Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)

We describe a new species of the genus Hebius and provide evidence for the validity of H. septemlineatus comb. nov.. Morphological and molecular analyses of Hebius specimens collected in Yunnan Province, China, revealed three distinct lineages, namely the newly described Hebius weixiensis sp. nov.,...

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Autores principales: Hou, Shao-Bing, Yuan, Zhi-Yong, Wei, Ping-Fan, Zhao, Gui-Gang, Liu, Gao-Hui, Wu, Yun-He, Shen, Wen-Jing, Chen, Jin-Min, Guo, Peng, Che, Jing
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8455471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34410048
http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093
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author Hou, Shao-Bing
Yuan, Zhi-Yong
Wei, Ping-Fan
Zhao, Gui-Gang
Liu, Gao-Hui
Wu, Yun-He
Shen, Wen-Jing
Chen, Jin-Min
Guo, Peng
Che, Jing
author_facet Hou, Shao-Bing
Yuan, Zhi-Yong
Wei, Ping-Fan
Zhao, Gui-Gang
Liu, Gao-Hui
Wu, Yun-He
Shen, Wen-Jing
Chen, Jin-Min
Guo, Peng
Che, Jing
author_sort Hou, Shao-Bing
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description We describe a new species of the genus Hebius and provide evidence for the validity of H. septemlineatus comb. nov.. Morphological and molecular analyses of Hebius specimens collected in Yunnan Province, China, revealed three distinct lineages, namely the newly described Hebius weixiensis sp. nov., as well as H. octolineatus (Boulenger, 1904), and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. (Schmidt 1925), which is removed from synonymy with H. octolineatus. Based on mitochondrial genealogy, Hebius weixiensis sp. nov. is sister to H. septemlineatus comb. nov., while H. octolineatus is sister to H. bitaeniatus. The new species and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. showed considerable genetic divergence from their recognized congeners (uncorrected P-distance ≥3.9%). Furthermore, the new species and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. can be diagnosed from closely related congeners by a combination of pholidosis characters.
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spelling pubmed-84554712021-09-22 Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925) Hou, Shao-Bing Yuan, Zhi-Yong Wei, Ping-Fan Zhao, Gui-Gang Liu, Gao-Hui Wu, Yun-He Shen, Wen-Jing Chen, Jin-Min Guo, Peng Che, Jing Zool Res Letter to the Editor We describe a new species of the genus Hebius and provide evidence for the validity of H. septemlineatus comb. nov.. Morphological and molecular analyses of Hebius specimens collected in Yunnan Province, China, revealed three distinct lineages, namely the newly described Hebius weixiensis sp. nov., as well as H. octolineatus (Boulenger, 1904), and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. (Schmidt 1925), which is removed from synonymy with H. octolineatus. Based on mitochondrial genealogy, Hebius weixiensis sp. nov. is sister to H. septemlineatus comb. nov., while H. octolineatus is sister to H. bitaeniatus. The new species and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. showed considerable genetic divergence from their recognized congeners (uncorrected P-distance ≥3.9%). Furthermore, the new species and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. can be diagnosed from closely related congeners by a combination of pholidosis characters. Science Press 2021-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8455471/ /pubmed/34410048 http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093 Text en Editorial Office of Zoological Research, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
Hou, Shao-Bing
Yuan, Zhi-Yong
Wei, Ping-Fan
Zhao, Gui-Gang
Liu, Gao-Hui
Wu, Yun-He
Shen, Wen-Jing
Chen, Jin-Min
Guo, Peng
Che, Jing
Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)
title Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)
title_full Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)
title_fullStr Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)
title_full_unstemmed Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)
title_short Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)
title_sort molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus hebius thompson, 1913 (reptilia: squamata: colubridae) uncover a new taxon from yunnan province, china, and support revalidation of hebius septemlineatus (schmidt, 1925)
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8455471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34410048
http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093
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