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1 Tree was published in this study

Why does a trait evolve multiple times within a clade? Repeated evolution of snakelike body form in squamate reptiles.
Wiens, Brandley, Reeder. (2006). Evolution.
Teratoscincus scincus Gekko gecko Coleonyx elegans Lucasium damaeum Oedura coggeri Pygopus nigriceps Pygopus lepidopodus Aprasia pulchella Aprasia repens Aprasia pseudopulchella Aprasia striolata Pletholax gracilis Lialis burtonis Lialis jicari Delma molleri Delma impar Delma fraseri Delma grayii Delma inornata Delma nasuta Delma borea Delma tincta Delma australis Karusasaurus jordani Ouroborus cataphractus Cordylus cordylus Pseudocordylus microlepidotus Chamaesaura anguina Smaug warreni Gerrhosaurus skoogi Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Tetradactylus tetradactylus Tetradactylus africanus Tetradactylus seps Cordylosaurus subtessellatus Broadleysaurus major major Zonosaurus sp. Xantusia vigilis Plestiodon reynoldsi Plestiodon egregius Plestiodon lynxe Plestiodon elegans Plestiodon laticeps Plestiodon fasciatus Plestiodon inexpectatus Plestiodon obsoletus Plestiodon longirostris Acontias percivali Acontias meleagris Acontias litoralis Acontias rieppeli Acontias kgalagadi Typhlosaurus caecus Ophiomorus punctatissimus Eumeces schneideri Scincus scincus Scincopus fasciatus Mesoscincus managuae Mesoscincus schwartzei Typhlacontias brevipes Typhlacontias punctatissimus Melanoseps occidentalis Feylinia polylepis Chalcides sphenopsiformis Chalcides boulengeri Chalcides chalcides Chalcides mionecton Chalcides polylepis Chalcides ocellatus Scelotes anguineus Scelotes mirus Scelotes arenicolus Scelotes kasneri Scelotes gronovii Scelotes sexlineatus Scelotes bipes Scelotes caffer Proscelotes eggeli Sepsina angolensis Paracontias brocchii Paracontias hildebrandti Paracontias holomelas Madascincus stumpffi Madascincus intermedius Madascincus igneocaudatus Madascincus mouroundavae Madascincus melanopleura Grandidierina fierinensis Grandidierina lineata Flexiseps ornaticeps Flexiseps melanurus Brachyseps punctatus Brachyseps macrocercus Amphiglossus astrolabi Amphiglossus waterloti Flexiseps tsaratananensis Pygomeles braconnieri Gongylomorphus bojerii Hakaria simonyi Janetaescincus braueri Pamelaescincus gardineri Eugongylus rufescens Morethia butleri Lamprolepis smaragdina Liopholis whitii Tiliqua adelaidensis Tribolonotus gracilis Hemiergis peronii Hemiergis gracilipes Eremiascincus isolepis Eremiascincus richardsonii Lerista bougainvillii Lerista bipes Ctenotus leonhardii Ctenotus robustus Ctenotus pantherinus Eulamprus quoyii Anomalopus mackayi Anomalopus swansoni Saiphos equalis Coeranoscincus reticulatus Ophioscincus ophioscincus Silvascincus murrayi Concinnia amplus Concinnia queenslandiae Concinnia spinosa Calyptotis scutirostrum Notoscincus ornatus Prasinohaema virens Brachymeles talinis Brachymeles gracilis Diplometopon zarudnyi Agamodon anguliceps Trogonophis wiegmanni Geocalamus acutus Monopeltis capensis Amphisbaena alba Chirindia swynnertoni Bipes canaliculatus Bipes biporus Bipes tridactylus Blanus cinereus Rhineura floridana Meroles cuneirostris Podarcis siculus Takydromus smaragdinus Psammodromus hispanicus Calyptommatus leiolepis Calyptommatus nicterus Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Psilops paeminosus Nothobachia ablephara Procellosaurinus tetradactylus Procellosaurinus erythrocercus Vanzosaura rubricauda Micrablepharus maximiliani Tretioscincus agilis Gymnophthalmus leucomystax Iphisa elegans Colobosaura modesta Colobodactylus dalcyanus Colobodactylus taunayi Heterodactylus imbricatus Potamites ecpleopus Cercosaura ocellata Proctoporus bolivianus Pholidobolus montium Riama simotera Neusticurus rudis Placosoma glabellum Bachia dorbignyi Bachia bresslaui Bachia flavescens Arthrosaura kockii Arthrosaura reticulata Loxopholis percarinatum Ecpleopus gaudichaudii Alopoglossus copii Alopoglossus carinicaudatus Alopoglossus atriventris Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Aspidoscelis sexlineatus Ameiva ameiva Teius teyou Dicrodon guttulatum Nerodia sipedon Pantherophis guttatus Micrurus fulvius Cerberus rynchops Farancia abacura Causus maculatus Agkistrodon contortrix Acrochordus granulatus Uropeltis ceylanica Cylindrophis maculatus Loxocemus bicolor Morelia viridis Xenopeltis unicolor Casarea dussumieri Exiliboa placata Charina bottae Ungaliophis continentalis Candoia carinata Chilabothrus striatus Eryx johnii Calabaria reinhardtii Tropidophis haetianus Anilius scytale Rena humilis Afrotyphlops angolensis Phrynocephalus versicolor Calotes calotes Leiolepis belliana Polychrus marmoratus Leiocephalus carinatus Dipsosaurus dorsalis Urosaurus ornatus Enyalioides laticeps Basiliscus basiliscus Gambelia wislizenii Varanus griseus Lanthanotus borneensis Shinisaurus crocodilurus Anniella pulchra Anniella geronimensis Diploglossus bilobatus Celestus enneagrammus Celestus agasepsoides Celestus haetianus Ophiodes striatus Diploglossus pleii Mesaspis moreletii Abronia oaxacae Gerrhonotus liocephalus Barisia imbricata Elgaria multicarinata Elgaria panamintina Elgaria kingii Elgaria paucicarinata Elgaria coerulea Pseudopus apodus Anguis fragilis Ophisaurus ventralis Ophisaurus attenuatus Dopasia harti Hyalosaurus koellikeri Heloderma suspectum Xenosaurus grandis Dibamus novaeguineae
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