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OCLC number
1019477353
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Green, Marc David.
Title
Molecular Phylogeny of the Snake Genus Oligodon (Serpentes : colubridae), with an Annotated Checklist and Key.
Degree
M. Sc. -- University of Toronto, 2010
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 2011.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
<?Pub Inc> The snake genus 'Oligodon', known for its egg-eating feeding behaviour, is a taxonomically and systematically challenging group from South and Southeast Asia. This work provides the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus, and includes a checklist and key to the species. I use approximately 1900 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA sequence data to infer the relationships of these snakes, and I examine congruence between the molecular phylogeny and hemipenial characters. A hypothesis for the position of 'Oligodon' within the Colubridae is also proposed. I discuss the implications of the phylogeny for previous taxonomic groupings, and consider the usefulness of the trees in analysis of behaviour and biogeography.
ISBN
9780494728826
0494728825