Studying morphological and environmental characteristics of the Plateau Snake Skink Ophiomorus nuchalis Nilson and AndrÈn, 1978 (Sauria: Scincidae) in Central Plateau of Iran

M. F. Qomi, M. Hosseinzadeh, Seyed Mahdi Kazemi
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The nocturnal burrowing skinks of genus Ophiomorus is composed of 11 species (Anderson & Leviton, 1966; Nilson & Andrén, 1978; Anderson, 1999; Kazemi et al., 2011) and are distributed from southern Balkans to Sindhian deserts in India (Anderson & Leviton, 1966; Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008). Seven species of Ophiomorus have been recorded from Iran including O. blanfordi (Boulenger, 1887); O. brevipes (Blanford, 1874); O. nuchalis (Nilson & Andrén, 1978); O. persicus (Steindachner, 1867); O. streeti (Anderson and Leviton, 1966); O. tridactylus (Blyth, 1853); O. maranjabensis (Kazemi et al., 2011)(Anderson, 1999; Rastegar-Pouyani et al., 2008; Kazemi et al., 2011; Safaei-Mahroo et al., 2015). According to Greer and Wilson (2001), the scincid lizard is more attractive case to study because of having ancestral characters and limb reduction. In the case, O. nuchalis is one of the shink species with having the most primitive limb morphology which has four digits on the manus and three on the pes (Greer & Wilson, 2001; Fig. 4). A comprehensive phylogenetic cladistic analysis on the genus Ophiomorus was done by Greer and Wilson (2001). Their analysis confirmed Ophiomorus as a monophyletic genus and the eastern species clade as monophyletic. The western group of species was expressed as polyphyletic in origin. The O. nuchalis is located is the western group. Another study has been mentioned molecular phylogenetic relationships of O. punctatissimus in Aegean trench but phylogenetic relationship among all Iranian Ophiomorus still remain unclear (Poulakakis et al., 2008) . The type locality of O. nuchalis is the northern slope of “Siah Kooh” in the center of the Kavir Protected Region, Iran (52°11' E, 34°44' N) (Nilson & Andrén, 1978). So far, distribution range of O. nuchalis extended to Qom and Yazd provinces in west and east, respectively (Nilson & Andrén, 1978, Mozaffari et al., 2011, Farhadi Qomi et al., 2011 Hosseinzadeh et al.,Inpress). Archive of SID
1978年伊朗中部高原蛇皮蛇Ophiomorus nuchalis Nilson和AndrÈn的形态和环境特征研究(蜥蜴目:剑齿科)
夜间穴居蛇蜥属的石龙子由11种组成(Anderson & Leviton, 1966;Nilson & andr, 1978;安德森,1999;Kazemi et al., 2011),分布于巴尔干半岛南部到印度信德沙漠(Anderson & Leviton, 1966;Sindaco & jeremyenko, 2008)。在伊朗有记录的毒蛇有7种,包括O. blanfordi (Boulenger, 1887);O. brevipes (Blanford, 1874);O. nuchalis (nilson&andr2013.78);O. persicus (Steindachner, 1867);O. streeti (Anderson and Leviton, 1966);O. tridactylus (Blyth, 1853);O. maranjabensis (Kazemi et al., 2011)(Anderson, 1999;Rastegar-Pouyani et al., 2008;Kazemi et al., 2011;Safaei-Mahroo et al., 2015)。根据Greer和Wilson(2001)的研究,蜥蜴是一个更有吸引力的研究案例,因为它具有祖先的特征和肢体的减少。在这种情况下,O. nuchalis是具有最原始肢体形态的收缩物种之一,其手部有四个手指,足部有三个手指(Greer & Wilson, 2001;图4)Greer和Wilson(2001)对蛇属进行了全面的系统发育分支分析。他们的分析证实蛇属为单系属,东部种枝为单系属。西部类群在起源上表现为多系进化。O. nuchalis位于西部群。另一项研究提到了爱琴海海沟中O. punctatissimus的分子系统发育关系,但所有伊朗蛇的系统发育关系仍不清楚(Poulakakis et al., 2008)。O. nuchalis的类型产地为伊朗Kavir保护区中心的“Siah Kooh”北坡(52°11' E, 34°44' N) (Nilson & andr, 1978)。到目前为止,O. nuchalis的分布范围分别扩展到西部和东部的库姆省和亚兹德省(Nilson & andr, 1978, Mozaffari等,2011,Farhadi Qomi等,2011 Hosseinzadeh等,press)。SID档案
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