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DeAgamis2: 2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGAMID LIZARDS
BARCODING AGAMID LIZARDS OF VIETNAM
R.W. Murphy 1 2, J. Che 1, J.Q. Jin 1, F.B. Grazziotin 3, S.N. Nguyen 1, H. Zaher 3, N.L. Orlov 4, N.B. Ananjeva 4, and Y.P. Zhang 1
1 State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming 650223, P.R. China E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 2 Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ont., CanadaM5S 2C6 E-mail: [email protected] 3 Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo Caixa Postal 42.494, 04218-970, Sao Paulo, Sp, Brasil E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 4 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 1 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia E-mail: [email protected]
The age of genomics has now arrived. It is feasible to gather the complete genomes of most vertebrate species. Because this effort requires a significant amount of both time and money, species identification is critical in order to avoid the innumerable errors present in online databases, such as GenBank. Agamid lizards, which are a major component of the Squamata, often form a dominant component of the herpetofauna throughout their range. Being diurnal, many species are commonly encountered by local residents. Some species are used as food and maintained as pets, yet others are rarely encountered owing to arboreality and crypsis.
We undertook a barcoding analysis of species and populations in Vietnam while using global representative taxa. We surveyed about 120 species representing seven genera, and multiple populations
of species occurring in Vietnam. Intergeneric divergence was usually sufficient to unambiguously assign unknown samples to genera. Within genera containing multiple species, interspecific divergence allowed the correct identification of species. Intras-pecific divergence was significant in some species indicating the possibility of multiple cryptic species. The analysis also detected misidentified specimens and museum cataloging errors, which would be critical to resolve before pursuing whole genome analyses.
The analysis indicated taxa requiring further investigation, while also finding those that exhibit very little genetic variation throughout the range of sampling.
Key words: Barcoding, Genome 10K, Vietnam; China.
SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF AGAMID GENUS JAPALURA IN THE EAST ASIAN ISLANDS
Hidetoshi Ota and Masanao Honda
Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo Sanda, Hyogo 669-1546, Japan E-mail: [email protected]
The agamid genus Japalura consists of 27 species and occurs from tropical to warm temperate region in the eastern half of Asia, ranging from
northern India, Nepal, southern China, northern Indochina, Taiwan, and Japan. From the subtropical islands of East Asia, five morphologically poorly
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