| Lacerta cappadocica WERNER, 1902 Latastia cappadocica BOULENGER, 1907 Apáthya cappadocica MÉHELY, 1907 Apathya cappadocica LANTZ & SUCHOW, 1934 Lacerta cappadocica EISELT, 1979 Apathya cappadocica MAYER & ARRIBAS, 2003 |
Werner, F. (1902) - Die Reptilien und Amphibienfauna von Kleinasien. - Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien, Abteilung 1: 1057-1121.  Boulenger, G.A. (1907) - Remarks on Prof. L. von Méhely´s paper “Zur Lösung der ´Muralis-Frage`”. - The Annals and magazine of natural history, (7) 20: 39-46.  Lantz, L.A. & Suchow, G.F. (1934) - Apathya cappadocica urmiana subsp. nov., eine neue Eidechsenform aus dem persischen Kurdistan - Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, 106: 294-299. Eiselt, J. (1979) - Ergebnisse zoologischer Sammelreisen in der Türkei Lacerta cappadocica Werner, 1902 (Lacertidae, Reptilia), - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 82: 387-421.  × A revisionary study of 366 specimens of Lacerta cappadodca WERNER, from Turkey,
Iraq, and Iranhas revealed the existence of 5 subspecies: L. c. cappadodca WERNER
(Kilikian Taurus to west of Malatya) ; L. c. wolteri (BIRD, 1936) (Amanus-Mountains to the
Euphrates) ; L. c. muhtari ssp. nov. (east of Malatya and the Euphrates to the south of
Lake Van, Turkey and to Sersang, Northeastern Iraq); L. c. schmidtlerorum ssp. nov.
(around Diyarbakir and Viransehir); L. c. urmiana (LANTZ & STJCHOW, 1934) (South-
eastern Turkey, Northeastern Iraq, Northwestern Iran). Bischoff, W. & Schmidtler, J.F. (1994) - Ergebnisse zweier Lacertiden-Exkursionen nach Syrien. - Die Eidechse, Bonn/Bremen, 5 (12): 4-22. × During two excursions to Syria (March/April and May 1994) 9 species of lacertid lizards were found (Acanthodactylus grandis, A. orientalis, A. tristrami, Lacerta media wolterstorffi L. cappadocica wolteri, L. l. laevis, L. (cf.) kulzeri, Mesalina brevirostris and Ophisops elegans ssp.). Three of them (A. tristrami, L. cappadocica wolteri and L. (cf.) kulzeri) are reported for the first time for this country. Concerning L. cappadocica, L. laevis, L. (cf.) kulzeri and O. elegans systematical questions are discussed. Ecological data are presented. Further amphibians and reptiles found during the excursions are listed, Coluber najadum is reported for the first time for Syria. Mayer, W. & Arribas, O. (2003) - Phylogenetic relationships of the European lacertid genera Archaeolacerta and Iberolacerta and their relartionships to some other ´Archaeolacertae´ (sensu lato) from Near East, derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences. - Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 41 (3): 157-161. × Parts of the mitochondrial genes coding for 12SrRNA and 16SrRNA (together about 960 bp) were sequenced for all Mediterranean species of `Mountain lizards` of the genera Archaeolacerta (sensu lato) and Iberolacerta. All subspecies of the Iberian species Iberolacerta cyreni and I. monticola were included in this study. In addition, samples of Apathya cappadocica and Darevskia rudis were analysed to elucidate the relationships of the European `Mountain lizards` to their possible relatives in the Near East. Maximum parsimony and neighbour joining analyses lead to the following major conclusions: (i) the monophyly of the genus Iberolacerta is very well supported; (ii) Archaeolacerta bedriagae (the type species of the genus) is most basal with respect to the ingroup taxa. If we accept Iberolacerta as a genus, Archaeolacerta becames paraphyletic. Therefore, we propose to restrict Archaeolacerta to the type species and to treat A. mosorensis and A. oxycephala provisionally as members of the collective genus Lacerta; (iii) within the genus Iberolacerta three groups were found: a Pyrenean group, an Iberian group and I. horvathi. The relationships among these groups remain unresolved; and (iv) the Peña de Francia lizards, described originally as a subspecies of I. cyreni, are in fact more closely related to I. monticola. Kafimola, S. & Azimi, M. & Saberi-Pirooz, R. & Ilgaz, C. & Kashani, G.M. & Kapli, P. & Ahmadzadeh, F. (2023) - Diversification in the mountains: Evolutionary history and molecular phylogeny of Anatolian rock lizards. - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 180 (2023) 107675 (early view) 9 pp. × Mountains play a key role in forming biodiversity by acting both as barriers to gene flow among populations and as corridors for the migration of populations adapted to the conditions prevailing at high elevations. The Anatolian and the Zagros Mountains are located in the Alpine-Himalayan belt. The formation of these mountains has influenced the distribution and isolation of the animal population since the late Cenozoic. Apathya is a genus of lacertid lizards distributed along these mountains with two species, i.e., Apathya cappadocica and Apathya yassujica. The taxonomy status of lineages within the genus is complicated. In this study, we tried to collect extensive samples from throughout the distribution range, especially within the Zagros Mountains. Also, we used five genetic markers, two mitochondrial (COI and Cyt b) and three nuclear (C-mos, NKTR, and MCIR), to resolve the phylogenetic relationships within the genus and explain several possible scenarios that shaped multiple genetic structures. The combination of results in the current study indicated eight well-support monophyletic lineages that separated to two main groups; group 1 including A. c. cappadocica, A. c. muhtari and A. c. wolteri, group 2 contains four regional clades Turkey, Urmia, Baneh and Ilam, and finally a single clade belonging to the species A. yassujica. In contrast to previous studies, Apathya cappadocica urmiana was divided into four clades and three clades were recognized within Iranian boundaries. The clades have dispersed from Anatolia to adjacent regions in the south of Anatolia and the western Zagros Mountains. According to the evidence generated in this study this clade is paraphyletic. Based on our assumption, orogeny activities and also climate fluctuations in Middle Miocene and Pleistocene have influenced to formation of lineages. In this study we revisit the taxonomy of the genus and demonstrate that the species diversity was substantially underestimated. Our findings suggest that each of the eight clades corresponding to subspecies and distinct geographic regions deserve to be promoted to species level.
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