Effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations on the phylogeography, demography and population structure of a high-elevation snake species, Thermophis baileyi, on the Tibetan Plateau

摘要

AimOur aims were to investigate the geographical distribution, population history and demographics of the hot-spring snake Thermophis baileyi, and to examine how the Pleistocene glacial stages and geomorphological configurations resulting from the uplift of the Tibetan-Himalayan orogen shaped the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the species.