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same locality as holotype (BPBM 4115055;
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.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FF13F948217DF8B5" box="[163,283,1788,1809]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
A medium-sized species of
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<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FDD5F94F22D8F8B4" box="[613,702,1787,1808]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">Lobulia</emphasis>
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(adult SVL
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), characterized by the unique combination of frontoparietals unfused; supraorbital ridges not pronounced; nuchals 12 pairs; paravertebral scales 5565; mid-body scale rows 3437; 4
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digit on front foot longer than 3
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; subdigital lamellae 2025 under 4
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toe; single supradigital scales 35 on 4
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toe; mid-dorsum with two rows of large dark brown spots; top of tail base with single row of large dark brown spots; light blue or white dorsolateral stripes absent; flanks dark brown with thin light blue to grey vertical bands; light blue or white lateral stripes absent; uniform coloration on abdomen either lemon yellow (in males) or white (in females) in life, light blue in preservative; thighs and precloacal region without brown spotting; ventral surface of tail lemon yellow in life, becoming white posteriorly, uniform light blue in preservative, either speckled with light brown spots (occasionally forming fragmented parallel longitudinal lines) or with speckling absent; palmar and plantar surfaces lemon yellow in life, light brown in preservative.
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Comparisons:
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</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FACDFD532380FCBF" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">Lo. brongersmai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having unfused (vs. fused) frontoparietals. It differs from
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<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FB16FC902540FC9D" box="[1190,1318,804,825]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">Lo. lobulus</emphasis>
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in lacking dorsolateral and lateral stripes.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FB62FCF72559FCF3" box="[1234,1343,834,856]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C4684E27C09CA64FC1BFCD62443FCD2" baseAuthorityName="Kraus" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[939,1061,865,887]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FC1BFCD62443FCD2" box="[939,1061,865,887]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">Lo. elegans</emphasis>
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in having unfused frontoparietals and lacking light blue or white dorsolateral and lateral stripes but differs from it in having higher counts of midbody scale rows (3437 vs. 3032) and paravertebral scales (5565 vs. 5254) and a lower number of nuchal pairs (one or two vs. three).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C09CA64FC8BFB8E24F8FBEA" box="[827,1182,1081,1103]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="250">
Description of the
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:
</emphasis>
Rostral broad and shallow, wider than deep, projecting slightly onto top of snout; nasals more or less rectangular, separated by rostral and frontonasal contact, projecting anterodorsally onto dorsum of snout; nostril circular, centred within nasal; frontonasal large, with seven sides, extending laterally to slightly above the level of nares, posteriorly in narrow contact with frontal; prefrontals large, separated by frontonasal and frontal contact, bordered lateroventrally by two loreals; supraoculars four, anterior two in contact with frontal, posterior three in contact with frontoparietals; frontal roughly kite shaped, widest anteriorly; frontoparietals single pair in medial contact, in narrow contact with frontal; interparietal of roughly similar area to single frontoparietal, kite shaped, widest anteriorly; parietal eye spot absent; parietals in contact behind interparietal, in contact anteriorly with frontoparietals, posteriormost supraocular and two pretemporals; nuchals single pair, transversely enlarged, wider than long, separated from secondary temporal by a single intercalated scale. Anterior loreal slightly smaller than posterior loreal, both longer than high; lower preocular roughly square in shape; upper preocular much smaller, longer than high; presubocular single; postsuboculars three, lowest interdigitated between subocular supralabial and penultimate supralabial; lower eyelid scaly, moveable, with a clear palpebral disc smaller than size of ear opening; supraciliaries eight, anteriormost not in contact with frontal, posteriormost projecting