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Acontias plumbeus is a species with a hidden but substantial genetic diverstity. We demonstrated that their populations can be clustered in three major clades, with one of them containing also Acontias poecilus
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Why is it important?
Our results show that cryptic diversity within Acontias species is not limited to the small-body size ones. Moreover, the paraphyly of A. plumbeus with respect to A. poecilus requires further taxonomic changes
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This page is a summary of: Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the world's largest limbless skink species (
Acontias plumbeus
) highlight the need for a review of the taxonomic status of
Acontias poecilus, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, January 2019, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12263.
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