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dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Peter J.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Rafe M.
dc.contributor.authorKraus, Fred
dc.contributor.authorBowles, Philip
dc.contributor.authorArifin, Umilaela
dc.contributor.authorEliades, Samuel J.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Robert N.
dc.contributor.authorGaulke, Maren
dc.contributor.authorGrismer, L. Lee
dc.contributor.authorIneich, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorKarin, Benjamin R.
dc.contributor.authorMeneses, Camila G.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Stephen J.
dc.contributor.authorSanguila, Marites B.
dc.contributor.authorSiler, Cameron D.
dc.contributor.authorOliver, Paul M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-08T18:20:25Z
dc.date.available2022-07-08T18:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-25
dc.identifier.citationMcDonald PJ, Brown RM, Kraus F, Bowles P, Arifin U, Eliades SJ, Fisher RN, Gaulke M, Grismer LL, Ineich I, Karin BR, Meneses CG, Richards SJ, Sanguila MB, Siler CD, Oliver PM. Cryptic extinction risk in a western Pacific lizard radiation. Biodivers Conserv. 2022 May 25:1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10531-022-02412-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35633848; PMCID: PMC9130968.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/32804
dc.description.abstractCryptic ecologies, the Wallacean Shortfall of undocumented species’ geographical ranges and the Linnaean Shortfall of undescribed diversity, are all major barriers to conservation assessment. When these factors overlap with drivers of extinction risk, such as insular distributions, the number of threatened species in a region or clade may be underestimated, a situation we term ‘cryptic extinction risk’. The genus Lepidodactylus is a diverse radiation of insular and arboreal geckos that occurs across the western Pacific. Previous work on Lepidodactylus showed evidence of evolutionary displacement around continental fringes, suggesting an inherent vulnerability to extinction from factors such as competition and predation. We sought to (1) comprehensively review status and threats, (2) estimate the number of undescribed species, and (3) estimate extinction risk in data deficient and candidate species, in Lepidodactylus. From our updated IUCN Red List assessment, 60% of the 58 recognized species are threatened (n = 15) or Data Deficient (n = 21), which is higher than reported for most other lizard groups. Species from the smaller and isolated Pacific islands are of greatest conservation concern, with most either threatened or Data Deficient, and all particularly vulnerable to invasive species. We estimated 32 undescribed candidate species and linear modelling predicted that an additional 18 species, among these and the data deficient species, are threatened with extinction. Focusing efforts to resolve the taxonomy and conservation status of key taxa, especially on small islands in the Pacific, is a high priority for conserving this remarkably diverse, yet poorly understood, lizard fauna. Our data highlight how cryptic ecologies and cryptic diversity combine and lead to significant underestimation of extinction risk.en_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectGeckosen_US
dc.subjectIUCN red listen_US
dc.subjectLepidodactylusen_US
dc.subjectLinnean shortfallen_US
dc.subjectNew Guineaen_US
dc.subjectPhilippinesen_US
dc.subjectWallaceaen_US
dc.titleCryptic extinction risk in a western Pacific lizard radiationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorBrown, Rafe M.
kusw.kuauthorMeneses, Camila G.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
kusw.kudepartmentBiodiversity Instituteen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10531-022-02412-xen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6875-1466en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC35633848en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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