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Molecular and morphological differentiation of Secret Toad-headed agama, Phrynocephalus mystaceus, with the description of a new subspecies from Iran (Reptilia, Agamidae)

Evgeniya N. SolovyevaZoological Museum of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya st. 2, Moscow 125009, RussiaEvgeniy N DunayevZoological Museum of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya st. 2, Moscow 125009, RussiaRoman A. NazarovZoological Museum of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya st. 2, Moscow 125009, RussiaMehdi RajabizadehNikolay A. PoyarkovZoological Museum of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya st. 2, Moscow 125009, Russia

2018en

ABI

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The morphological and genetic variation of a wide-ranging Secret Toad-headed agama, Phrynocephalusmystaceus that inhabits sand deserts of south-eastern Europe, Middle East, Middle Asia, and western China is reviewed. Based on the morphological differences and high divergence in COI (mtDNA) gene sequences a new subspecies of Ph.mystaceus is described from Khorasan Razavi Province in Iran. Partial sequences of COI mtDNA gene of 31 specimens of Ph.mystaceus from 17 localities from all major parts of species range were analyzed. Genetic distances show a deep divergence between Ph.mystaceuskhorasanus ssp. n. from Khorasan Razavi Province and all other populations of Ph.mystaceus . The new subspecies can be distinguished from other populations of Ph.mystaceus by a combination of several morphological features. Molecular and morphological analyses do not support the validity of other Ph.mystaceus subspecies described from Middle Asia and Caspian basin. Geographic variations in the Ph.mystaceus species complex and the status of previously described subspecies were discussed.

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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.748.20507

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