medially and interdigitated between posteriormost supraocular and upper pretemporal; primary temporal single, interdigitated between posterior two supralabials; secondary temporals two, upper larger and ovelapping lower; supralabials seven, fifth in contact with small scales of lower eyelid; postsupralabials two; ear opening moderately large, with lobules along anterior margin. Mental single; postmental single, contacting two anteriormost infralabials; infralabials seven; enlarged chin shields four pairs, the first two pairs in medial contact, third pair narrowly separated by single medial scale, fourth pair separated by three medial scales; posteriormost chin shield in contact with penultimate infralabial. Body scales smooth, in 36 rows at midbody; paravertebral scales 60; medial precloacal scales enlarged, overlapping lateral precloacals. Scales on dorsal surface of 4th toe in two rows proximally, single row distally beginning at third interphalangeal joint, four single scales; subdigital lamellae under 4th toe 23, smooth. In preservative (
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), base dorsal coloration grey, with two mid-dorsal parallel rows of large dark brown spots two to four scales long, extending to base of tail and converging to a single row of blotches along tail; dorsolateral stripes absent; lateral field composed of smaller dark brown blotches, roughly parallel to dorsal rows, separated by thin vertical grey lines; lateral stripe absent; head similar in coloration to dorsum, with brown snout; dark brown spotting present on head scales, mostly along scale margins; ventral surfaces uniform light blue; light brown dusting present on chin; scales on palmar and plantar surfaces light brown, contrasting with dark brown digits. In life (
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), dorsal colour reddish coppery brown with black mid-dorsal spots; chin white; ventral surfaces of chest, abdomen, thighs, precloacal region and tail lemon yellow, with tail becoming white posteriorly; scales on palmar and plantar surfaces lemon yellow.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C08CA65FF21FADB216FFA20" bold="true" box="[145,265,1391,1413]" pageId="31" pageNumber="251">Figure 22.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C08CA65FEA3FADB2222FA21" box="[275,580,1391,1413]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="251">Ornithuroscincus shearmani</emphasis>
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holotype (BPBM 47915), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFF13FA26217FFA03" bold="true" box="[163,281,1426,1448]" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">Figure 23.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFE94FA262243FA0C" box="[292,549,1426,1448]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">Ornithuroscincus viridis</emphasis>
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holotype (BPBM 44744), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFC8BF9E923DDF9D6" box="[827,955,1629,1650]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">Variation:</emphasis>
Adult body size
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SVL (mean = 53.6, SD = 4.9,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFBF6F9C82409F935" box="[1094,1135,1660,1681]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
21). Females (mean = 55.8, range: 47.860.5, SD = 4.7,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFBC7F92E24C4F90B" box="[1143,1186,1690,1711]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
10) larger than males (mean = 51.6, range: 45.756.8, SD = 4.4,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFAB5F90D254BF96A" box="[1285,1325,1721,1742]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
11;
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFAE9F90D2504F96A" box="[1369,1378,1721,1742]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">t</emphasis>
= 2.1,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFC8BF96C232DF949" box="[827,843,1752,1773]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">P</emphasis>
= 0.05). Forelimbs 40.647.6% of SVL (mean = 43.3%, SD = 1.9,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFC0AF942238EF8AF" box="[954,1000,1782,1803]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
21). Hindlimbs 46.054.8% of SVL (mean = 50.2%, SD = 2.4,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFBE0F8A1241EF88E" box="[1104,1144,1813,1834]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
21). Scale rows at midbody 3437 (mean = 35.3, SD = 1.0,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFB2FF88024AFF8ED" box="[1183,1225,1844,1865]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
28); paravertebral scales 5565 (mean = 58.9, SD = 2.6,
<emphasis id="B93223737C37CA5AFA87F8E62501F8C3" box="[1335,1383,1874,1895]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="252">N =</emphasis>
28). Lamellae under 4th toe 2025 (mean = 22.9, SD = 1.2,
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF21FC4D20D8FBAA" box="[145,190,1017,1038]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N =</emphasis>
28); single supradigital scales on 4th toe 35 (mean = 3.5, SD = 0.6,
