@article {Harris:2015:0268-0130:205,
title = "Deep genetic differentiation within Janetaescincus spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Seychelles Islands",
journal = "The Herpetological Journal",
parent_itemid = "infobike://bhs/thj",
publishercode ="bhs",
year = "2015",
volume = "25",
number = "4",
publication date ="2015-10-01T00:00:00",
pages = "205-213",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0268-0130",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bhs/thj/2015/00000025/00000004/art00002",
keyword = "SCINCIDAE, C-MOS, MC1R, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, CYTOCHROME B, SEYCHELLES",
author = "Harris, D. James and Perera, Ana and Valente, Joana and Rocha, Sara",
abstract = "Genetic diversity within the burrowing skink genus Janetaescincus, endemic to the granitic Seychelles Islands, was assessed using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Considerable diversity was recovered, up to 15.9% for the partial cytochrome b gene sequences, with
at least three groups distinguishable at a level of differentiation more typically observed between species. Even within small islands such as Silhouette and Fr{\’e}gate, multiple clades co-occur, and within Silhouette this seems at least partially related to altitude. Comparisons between
markers may indicate some hybridisation between clades. Dating estimates suggest these splits occurred within the Miocene, and were therefore not directly associated with Pleistocene sea level changes. We recommend referring to a species complex pending an integrative taxonomic revision of
the group.",
}