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Validating cryptic diversity and the designation of a neotype + + + +Author + +Borah, Pranoy Kishore +School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Khordha, Jatni, Odisha, India 752050. + + + +Author + +Grismer, L. Lee +La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92505, USA. & Department of Herpetology, San Diego Natural History Museum, PO Box 121390, San Diego, California 92112, USA. & Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. + + + +Author + +Das, Abhijit +Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. PIN 248001. + + + +Author + +Purkayastha, Jayaditya +Help Earth, 16, RNC Path, Lachitnagar, Guwahati, Assam, India, PIN 781007. + + + +Author + +Deuti, Kaushik +Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore Kolkata, West Bengal, India. PIN 700053. + + + +Author + +Lalremsanga, Hmar Tlawmte +Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India. PIN 796004. + + + +Author + +Datta-Roy, Aniruddha +School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Khordha, Jatni, Odisha, India 752050. + +text + + +Zootaxa + + +2024 + +2024-12-05 + + +5543 + + +4 + + +579 +590 + + + + +https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5543.4.5 + +journal article +10.11646/zootaxa.5543.4.5 +1175-5326 +14386884 +E7291590-59FC-4706-9DC0-4F2FC0237955 + + + + + + + +Sphenomorphus maculatus + +( +Blyth, 1854 +“1853”) + + + + + + + +Lissonota maculata +Blyth 1854 + +“1853”: 653 + + + + + +Hinulia maculata +Theobald 1868: 25 + + + + + + + + +Lygosoma maculatum +Boulenger 1887: 242 + + + + + + + + +Sphenomorphus maculatus +Pope 1935: 483 + + + + + + + + +Sphenomorphus maculatus maculatus + +Yamasaki +et al. +2001: 29 + + + + + + + + + + +Neotype +(designated herein). + +Adult female +. +ZSI-28718 +, +SVL +57.0 mm, from +Nilachal Hills +, +Kamakhya +temple complex, +Guwahati +, +Assam +, +India +( +26º1’0’7.53” N +, +91º42’17.03” E +). Collected by +Sanath C. Bohra. + + + + + + +Description of the +Neotype +. + +Adult female, 57.0 mm SVL, pointed head; head length (HL) +9.4 mm +; head width (HW) 7.5 (HL 16.50% of SVL, HL 31.01% of axilla to groin distance, HW 79.36% of HL, HW 13.15% of SVL). Midbody scale rows 39. Number of para-vertebrals 82. Number of ventrals 80. Head distinct from neck. Rostral scale concave in dorsal view. Prefrontals widely separated, contacting first supraocular and supraciliary. Seven supralabials on each side, 4 +th +–6 +th +beneath eyes [ +Figure 3 +(b) & (c)]. Eight infralabials on each side. Eight infralabials on either side. Eight and nine supraciliaries on left and right side respectively, first largest [ +1–9 in +Figure 3 +(b); +1–8 in +Figure 3 +(c)]. Nuchal scales absent. Five supraocular scales on each side, first largest. Snout length +4.4 mm +; eye to nostril distance +2.8 mm +; nostril to snout tip distance +1.2 mm +; and eye diameter +1.4 mm +. Tympanum moderately large, anteroposteriorly compressed, oval, and diameter +1.4 mm +. Eye to tympanum distance +3.6 mm +; inter-narial distance +2.6 mm +; and inter-orbital distance +5.8 mm +. Brachium length +5.9 mm +; antebrachium length +6.2 mm +; and palm length +5.6 mm +. Fourth finger with 10 unicarinate lamellae [ +Figure 3 +(d)]; fourth finger length +3.7 mm +; and axilla groin distance +30.5 mm +. Finger lamellae on I, II, III, and V fingers are respectively 6, 9, 10, and 7. Thigh length 9.0 mm; shank length +8.9 mm +; and foot length +9.7 mm +. Fourth toe with 15 unicarinate lamellae [ +Figure 3 +(e)], and fourth toe length +6.8 mm +. Toe lamellae on I, II, II, and V toes are respectively 8, 11, 11, and 8. Paired median cloacal shields present, enlarged, overlapping lateral pairs. Limbs robust and well-developed; tail extremely slender. (see +Figure 3 +). For comparison of morphometric and meristic data of the +neotype +with the other specimens, see supplementary material S5 + + +Colour in life. +Dorsum: Bronze to brownish-pink. Lateral features are darker, with a blackish patch extending from the naris to the tail tip, with light spots on the patch. Two rows of dark spots on the dorsum. Limbs variegated with dark markings on dorsal surfaces. + + + +FIGURE 4. +Map showing the collection localities of the + +Sphenomorphus maculatus + +specimens for this study. + + + +Colour in preservative. +In 70% alcohol, the bronze/brownish colour turns to a darker shade of brown/black after fixation in formalin, and the colouration changes further while keeping them in ethanol. The spots or speckles become indistinct. + + + + \ No newline at end of file