@article{fdi:010074524,
  title = {{P}hylogeny and biogeography of the {A}frican burrowing snake subfamily {A}parallactinae ({S}quamata : {L}amprophiidae)},
  author = {{P}ortillo, {F}. and {B}ranch, {W}. {R}. and {C}onradie, {W}. and {R}oedel, {M}. {O}. and {P}enner, {J}. and {B}arej, {M}. {F}. and {K}usamba, {C}. and {M}uninga, {W}. {M}. and {A}ristote, {M}. {M}. and {B}auer, {A}. {M}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {N}agy, {Z}. {T}. and {C}arlino, {P}. and {P}auwels, {O}. {S}. {G}. and {M}enegon, {M}. and {B}urger, {M}. and {M}azuch, {T}. and {J}ackson, {K}. and {H}ughes, {D}. {F}. and {B}ehangana, {M}. and {Z}assi-{B}oulou, {A}. {G}. and {G}reenbaum, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}embers of the snake subfamily {A}parallactinae occur in various habitats throughout sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {T}he monophyly of aparallactine snakes is well established, but relationships within the subfamily are poorly known. {W}e sampled 158 individuals from six of eight aparallactine genera in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {W}e employed concatenated gene-tree analyses, divergence dating approaches, and ancestral-area reconstructions to infer phylogenies and biogeographic patterns with a multi-locus data set consisting of three mitochondrial (16{S}, cyt b, and {ND}4) and two nuclear genes (c-mos and {RAG}1). {A}s a result, we uncover several cryptic lineages and elevate a lineage of {P}olemon to full species status. {D}iversification occurred predominantly during the {M}iocene, with a few speciation events occurring subsequently in the {P}liocene and {P}leistocene. {B}iogeographic analyses suggested that the {Z}ambezian biogeographic region, comprising grasslands and woodlands, facilitated radiations, vicariance, and dispersal for many aparallactines. {M}oreover, the geographic distributions of many forest species were fragmented during xeric and cooler conditions, which likely led to diversification events. {B}iogeographic patterns of aparallactine snakes are consistent with previous studies of other sub-{S}aharan herpetofauna.},
  keywords = {{F}ossorial ; {B}iodiversity ; {S}ub-{S}aharan ; {S}peciation ; {A}ncestral-area ; reconstruction ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {P}hylogenetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {127},
  numero = {},
  pages = {288--303},
  ISSN = {1055-7903},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.019},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074524},
}