Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies in the Levant Author Jablonski, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-0114 Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia daniel.jablonski@balcanica.cz Author Ribeiro-Junior, Marco Antonio School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Author Meiri, Shai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3839-6330 School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel & The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Author Maza, Erez School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel & The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Author Kukushkin, Oleg V. Department of Biodiversity Studies and Ecological Monitoring, T. I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station-Nature Reserve-Branch of Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nauki Street 24, 298188 Theodosia, Crimea & Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia Author Chirikova, Marina Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty 050060, Kazakhstan Author Pirosova, Angelika Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia Author Jelic, Dusan Croatian Institute for Biodiversity, Zagreb, Croatia Author Mikulicek, Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-493X Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia Author Jandzik, David https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4239-0014 Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia text Vertebrate Zoology 2021 2021-04-05 71 175 200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e60800 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e60800 2625-8498-71-175 D69334EA18334DD8A51E2953BCA3E461 6C5EF4DA941953828D139342F1640C3C

Table 4. Summary of the variation of the characters in Pseudopus apodus apodus, P. a. thracius, and P. a. levantinus ssp. nov. Counts and measurements (in mm) are presented as minimum-maximum (mean +/- standard deviation); n = total number of specimens studied. Only intact and non-regenerated tails were considered in SCR, TL, and TotL (for details see Table S4).

Metric data	P. a. apodus	P. a. thracius	P. a. levantinus ssp. nov.
Snout-vent length (SVL)	310-487 (387.61 +/- 37.60) (n=304)	320-410 (360.06 +/- 31.47) (n=17)	317-610 (490.22 +/- 76.15) (n=55)
Length of the tail (TL)	320-765 (567.38 +/- 75.61) (n=232)	463-645 (552.71 +/- 55.56) (n=17)	416-757 (600.70 +/- 107.04) (n=27)
Total length (TotL)	635-1230 (948.40 +/- 99.98) (n=232)	796-1025 (912.76 +/- 73.52) (n=17)	733-1367 (1072.30 +/- 194.60) (n=27)
Head length 1 (HL1)	28.63-58.00 (38.61 +/- 4.90) (n=219)	31.10-49.50 (39.55 +/- 5.15) (n=17)	29.30-63.75 (47.60 +/- 7.99) (n=53)
Head length 2 (HL2)	23.60-47.20 (35.77 +/- 4.67) (n=226)	27.20-43.40 (35.40 +/- 4.76) (n=17)	27.59-59.58 (44.12 +/- 7.65) (n=53)
Pileus length (PL)	26.40-46.30 (35.82 +/- 4.02) (n=197)	28.80-44.10 (36.93 +/- 4.56) (n=17)	26.85-54.79 (41.98 +/- 6.78) (n=53)
Head width 1 (HW1)	17.96-36.50 (24.47 +/- 3.62) (n=267)	20.10-29.50 (24.35 +/- 2.95) (n=17)	16.62-44.90 (32.04 +/- 6.34) (n=53)
Head width 2 (HW2)	15.20-28.76 (19.44 +/- 2.37) (n=183)	17.30-26.30 (22.33 +/- 2.48) (n=17)	16.06-39.33 (28.21 +/- 4.95) (n=53)
Head width 3 (HW3)	13.00-26.87 (17.13 +/- 2.26) (n=235)	16.40-25.00 (20.74 +/- 2.34) (n=17)	14.21-28.59 (22.62 +/- 3.31) (n=53)
Eye-nostril distance (ENL)	6.99-13.90 (10.29 +/- 1.28) (n=176)	8.10-11.20 (10.02 +/- 0.91) (n=17)	6.58-15.23 (10.13 +/- 1.94) (n=54)
Frontal shield length (FL)	8.00-18.50 (11.59 +/- 1.60) (n=202)	9.50-15.30 (12.50 +/- 1.76) (n=17)	8.63-19.74 (13.75 +/- 2.49) (n=52)
Frontal shield width (FW)	5.10-11.75 (8.72 +/- 1.09) (n=202)	6.50-10.60 (9.05 +/- 1.10) (n=17)	5.69-15.78 (10.23 +/- 2.01) (n=52)
Frontal shield-snout length (FSL)	11.00-18.00 (13.90 +/- 1.64) (n=137)	10.30-15.98 (12.58 +/- 15.98) (n=17)	10.28-23.39 (17.27 +/- 2.96) (n=54)
Snout width (SW)	5.40-12.81 (7.76 +/- 1.31) (n=137)	6.30-12.77 (9.17 +/- 1.74) (n=17)	5.40-12.41 (8.95 +/- 1.57) (n=54)
Intermaxillar shield height (IMH)	3.00-9.00 (4.32 +/- 0.63) (n=235)	3.30-5.20 (4.32 +/- 0.48) (n=17)	3.22-7.78 (5.61 +/- 0.86) (n=53)
Intermaxillar shield width (IMW)	4.00-12.60 (6.49 +/- 1.09) (n=234)	5.30-8.20 (6.73 +/- 0.90) (n=17)	4.22-11.62 (8.53 +/- 1.69) (n=53)
Rudiments length (RL)	1.00-6.55 (3.50 +/- 1.01) (n=169)	2.00-4.80 (3.31 +/- 0.77) (n=17)	2.68-8.56 (5.55 +/- 1.53) (n=55)
Meristic characters
Dorsal scale transversal (DST)	11-14 (12.11 +/- 0.40) (n=103)	12 (n=17)	12 (n=55)
Ventral scale transversal (VST)	10-11 (10.01 +/- 0.10) (n=83)	10 (n=17)	10 (n=55)
Dorsal scales longitudinal (DSL)	88-119 (105.71 +/- 3.88) (n=182)	92-110 (99.30 +/- 4.09) (n=17)	88-119 (100.71 +/- 5.43) (n=55)
Ventral scales longitudinal (VSL)	111-129 (123.30 +/- 2.53) (n=201)	108-124 (118.00 +/- 3.61) (n=17)	115-137 (122.40 +/- 3.19) (n=55)
Subcaudal scale rows (SCR)	175-249 (228.68 +/- 15.43) (n=78)	173-237 (214.22 +/- 24.72) (n=9)	199-222 (208.67 +/- 7.54) (n=28)
Preanal scales (PAN)	5-11 (7.94 +/- 1.44) (n=197)	5-8 (6.37 +/- 0.72) (n=17)	10 (n=55)
Supralabial scales left (SPLl)	9-13 (11.17 +/- 0.98) (n=124)	10-12 (11.06 +/- 0.43) (n=17)	11-14 (12.13 +/- 0.85) (n=54)