Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of three lineages of Pseudopus apodus for mitochondrial DNA (A) and microsatellite data (B) with the Structure plot of posterior probabilities for K=3 (C). The oval outlines in PCAs represent 95% confidence intervals. First (PC1) and second (PC2) principal components explain 45.9% and 21.3% of the observed variance in the concatenated dataset, 44.9% and 17.4% in ND2 dataset, 26.3% and 20.7% in Cyt b dataset, and 10.8% and 6.7% in microsatellites, respectively. The plot of two principal components shows a clear separation between three groups of samples. Color scheme corresponds with the one used in Fig. 2: P. a. apodus (red), P. a. thracius (blue) and P. a. levantinus ssp. nov. (yellow).

 
 
  Part of: Jablonski D, Ribeiro-Júnior MA, Meiri S, Maza E, Kukushkin OV, Chirikova M, Pirosová A, Jelić D, Mikulíček P, Jandzik D (2021) Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 175-200. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e60800