Taxonomic Swap 59157 (Submetido em 19-11-2019)

Derived from the sourced literature on The Reptile Database: Burbrink and Guiher (2014), Considering gene flow when using coalescent methods to delimit lineages of North American pitvipers of the genus Agkistrodon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 173: 505-526. doi:10.1111/zoj.12211 (http://cnah.org/pdf/88290.pdf).

See related flags:
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/251295
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/383267

desconhecido | Agkistrodon piscivorus swing-split
Adicionado(s) por bouteloua em 27 de junho de 2019, 10:10 PM | Committed by loarie on 19 de novembro de 2019
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Nooooo!! Reptile Database has fallen.

Publicado por bennypoo mais de 4 anos antes

Both splits that were proposed by Guiher et al are not really usable in the real world. A. controtrix has been split into two species WITH large amounts of gene flow. This gene flow is shown in a figure in their paper to encompass a swath of between 50 and 200 miles from the coast of Texas, north into Kansas. So all of the snakes that fall into that hybrid zone are not definable to species. If this paper is going to be used then please make an A. contortrix "complex" taxon so that the hybrids can be placed into copperheads instead of being relegated to only generic level ID. The same goes for A. piscivorus in the south east with an even wider area of "hybridization" between the two species.

Publicado por toby mais de 4 anos antes

see existing discussion at https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/383267

Publicado por bouteloua mais de 4 anos antes

Thanks bouteloua. I was wondering where all the hubbub might be happening. Best of luck with this one.

Publicado por bennypoo mais de 4 anos antes

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