Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae)

	Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae)
	Guo, Peng ; Liu, Qin ; Zhong, Guanghui ; Zhu, Fei ; Yan, Fang ; Tang, Ting ; Xiao, Rong ; Fang, Min ; Wang, Ping ; Fu, Xin
刊名	AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA
	2015
卷号	36 期号:3 页码:265-276
ISSN号	0173-5373
中文摘要	The biodiversity of Yunnan, which is located in the Hengduan Mountains region of South-west China, is still underestimated. Here, we explore species diversity of Asian green pitvipers occurring in this region. Based on four mtDNA gene fragments (cyt. b, ND4, 12S RNA, and 16S RNA), we inferred phylogenetic position and relationships of Yunnan green pitvipers using Bayesian Inference (BI) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) methods. Both methods consistently revealed that all examined Yunnan specimens are placed in five clades which should be referred to Trimeresurus albolabris, Viridovipera stejnegeri, V. gumprechti, and the genus Popeia, respectively. It was unexpected that the samples allied to V. gumprechti did not form a monophyletic clade, but rather two well supported, distinct clades. Further morphological comparison suggested that the specimens nested within the clade Popeia should be identified as P. popeiorum, which is a species new to China. As a result, there are currently at least five species occurring in Yunnan, China: Trimeresurus albolabris, Viridovipera stejnegeri, V. yunnanensis, V. gumprechti, and Popeia popeiorum.
学科主题	Zoology
原文出处	10.1163/15685381-00003004
语种	英语
公开日期	2017-06-06
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/10416]
专题	西双版纳热带植物园_其他
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guo, Peng,Liu, Qin,Zhong, Guanghui,et al. Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae)[J]. AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA,2015,36(3):265-276.
APA	Guo, Peng.,Liu, Qin.,Zhong, Guanghui.,Zhu, Fei.,Yan, Fang.,...&Fu, Xin.(2015).Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae).AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA,36(3),265-276.
MLA	Guo, Peng,et al."Cryptic diversity of green pitvipers in Yunnan, South-west China (Squamata, Viperidae)".AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA 36.3(2015):265-276.