Mori Emiliano, Andreone Franco, Viviano Andrea, Faraone Francesco Paolo, Di Nicola Matteo Riccardo, Borri Bernardo, Bruni Giacomo, Mazza Giuseppe, Banchi Riccardo, Zaccaroni Marco, Mezzadri Sergio, Baratti Mariella
Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems IRET-CNR, Via Madonna del Piano, 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via Giovanni Giolitti, 36, 10123 Torino, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Jul 1;12(13):1709. doi: 10.3390/ani12131709.
The ocellated skink () is a widespread lizard, naturally distributed between the Maghreb and coastal Pakistan, with few insular populations in the Mediterranean coastal area. Some populations of this species have also been recorded in peninsular Italy, Campania and Southern Tuscany due to accidental introductions via touristic and commercial routes. In this work, we conducted genetic analyses on mitochondrial DNA COXI, cytb and 16S mtDNA genes on a sample of Italian insular and peninsular populations. Differently from what previously suggested, the nucleus in Portici (Southern Italy) may have originated from Sardinia. The intense trade and touristic traffic between Sardinia and Southern Tuscany may have been responsible for the introduction of this lizard also to Central Italy.
眼斑石龙子（）是一种分布广泛的蜥蜴，自然分布于马格里布和巴基斯坦沿海地区，在地中海沿岸地区有少数岛屿种群。由于通过旅游和商业路线的意外引入，该物种的一些种群也在意大利半岛、坎帕尼亚和托斯卡纳南部被记录到。在这项工作中，我们对意大利岛屿和半岛种群的样本进行了线粒体DNA COXI、细胞色素b和16S mtDNA基因的遗传分析。与之前的推测不同，波蒂奇（意大利南部）的种群可能起源于撒丁岛。撒丁岛和托斯卡纳南部之间密集的贸易和旅游往来可能是这种蜥蜴也被引入意大利中部的原因。
