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ArticleScientific reports2023

Unveiling underestimated species diversity within the Central American Coralsnake, a medically important complex of venomous taxa.

Michael J Jowers, Utpal Smart, Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez, John C Murphy, Aarón Gómez, Renan J Bosque, Goutam C Sarker, Brice P Noonan, J Filipe Faria, D James Harris and 10 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Michael J JowersCIBIO/InBIO (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos), Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrario De Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal. michaeljowers@hotmail.com.
Utpal SmartDepartment of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA.
Santiago Sánchez-RamírezDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada.
John C MurphyScience and Education, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA.
Aarón GómezFacultad de Microbiología, Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Renan J BosqueDepartment of Biological Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK, 73096, USA.
Goutam C SarkerDepartment of Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA.
Brice P NoonanDepartment of Biology, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA.
J Filipe FariaCIBIO/InBIO (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos), Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrario De Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
D James HarrisCIBIO/InBIO (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos), Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrario De Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
Nelson Jorge da SilvaPontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Goiânia, Goiás, 74605140, Brazil.
Ana L C PrudenteLaboratório de Herpetologia, Coordenação de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
John WeberDepartment of Geology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 49401, USA.
Philippe J R KokDepartment of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12/16 Banacha Str, 90-237, Lodz, Poland.
Gilson A RivasMuseo de Biología, Facultad Experimental de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Robert C JadinDepartment of Biology and Museum of Natural History, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, 54481, USA.
Mahmood SasaFacultad de Microbiología, Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Antonio Muñoz-MéridaCIBIO/InBIO (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos), Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrario De Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
Gregorio Moreno-RuedaDepartamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain.
Eric N SmithDepartment of Biology and Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coralsnakes of the genus Micrurus are a diverse group of venomous snakes ranging from the southern United States to southern South America. Much uncertainty remains over the genus diversity, and understanding Micrurus systematics is of medical importance. In particular, the widespread Micrurus nigrocinctus spans from Mexico throughout Central America and into Colombia, with a number of described subspecies. This study provides new insights into the phylogenetic relationships within M. nigrocinctus by examining sequence data from a broad sampling of specimens from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The recovered phylogenetic relationships suggest that M. nigrocinctus is a species complex originating in the Pliocene and composed of at least three distinct species-level lineages. In addition, recovery of highly divergent clades supports the elevation of some currently recognized subspecies to the full species rank while others may require synonymization.

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VenomsCentral AmericaMexicoPanamaPhylogenyUnited StatesVenoms

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