TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation and convergence among desert geckos: Phyllodactylus species resembling both Ptyodactylus and Stenodactylus
AU - Carrillo De Espinoza, Nelly
AU - Salas, Antonio
AU - Rothenstein, Daniel
AU - Werner, Yehudah L.
PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - Using field observations and museum material, we compare environmental, morphological and biological aspects of some Peruvian and Israeli desert lizards (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). The rupicolous species Phyllodactylus retssi (Peru) resembles Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Israel) whereas the psammophilous Phyllodactylus microphyllus (Peru) resembles Stenodactylus sthenoáadylus (Israel). The similarities include habitat, activity timing, body size, body shape, scutellation, digit structure, eye size, sexual size difference and clutch size. Hence new world Phyllodactylus have radiated attaining a divergence paralleling that between very distinct old world genera.
AB - Using field observations and museum material, we compare environmental, morphological and biological aspects of some Peruvian and Israeli desert lizards (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). The rupicolous species Phyllodactylus retssi (Peru) resembles Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (Israel) whereas the psammophilous Phyllodactylus microphyllus (Peru) resembles Stenodactylus sthenoáadylus (Israel). The similarities include habitat, activity timing, body size, body shape, scutellation, digit structure, eye size, sexual size difference and clutch size. Hence new world Phyllodactylus have radiated attaining a divergence paralleling that between very distinct old world genera.
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U2 - 10.1163/156853890X00267
DO - 10.1163/156853890X00267
M3 - Article
SN - 0173-5373
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Amphibia Reptilia
JF - Amphibia Reptilia
IS - 1
ER -