Enriquez-Urzelai, U. et al. 2022. Allopatric speciation, niche conservatism and gradual phenotypic change in the evolution of European green lizards.

Biogeographical processes largely explain the constant lineage diversification of green lizards in the Mediterranean Basin since the Miocene, followed by gradual phenotypic divergence unrelated to cladogenesis. Climatic niche conservatism promoted the accumulation of lineages within the Mediterranean, except for L. agilis, where climatic niche evolution might underpin its range spread towards higher latitudes. Leer más.