Stochastic faunal exchanges drive diversification in widespread Wallacean and Pacific island lizards (Squamata: Scincidae: Lamprolepis smaragdina)
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, Biology Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Java, Indonesia, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, Department of Biology, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, Department of Integrative Biology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
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