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFE34FBA321CDFB88" box="[388,427,1047,1068]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N =</emphasis>
28). Mostly one or two pairs of nuchals, but BPBM 41130, 41135, 41136, 41138, 41145 and 41146 have an asymmetrical number of nuchals, with one more nuchal on left side. Primary nuchals usually separated from secondary temporals by single smaller intercalated scale (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFE7BFB0521B9FB62" box="[459,479,1201,1222]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 25), rarely by none on left side and one on right (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFE72FB7B21B0FB40" box="[450,470,1231,1252]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 3). Supraorbital ridges not pronounced in all but BPBM 41152. Frontonasal usually wider than long (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFE19FAB921DBFA86" box="[425,445,1293,1314]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 25), rarely as long as wide (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF29FA9F20CBFAE4" box="[153,173,1323,1344]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 3). Prefrontals usually separated by frontonasal and frontal contact (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFE35FAFE21FFFAFB" box="[389,409,1354,1375]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 20), occasionally in narrow medial contact (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFEE1FADD2103FADA" box="[337,357,1385,1406]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 7), rarely separated by a single azygous scale (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFEF0FA332132FA38" box="[320,340,1415,1436]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 1). Supraciliaries rarely seven (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD54FA33229EFA38" box="[740,760,1415,1436]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 1), typically eight (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFECBFA1221E9FA1F" box="[379,399,1446,1467]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 23), occasionally nine (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD1CFA1222A6FA1F" box="[684,704,1446,1467]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 4). Anteriormost supraciliary usually not in contact with frontal (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF5EFA572164FA5C" box="[238,258,1507,1528]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 22), sometimes in narrow contact (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD1BFA5722D9FA5C" box="[683,703,1507,1528]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 6). Presubocular usually single (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFE5FF9B62265F9B3" box="[495,515,1538,1559]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 26), rarely two (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD55F9B6229FF9B3" box="[741,761,1538,1559]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 2). Postsuboculars usually three (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFDAFF9952255F992" box="[543,563,1569,1590]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 25), rarely four (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF29F98B20CBF9F0" box="[153,173,1599,1620]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 3). Supralabials typically seven (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFDFDF98B2207F9F0" box="[589,609,1599,1620]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 25), rarely eight (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF6BF9EA2089F9D7" box="[219,239,1630,1651]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 3). Infralabials rarely six (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD8FF9EA2235F9D7" box="[575,595,1630,1651]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 3), typically seven (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF51F9C92093F936" box="[225,245,1661,1682]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 25). Chin shields typically symmetrical (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD55F9C9229FF936" box="[741,761,1661,1682]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 23), occasionally anteriormost two on left side fused (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF29F90E20CBF96B" box="[153,173,1722,1743]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 4), rarely anteriormost two on right side fused (
<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFD55F90E229FF96B" box="[741,761,1722,1743]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">N</emphasis>
= 1).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFF21FCE62176FCC3" bold="true" box="[145,272,850,872]" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Figure 24.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFEADFCE62253FCCC" box="[285,565,850,872]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Ornithuroscincus viridis</emphasis>
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holotype (BPBM 44744) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison.
