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MOUNT
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(
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(WGS 84),
|
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<quantity box="[1087,1176,320,342]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.805" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2805.0">2805 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(BPBM 45704; female);
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
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|
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grasslands,
|
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,
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<geoCoordinate box="[1200,1343,350,372]" degrees="147.5740" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="147.574">147.5740°E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
(WGS 84),
|
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<elevation box="[860,1010,381,403]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.82" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2820.0">
|
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<quantity box="[860,947,381,403]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.82" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2820.0">2820 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(BPBM 45706; juvenile);
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="2680" latitude="-8.95919" location="Chopper Pad Camp" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="147.5742" municipality="Province" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Oro" typeStatus="paratype">
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<geoCoordinate box="[1315,1420,381,403]" degrees="8.9585" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="-8.9585">8.9585°S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
|
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<geoCoordinate box="[809,946,412,434]" degrees="147.5751" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="147.5751">147.5751°E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
(WGS 84),
|
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<elevation box="[1087,1241,412,434]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8169999999999997" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2817.0">
|
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<quantity box="[1087,1176,412,433]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8169999999999997" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2817.0">2817 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(BPBM 45713; male)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="2680" latitude="-8.95919" location="Chopper Pad Camp" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="147.5742" municipality="Province" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Oro" typeStatus="paratype">
|
||
;
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[889,993,442,464]" degrees="8.9591" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="-8.9591">8.9591°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1006,1141,442,464]" degrees="147.5743" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="147.5743">147.5743°E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
(WGS 84),
|
||
<elevation box="[1276,1425,442,464]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.836" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2836.0">
|
||
<quantity box="[1276,1363,442,464]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.836" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2836.0">2836 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(BPBM 45714; male)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="2680" latitude="-8.95919" location="Chopper Pad Camp" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="147.5742" municipality="Province" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Oro" typeStatus="paratype">
|
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;
|
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<geoCoordinate box="[1081,1191,473,495]" degrees="8.9585" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="-8.9585">8.9585°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
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<geoCoordinate box="[1205,1344,473,495]" degrees="147.5753" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="147.5753">147.5753°E</geoCoordinate>
|
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(WGS 84),
|
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<elevation box="[860,1010,504,526]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8139999999999996" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2814.0">
|
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<quantity box="[860,947,504,525]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8139999999999996" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2814.0">2814 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(BPBM 45715; female)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="2680" latitude="-8.95919" location="Chopper Pad Camp" longLatPrecision="5" longitude="147.5742" municipality="Province" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Oro" typeStatus="paratype">
|
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;
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1301,1420,504,526]" degrees="8.95919" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="1" value="-8.95919">8.95919°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[809,946,534,556]" degrees="147.5742" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" precision="5" value="147.5742">147.5742°E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
(WGS 84),
|
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<elevation box="[1087,1241,534,556]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.83" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2830.0">
|
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<quantity box="[1087,1176,535,556]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.83" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="m" value="2830.0">2830 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(BPBM 45716; female)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="43.[809,1426,628,1416]" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,924,628,649]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
|
||
A medium-sized species of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1234,1424,628,649]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1234,1424,628,649]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(adult SVL
|
||
<quantity box="[939,1097,658,680]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.62" metricValueMax="6.2299999999999995" metricValueMin="5.01" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" unit="mm" value="56.2" valueMax="62.3" valueMin="50.1">50.1–62.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
) characterized by the unique combination of short limbs (forelimbs 27.0–33.7% of SVL, hindlimbs 33.3–42.5% of SVL); frontoparietals unfused; nuchals 1–4 pairs; paravertebral scales 50–67; midbody scale rows 28–42; 4
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[1082,1096,780,792]" fontSize="5" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">th</superScript>
|
||
digit on front foot not longer than 3
|
||
<superScript attach="right" box="[882,896,811,823]" fontSize="5" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">rd</superScript>
|
||
; subdigital lamellae 17–23 under 4
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[1291,1305,811,823]" fontSize="5" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">th</superScript>
|
||
toe; single supradigital scales 3–8 on 4
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[1101,1115,842,854]" fontSize="5" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">th</superScript>
|
||
toe; dorsum light brown with two to four more-or-less transverse longitudinal rows of dark brown to black spots of varying width, at their widest giving the impression of black base coloration with light brown striations, often joining to create two transverse rows of dark spots along tail; dark brown to black lateral stripe or field present; dorsolateral stripes present as thin (up to a single scale wide), unfragmented or zigzag light brown stripes extending from orbital region to tail; flanks marked with parallel fragmented light brown to white vertical bars extending ventrally from dorsolateral stripes; uniform coloration on abdomen, thighs and precloacal region, light to dark blue in preservative, lime green in life; brown spotting occasionally occurs on thighs and precloacal region; ventral surface of tail light to dark blue in preservative, lemon yellow in life, with occasional brown spotting; palmar and plantar surfaces light to dark brown in preservative, light or dark brown to lemon yellow in life.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="43.[809,1426,1457,1908]" lastBlockId="44.[163,779,197,679]" lastPageId="44" lastPageNumber="264" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,1340,1457,1478]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">
|
||
Comparisons:
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[992,1340,1457,1478]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">Ornithuroscincus pterophilus</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[880,1026,1488,1509]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bengaun">
|
||
<emphasis box="[880,1026,1488,1509]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O. bengaun</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having unfused (vs. fused) frontoparietals. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" box="[1248,1419,1518,1540]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1248,1419,1518,1540]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O. albodorsalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[809,917,1549,1571]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,917,1549,1571]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O. noctua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[931,1084,1549,1571]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[931,1084,1549,1571]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O. nototaenia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[1143,1302,1549,1571]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1143,1168,1549,1570]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1207,1302,1550,1571]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in lacking a parietal eye spot (vs. present). It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[809,963,1611,1632]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,963,1611,1632]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O. inornatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[1030,1203,1610,1632]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1030,1056,1611,1632]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1103,1203,1611,1632]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having a light brown dorsum with dark spots and thin (up to a single scale wide) light brown dorsolateral stripes that are clearly distinguished from the base dorsal coloration [vs. uniformly light brown dorsum with thick (one to two scales wide) light brown dorsolateral stripes, extending in thickness towards the base of the tail, diffusely demarcated from the base dorsal coloration in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[972,1124,1856,1877]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="43" pageNumber="263" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[972,1124,1856,1877]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="263">O. inornatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; deep olive grey dorsum powdered with brown, with broad dorsolateral white stripes becoming broader posteriorly in
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Brongersma, 1953 a)" baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[621,646,198,219]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[684,779,198,219]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brongersma LD" box="[172,407,228,250]" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" pagination="137 - 142" refId="ref43878" refString="Brongersma LD. 1953 a. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. I. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C) 56: 137 - 142." type="journal article" year="1953">Brongersma, 1953a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
].
