Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling
Abstract
We present a multilocus phylogeny of the boas and pythons. We achieved >80% species coverage for both boas and pythons. We found taxonomic discordance in Tropidophis, Morelia, Liasis, and Leiopython. We found support for elevating two previously suggested boid species. We suggest a revised taxonomy for the boas and pythons.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- February 2014
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2014MolPE..71..201G
- Keywords:
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- Alethinophidia;
- Boidae;
- Evolution;
- Phylogenetics;
- Pythonidae;
- Snakes