Origin and haplotype diversity of the northernmost population of Podarcistauricus (Squamata, Lacertidae): Do lizards respond to climate change and go north?

The northernmost population of the Balkan wall lizards, (Pallas, 1814) was recently discovered in the Czech Republic. We studied genetic variability in a mitochondrial marker to shed light on the origin of this remote population. We detected three unique haplotypes, close to those occurring in the p...

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Published in:Biodiversity data journal 2022, Vol.10, p.e82156-e82156
Main Authors: Rehák, Ivan, Fischer, David, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Rovatsos, Michail
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Language:English
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Summary:The northernmost population of the Balkan wall lizards, (Pallas, 1814) was recently discovered in the Czech Republic. We studied genetic variability in a mitochondrial marker to shed light on the origin of this remote population. We detected three unique haplotypes, close to those occurring in the populations of from central/north Balkans and Hungary. Our data exclude the hypothesis of a single founder (a randomly or intentionally introduced pregnant female or her progeny) of the Czech population and indicate a native, autochthonous origin of the population or recent introduction/range expansion.
ISSN:1314-2828
1314-2836
1314-2828
DOI:10.3897/BDJ.10.e82156