Open AccessMolecular phylogeny of common sun skink, Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae), of northwestern part of Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Moazzem Hossain,
Jing Che
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8455
pISSN - 0304-9027
DOI - 10.3329/bjz.v47i1.42017
Subject(s) - skink , monophyly , clade , biology , phylogenetic tree , evolutionary biology , zoology , phylogenetics , molecular phylogenetics , intraspecific competition , gene , genetics , lizard
A study on the phylogenetic relationship of Bangladeshi Skink confirmed species as Eutropis multifasciata by Bayesian inference (BI) (100%) and 98% node support to maximum likelihood (ML) tree topology, respectively. The sequence divergences between Eutropis multifasciata and other congeneric species were significant, ranging from 0.1 to 13.6% for 16S rRNA. Intraspecific genetic divergence within E. multifasciata was estimated 10.3%. E. multifasciata formed a distinct clade with high posterior probability support. This maiden study on Bangladeshi Skink results support that one monophyletic subgroup containing all specimens of E. multifasciata and all recently recognized E. multifasciata populations have evolved from one common ancestor.
Bangladesh J. Zool. 47(1): 13-25, 2019