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Colour pattern of all
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generally similar to
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, with few exceptions. Size of mid-dorsal dark brown spots varies between individuals. BPBM 41136 and 41154 have fragmented lateral stripes, and BPBM 41139 has uniform lateral stripes. BPBM 40334 has dark brown palmar and plantar surfaces.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FE9D23A8FE9A" box="[809,974,297,319]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Colour in life:</emphasis>
Dorsal surfaces coppery brown with two parallel mid-dorsal rows of large dark brown spots (
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,
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). Sides dark brown to jet black, usually with thin coppery vertical stripes between dark blotches, which are more or less parallel to dorsal rows of spots. Chin white. Ventral surfaces of chest, abdomen, precloacal region, thighs and base of tail lemon yellow in adult males and white in females and juveniles. Palmar and planar surfaces lemon yellow.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FDE923CDFDD6" box="[809,939,605,626]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Etymology:</emphasis>
From the single-ending Latin adjective,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FDC82302FD35" box="[809,868,636,657]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">fortis</emphasis>
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, strong, in reference to Mt Strong, where the
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series was collected.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FD6D23A2FD4A" box="[809,964,729,750]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Distribution:</emphasis>
Specimens examined are from
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a.s.l. on the northern slopes of Mt Strong. Specimens collected from the vicinity of Wau and Mt Kaindi further north in similar elevations and deposited in BPBM as
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were not examined here, but from photos taken in life and appear to have similar coloration patterns to
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFB36FC26248AFC02" box="[1158,1260,913,935]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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and therefore possibly also represent
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFBF1FC0424CFFC61" box="[1089,1193,944,965]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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. If true, this would make the distribution of this species extend throughout the north-western Owen Stanley Mts.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FB822397FBEF" box="[809,1009,1078,1099]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Natural history:</emphasis>
All animals were collected from areas that were covered or formerly covered in lower montane forest (
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). Trees were generally
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tall and formed a fairly even, mostly closed canopy. There was a profusion of epiphytic orchids and ferns and a ground flora of scattered herbs and shrubs. Dominant tree taxa included
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(Blume) A.DC.
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFB2BFAB925F7FA86" box="[1179,1425,1293,1314]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Lithocarpus celebicus</emphasis>
(Miq.) Rehder
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC48FA982545FAE5" box="[1016,1315,1323,1345]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Elaeocarpus kaniensis</emphasis>
Schltr.
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FAFE243AFAFB" box="[809,1116,1354,1375]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Elaeocarpus pycnanthus</emphasis>
A.C.Sm.
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFB6EFAFF254CFAC4" box="[1246,1322,1355,1376]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Litsea</emphasis>
sp.
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFC99FADD23FAFADA" box="[809,924,1385,1406]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Saurauia</emphasis>
spp.
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Southern beech,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C36CA5BFB03FADD2558FADA" box="[1203,1342,1385,1406]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="253">Nothofagus</emphasis>
sp.
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, is common on some ridges above
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.
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Animals from Langatak were found in forest clearings or in exposed areas along walking tracks. They were exclusively on tree stumps or logs at heights of
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above the forest floor. The other animals were collected around two villages, Arabuka and Kesemani, within
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of Langatak, but located within anthropogenous grassland dominated by two native species,
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(Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. &amp; Lauterb.
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and
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(L.) P.Beauv., with patches of the invasive exotic grass,
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P.Beauv. The
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lizards were mostly on isolated tree stumps but also occurred on the lower timbers of houses. They were heliothermic and were generally active only during the first few hours of the morning.
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Other lizard taxa common in the area included at least two species of
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FE36FF502244FF5D" box="[390,546,228,249]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Papuascincus</emphasis>
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,
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, species of
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FF74FEB72175FEBC" box="[196,275,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Emoia</emphasis>
Gray, 1845
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and at least four species of
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FF13FE952138FE92" box="[163,350,289,310]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Sphenomorphus</emphasis>
Fitzinger, 1843
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(Boulenger, 1915)
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, is also common.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FF13FE292125FE16" box="[163,323,413,434]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Reproduction:</emphasis>
Viviparous. Litter size varies between 23 (mean 2.5,
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6).
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FF13FE4F21C4FDB4" box="[163,418,507,528]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Conservation status:</emphasis>
The species appears locally abundant at the
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locality although the population trend is unknown. Based on the population described herein from Mt Strong, the extent of occurrence for
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FD59FDE320BBFD2E" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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from the McAdams National Park. Since it is locally abundant, with no immediate direct threats to the species or indirect threats to its habitat or location, and because it likely occurs over a wide range encompassing at least one protected area, we recommend assigning a status of Least Concern to
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FE67FBB0225DFBBD" box="[471,571,1028,1049]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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, although its true distribution needs to be confirmed through further surveys in the north-western Owen Stanley Mts.
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