M–11 F | 43 M–18 F |
mainland | 0 | 0 | 32 M–19 F | 157 M–102 F |
MANOVA (Meristic Data) | df | Pillai’s Trace | Approx F | Num df | Den df | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SEX | 1 | 0.68117 | 47.003 | 9 | 198 | <0.05 |
Locality | 6 | 2.04875 | 11.695 | 54 | 1218 | <0.05 |
Residuals | 206 |
ANOVA (SVL) | df | SS | MS | F Value | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 1 | 2828 | 2827.9 | 86.357 | <0.05 |
Locality | 6 | 324 | 54.1 | 1.652 | >0.05 |
Residuals | 206 | 6746 | 32.7 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
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| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5.4% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8.4% | 9.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8.2% | 8.9% | 2.2% | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8.8% | 8.9% | 2.4% | 1.4% | - | - | - | - |
| 8.7% | 9.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.3% | - | - | - |
| 8.1% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 7.7% | - | - |
| 7.3% | 7.5% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 6.9% | - |
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Gallozzi, F.; Corti, C.; Castiglia, R.; Avramo, V.; Senczuk, G.; Mattioni, C.; Colangelo, P. The Intriguing Biogeographic Pattern of the Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Tuscan Archipelago Reveals the Existence of a New Ancient Insular Clade. Animals 2023, 13, 386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030386
Gallozzi F, Corti C, Castiglia R, Avramo V, Senczuk G, Mattioni C, Colangelo P. The Intriguing Biogeographic Pattern of the Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Tuscan Archipelago Reveals the Existence of a New Ancient Insular Clade. Animals. 2023; 13(3):386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030386
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallozzi, Francesco, Claudia Corti, Riccardo Castiglia, Vasco Avramo, Gabriele Senczuk, Claudia Mattioni, and Paolo Colangelo. 2023. "The Intriguing Biogeographic Pattern of the Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Tuscan Archipelago Reveals the Existence of a New Ancient Insular Clade" Animals 13, no. 3: 386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030386