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Ancient diversification, biogeography, and the role of climatic niche evolution in the Old World cat snakes (Colubridae, Telescopus)

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Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)

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Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)

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Skull Development, Ossification Pattern, and Adult Shape in the Emerging Lizard Model Organism Pogona vitticeps: A Comparative Analysis With Other Squamates

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Molecular data from contemporary and historical collections reveal a complex story of cryptic diversification in the Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus Species Group

(2016) Stephanie A. Dowell et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa

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Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species

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A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus

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IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies

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A hybrid phylogenetic–phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification

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A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

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Phylogeography of the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans) reveals multiple Pleistocene refugia in southern Africa

(2013) Axel Barlow et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa

(2012) H. Peter Linder et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

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Combining Phylogenomics and Fossils in Higher-Level Squamate Reptile Phylogeny: Molecular Data Change the Placement of Fossil Taxa

(2010) John J. Wiens et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of the snake superfamily Elapoidea: a rapid radiation in the late Eocene

(2009) Christopher M. R. Kelly et al.   CLADISTICS

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