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First insights into the mitochondrial DNA diversity of Dalmatian Algyroides, Algyroides nigropunctatus (Lacertidae)

Algyroides nigropunctatus is a lacertid species from the western border of the Balkan peninsula. Morphologically the species is highly uniform throughout its distribution range, which extends from notheastern-most Italy to western Greece. In order to assess the mitochondrial DNA variability of the species parts of the mitochondrial 12S (about 470 bp) and 16S rRNA (about 500 bp) genes were sequenced from 8 samples collected at different localities distributed across the species range. Three distinct clades were found representing mitochondrial lineages separated probably during the middle Pleistocene. The phylogeographic structure of the species is characterised by a lack of variability in the northern and middle part of its area, and clear phylogenetic structuring of the populations from Greece.

Algyroides nigropunctatus; mitochondrial DNA; phylogeny; Balkan peninsula

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