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The Fergana Valley Is an Isolate of Biodiversity: A Discussion of the Endemic Herpetofauna and Description of Two New Species of Alsophylax (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Uzbekistan
dc.contributor.author | Nazarov, Roman A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abduraupov, Timur V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shepelya, Evgeniya Yu. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gritsina, Mariya A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Melnikov, Daniel A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Buehler, Matthew D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lapin, Jack D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Poyarkov, Nikolay A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Grismer, Jesse L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-28T20:12:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-28T20:12:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-08-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nazarov RA, Abduraupov TV, Shepelya EY, Gritsina MA, Melnikov DA, Buehler MD, Lapin JD, Poyarkov NA, Grismer JL. The Fergana Valley Is an Isolate of Biodiversity: A Discussion of the Endemic Herpetofauna and Description of Two New Species of Alsophylax (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Uzbekistan. Animals (Basel). 2023 Aug 4;13(15):2516. doi: 10.3390/ani13152516. PMID: 37570324; PMCID: PMC10417568 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1808/35075 | |
dc.description.abstract | The high level of endemism in Fergana Valley has been well documented in numerous studies for various groups of animals and plants. In a relatively small area, there are 45 endemic plant species, five endemic insect species, and five endemic reptile species. In surveying this area for data on distribution, abundance, acoustics, and genetic samples for species of reptiles, we discovered two new species of gecko from the genus Alsophylax. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences indicate the relatives of these new species are the even-fingered gecko, Alsophylax pipiens, and the southern even-fingered gecko, Alsophylax laevis, located hundreds of kilometers to the northwest and southwest of the Fergana Valley. The threats to these new endemic species are significant given the amount of continued agricultural development that involves new territories previously considered “unsuitable” for any species of significance that is leading to the further reduction in, fragmentation of, and degradation of the remaining natural ecosystems in the Fergana Valley. The conservation of these rare and locally endemic species depends directly on the readiness of the state to create areas with IUCN I and II protection. The many studies documenting levels of endemism, along with the data published in this study, are the basis for the justification for state-protected areas in the Fergana Valley. | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Reptiles | en_US |
dc.subject | Conservation | en_US |
dc.subject | Taxonomy | en_US |
dc.subject | Gekkonidae | en_US |
dc.subject | Alsophylax | en_US |
dc.subject | Fergana Valley | en_US |
dc.subject | Endemic Species | en_US |
dc.subject | Cryptic Diversity | en_US |
dc.title | The Fergana Valley Is an Isolate of Biodiversity: A Discussion of the Endemic Herpetofauna and Description of Two New Species of Alsophylax (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Uzbekistan | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Lapin, Jack D. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Biodiversity Institute | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ani13152516 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7827-6387 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4685-1663 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-7770 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-2283 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC10417568 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
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