Madagascar is renowned for its exceptional species diversity and endemism. The island's mountainous regions are thought to have played a role in lineage and species diversification, but this has yet to be explored across taxonomic groups and a temporal context has not yet been identified. We tested whether montane regions have promoted population divergence in Madagascar's vertebrate fauna and, if so, whether these divergence events were contemporaneous.

中文翻译：

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山地地区塑造了马达加斯加潮湿常绿森林中的小型哺乳动物和爬行动物的多样化模式

马达加斯加以其杰出的物种多样性和特有性而闻名。人们认为该岛的山区在血统和物种多样化中发挥了作用，但是尚未在分类学类别中进行探索，并且尚未确定其时空背景。我们测试了山地地区是否促进了马达加斯加脊椎动物群落中的种群分化，如果是，则这些分化事件是否是同时发生的。