Phylogeny of the southern African lacertids.

<p>Phylogenetic reconstruction (left) using Bayesian inference (BI) of the southern African radiation of the lacertid subfamily Eremiadini based on the combined partial <i>16S</i>, <i>ND4</i>, <i>RAG1</i> and <i>KIAA</i> gene regions and inferred by BI and maximum likelihood (ML). Nodes with filled circles indicate BI posterior probabilities ≥0.95 and ML bootstrap values ≥75%. Representatives of the body shapes for each general clade are included (right) to show differences in bauplan of the main genetic clades. Key to the color coding for genera and species abbreviations: <i>Australolacerta</i> (red): AA = <i>Australolacerta australis</i>, AR = <i>A. rupicola</i>; <i>Ichnotropis</i> (gray): IB = <i>Ichnotropis bivittata</i>, IC = <i>I. capensis</i>, IS = <i>I. squamulosa</i>; <i>Meroles</i> (orange): MA = <i>Meroles anchietae</i>, MCT = <i>M. ctenodactylus</i>, MCU = <i>M. cuneirostris</i>, MK = <i>M. knoxii</i>, MS = <i>M. suborbitalis</i>; <i>Pedioplanis</i> (light blue): PB = <i>Pedioplanis burchelli</i>, PI = <i>P. inornata</i>, PLL = <i>P. lineoocellata lineoocellata</i>, PLP = <i>P. l. pulchella</i>, PN = <i>P. namaquensis</i>; <i>Tropidosaura</i>(blue): TG = <i>Tropidosaura gularis</i>, TMM = <i>T. montana montana</i>, TMR = <i>T. m. rangeri</i>.