TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wuster, Wolfgang
A1  - Chirio, Laurent
A1  - Trape, Jean-Francois
A1  - Ineich, Ivan
A1  - Jackson, Kate
A1  - Greenbaum, Eli
A1  - Barron, Cesar
A1  - Kusamba, Chifundera
A1  - Nagy, Zoltan T.
A1  - Storey, Richard
A1  - Hall, Cara
A1  - Wuster, Catharine E.
A1  - Barlow, Axel
A1  - Broadley, Donald G.
T1  - Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae)
JF  - Zootaxa : an international journal of zootaxonomy ; a rapid international journal for animal taxonomists
N2  - Cobras are among the most widely known venomous snakes, and yet their taxonomy remains incompletely understood, particularly in Africa. Here, we use a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences and morphological data to diagnose species limits within the African forest cobra, Naja (Boulengerina) melanoleuca. Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal deep divergences within this taxon. Congruent patterns of variation in mtDNA, nuclear genes and morphology support the recognition of five separate species, confirming the species status of N. subfulva and N. peroescobari, and revealing two previously unnamed West African species, which are described as new: Naja (Boulengerina) guineensis sp. nov. Broadley, Trape, Chirio, Ineich & Wuster, from the Upper Guinea forest of West Africa, and Naja (Boulengerina) savannula sp. nov. Broadley, Trape, Chirio & Wuster, a banded form from the savanna-forest mosaic of the Guinea and Sudanian savannas of West Africa. The discovery of cryptic diversity in this iconic group highlights our limited understanding of tropical African biodiversity, hindering our ability to conserve it effectively.
KW  - Integrative taxonomy
KW  - Africa
KW  - Naja melanoleuca
KW  - Naja guineensis sp nov.
KW  - Naja savannula sp nov.
KW  - Elapidae
KW  - systematics
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.3
SN  - 1175-5326
SN  - 1175-5334
VL  - 4455
IS  - 1
SP  - 68
EP  - 98
PB  - Magnolia Press
CY  - Auckland
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Geissler, Peter
A1  - Poyarkov, Nikolay A.
A1  - Grismer, Lee
A1  - Nguyen, Truong Q.
A1  - An, Hang T.
A1  - Neang, Thy
A1  - Kupfer, Alexander
A1  - Ziegler, Thomas
A1  - Böhme, Wolfgang
A1  - Müller, Hendrik
T1  - New Ichthyophis species from Indochina (Gymnophiona, Ichthyophiidae): 1. The unstriped forms with descriptions of three new species and the redescriptions of I-acuminatus Taylor, 1960, I-youngorum Taylor, 1960 and I-laosensis Taylor, 1969
JF  - Organisms, diversity & evolution : official journal of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik
N2  - Caecilians of the genus Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 are among the most poorly known amphibian taxa within Southeast Asia. Populations of Ichthyophis from the Indochina region (comprising Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) have been assigned to five taxa: Ichthyophis acuminatus, Ichthyophis bannanicus, Ichthyophis kohtaoensis, Ichthyophis laosensis, and Ichthyophis nguyenorum. Barcoding of recently collected specimens indicates that Indochinese congeners form a clade that includes several morphologically and genetically distinct but yet undescribed species. Although body coloration is supported by the molecular analyses as a diagnostic character at species level, unstriped forms are paraphyletic with respect to striped Ichthyophis. Based on our morphological and molecular analyses, three distinct unstriped ichthyophiid species, Ichthyophis cardamomensis sp. nov. from western Cambodia, Ichthyophis catlocensis sp. nov. from southern Vietnam, and Ichthyophis chaloensis sp. nov. from central Vietnam are described as new herein, almost doubling the number of Ichthyophis species known from the Indochinese region. All three new species differ from their unstriped congeners in a combination of morphological and molecular traits. In addition, redescriptions of three unstriped Ichthyophis species (Ichthyophis acuminatus, I. laosensis, I. youngorum) from Indochina and adjacent Thailand are provided.
KW  - Biogeography
KW  - Caecilians
KW  - Indochina
KW  - Cambodia
KW  - Laos
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - mtDNA
KW  - Barcoding
KW  - COI
KW  - cyt b
KW  - Phylogeny
KW  - Integrative taxonomy
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-014-0190-6
SN  - 1439-6092
SN  - 1618-1077
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SP  - 143
EP  - 174
PB  - Springer
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  -