Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access

The First Record of Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan et Poyarkov, 2018 (Reptile, Squamata, Scincidae) in Lava Caves in Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark, Vietnam

Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen, Thinh Gia Tran, Huy Duc Hoang, Hung Quang Luong, Bao Ngoc Ton, Michael Laumanns, Minh Anh Nguyen, Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov

Abstract


The genus Scincella Mittleman of the family Scincidae Gray, 1825 currently includes 39 species. Among them, Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan et Poyarkov, 2018, has hitherto been recorded only in the forest habitats at two locations: Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia as the type locality and Ba Ria Vung Tau Province, Vietnam as second record. Here, we fill the gap in their distribution by reporting the first population of S. nigrofasciata living in lava caves, in Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark, Dak Nong Province, Vietnam. Also, limited connectivity between cave populations and those outside the cave may lead to the surprising differences between them, inferring the independent adaptation to the lava cave habitats. Threats posed by human visits endanger these unique habitats, emphasizing the importance of surveys and conservation planning.

Keywords


biodiversity; COI; new record; Scincidae; Southern Vietnam

Full Text:

PDF

References


Eckert R. J., Studivan M. S., and Voss J. D. (2019), «Populations of the coral species Montastraea cavernosa on the Belize Barrier Reef lack vertical connectivity», Sci. Reports, 9, 7200. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43479-x

Edgar R. C. (2004), «MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput», Nucl. Acids Res., 32(5), 1792 – 1797. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh340

Folmer O., Black M., Hoeh W., Lutz R., and Vrijenhoek R. (1994), «DNA primers for amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I from diverse metazoan invertebrates», Mol. Marine Biol. Biotechnol., 3(5), 294 – 299.

Hillis D. M. and Bull J. J. (1993), «An empirical test of bootstrapping as a method for assessing confidence in phylogenetic analysis», Syst. Biol., 42, 182 – 192. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/42.2.182

Hoang D. T., Chernomor O., Haeseler V. A., Minh B. Q., and Vinh L. S. (2018), «UFBoot2: Improving the ultrafast bootstrap approximation», Mol. Biol. Evol., 35, 518 – 522. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx281

Jia R. W., Gao Z. Y., Huang J. J., Ren J. L., Jiang K., Li D. Y., and Li J. T. (2023), «A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, with a Diagnostic Key of Scincella Species in China», Asian Herpetol. Res., 14(1), 24 – 40. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220054

Kalyaanamoorthy S., Minh B. Q., Wong T. K., Von Haeseler A., and Jermiin L. S. (2017), «ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates», Nat. Meth., 14(6), 587 – 589. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4285

Laumanns M. (ed.) (2018), Karst and Caves of South Vietnam. Part 3. The Caves of Krong No Volcanic Geopark (Dak Nong province), Berliner Höhlenkundliche Berichte.

Minh Q., Nguyen M. A. T., and Haeseler C. A. (2013), «Ultrafast approximation for phylogenetic bootstrap», Mol. Biol. Evol., 30, 1188 – 1195. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst024

Mulcahy D. G., Ibáńez R., Jaramillo C. A., Crawford A. J., Ray J. M., Gotte S. W., Jacobs J. F., Wynn A. H., Gonzalez-Porter G. P., McDiarmid R. W., Crombie R. I., Zug G. R., and de Queiroz K. (2022), «DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age», PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0264930. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264930

Neang T., Chan S., and Poyarkov N. A. (2018), «A new species of smooth skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Scincella) from Cambodia», Zool. Res., 38, 1 – 20. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.008

Nguyen L. T., Schmidt H. A., Haeseler V. A., and Minh B. Q. (2015), «IQ-TREE: A fast and effective stochastic algorithm for estimating maximum likelihood phylogenies» Mol. Biol. Evol., 32, 268 – 274. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu300

Nguyen S. N. and Nguyen V. D. H. (2019), «Record of Scincella nigrofasciata Neang, Chan et Poyarkov, 2018 (Squamata: Scincidae) in Vietnam», in: Proceedings of the National Conference on Amphibians and Reptiles in Vietnam, Vol. IV, pp. 115 – 119.

Nguyen S. N., Nguyen V. D. H., Nguyen L. T., and Murphy R. W. (2020), «A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam», Zootaxa, 4868(3), 423 – 434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.3.6

Pham A. V., Pham C. T., Le M. D., Ngo H. N., Ziegler T., and Nguyen T. Q. (2024), «A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam», Zootaxa, 5428(1), 91 – 106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.4

Ronquist F., Teslenko M., Mark P. V. D., Ayres D. L., Darling A., Höhna S., Larget B., Liu L., Suchard M. A., and Huelsenbeck J. P. (2012), «MrBayes 3.2: efficient Bayesian phylogenetic inference and model choice across a large model space», Syst. Biol., 61(3), 539 – 542. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys029

Tamura K., Stecher G., and Kumar S. (2021), «MEGA11: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 11», Mol. Biol. Evol., 38(7), 3022 – 3027. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab120

Trifinopoulos J., Nguyen L. T., Haeseler V. A., and Minh B. Q. (2016), «W-IQTREE: A fast online phylogenetic tool for maximum likelihood analysis», Nucl. Acids Res., 44, W232 – W235. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw256

Uetz P., Freed P., and Hošek J. (2023), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database. org (accessed April 21, 2024).




DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-6-369-378

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


You can subscribe to the print or electronic version of the journal on the site of EastView Company. If you have any questions, please write to the email sales@ivis.ru