>Is there any evidence that Lygodactylus is particularly related to
>Phelsuma? Both are diurnal with round pupils, but this could be
>convergence. However, the color patterns of some species in the
>two genera seem to have some similarity. I wonder if when Madagascar
>split from Africa, it split a common ancestral species.
I have spend my final paper on trying to establish that hypothesis
(Lygodactylus and Phelsuma are sistergroups with the Gekko-genus and its
relatives as closest outgroup) but never had it published (I have submitted
the article to 'Dactylus, but never heard from that since..). I thought
Millotosaurus were the most 'primitive' members ans also, the group
"P.breviceps, P.mutabilis and P.ocellata' were a distinct group within this
Lygodactylus/Phelsuma clade..
I stillkeep in thouch with Gekko-taxonomy and have not seen any real
evidence against this hypothesis, but I should revise the article I wrote
and maybe submit it forpublishing..
Peter Mudde
Hoofdredactie 'onder het Palmblad'
see : www.palmblad.com
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