Molecular phylogeny of Lytorhynchus diadema (Reptilia, Colubridae) populations in Saudi Arabia

Authors: Alshammari, Ahmed Countries: Egypt, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e74009 Published: Jan. 1, 2021 Source: Herpetozoa OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Colubridae · Topics: Genetic diversity and population structure, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

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This study presents the molecular phylogenetic relationships among Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) populations in Saudi Arabia relative to populations from Africa and Asia. This phylogenetic analysis was based on mitochondrial 16S and 12S rRNA partial gene fragments using Neighbor-joining, Maximum Parsimony, and Bayesian methods. The results strongly support the monophyly of Lytorhynchus based on two concatenated genes and the 12S rRNA gene separately. Also, a significant separation is observed between the Arabian samples from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman, and the African populations from Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco.

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