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[442,779,228,249]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[442,779,228,249]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">Ornithuroscincus inornatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also lacks the parallel light brown vertical bars that occur on the flanks of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[415,576,289,310]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[415,576,289,310]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[226,375,320,341]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornatus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[226,375,320,341]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O. inornatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in slightly larger size (adult SVL
|
||
<quantity box="[163,323,350,372]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.62" metricValueMax="6.2299999999999995" metricValueMin="5.01" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" unit="mm" value="56.2" valueMax="62.3" valueMin="50.1">50.1–62.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
vs.
|
||
<quantity box="[366,466,351,372]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.79" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" unit="mm" value="47.9">47.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and from
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[589,745,350,372]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[589,614,351,372]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[651,745,351,372]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having a higher count of midbody scale rows (28–42 vs. 24–26;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brongersma LD" box="[244,466,412,434]" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" pagination="137 - 142" refId="ref43878" refString="Brongersma LD. 1953 a. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. I. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C) 56: 137 - 142." type="journal article" year="1953">Brongersma, 1953a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="44.[163,779,197,679]" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[187,568,442,463]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[187,568,442,463]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">Ornithuroscincus pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar in coloration to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Kraus" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[362,472,473,494]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sabini">
|
||
<emphasis box="[362,472,473,494]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O. sabini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from which it differs in having less pronounced dorsolateral stripes, a flank pattern composed of parallel fragmented vertical bars (vs. scattered specks in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Kraus" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[520,630,565,586]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sabini">
|
||
<emphasis box="[520,630,565,586]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O. sabini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and a blue (lime green in life) venter in preservative [vs. white venter in preservative (lemon yellow or white in life) in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Kraus" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[193,295,657,678]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sabini">
|
||
<emphasis box="[193,295,657,678]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">O. sabini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
].
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="44.[163,780,720,1907]" lastBlockId="44.[827,1444,197,1537]" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">
|
||
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Description of the
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:
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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, in narrow contact with frontal; prefrontals large, separated by frontal and frontonasal contact, bordered ventrolaterally by two loreals; supraoculars four, anterior two in contact with frontal, posterior three in contact with frontoparietals; frontal wedge shaped, widest anteriorly; frontoparietals single pair in medial contact, in contact with posterior three supraoculars and anteriorly in contact with frontal; interparietal smaller than single frontoparietal, almost triangular shaped, widest anteriorly; parietal eye spot absent; parietals in contact behind interparietal, in contact anteriorly with frontoparietals, posteriormost supraocular and pretemporals; nuchals two pairs, transversely enlarged, at least twice as wide as long, anteriormost pair in contact with single secondary temporals. Anterior loreal similar in size to posterior loreal, both higher than long; lower preocular roughly square in shape; upper preocular much smaller, longer than high; presubocular single and rectangular in shape; postsuboculars two, lower 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 in narrow contact with frontal, posteriormost projecting medially and interdigitated between posteriormost supraocular and upper pretemporal; primary temporal single, interdigitated between penultimate and posteriormost supralabial; secondary temporals two, upper larger and overlapping lower; supralabials seven, fifth in contact with small scales of lower eyelid; postsupralabials two; ear opening moderately large and oval shaped, without lobules. Mental single; postmental single, contacting two anteriormost infralabials; infralabials six; enlarged chin shields three pairs, the first pair in medial contact, second pair narrowly separated by a single medial scale, third pair separated by three medial scales; posteriormost chin shield in contact with penultimate infralabial. Body scales smooth, in 42 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, three single scales; subdigital lamellae under 4th toe 20, smooth. In preservative (
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<figureCitation box="[1196,1273,534,556]" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="29.[146,225,1414,1436]" captionTargetBox="[401,1162,195,1374]" captionTargetId="figure-217@29.[401,1169,195,1374]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="Figure 20. Ornithuroscincus pterophilus holotype (BPBM 45705), 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." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530743" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530743/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
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), dorsum light brown, with four transverse longitudinal rows of small dark brown spots no more than a single scale wide, lateralmost rows in contact with dorsolateral stripes and composed of larger spots, one to two scales long; dark brown spots gradually become smaller posteriorly until tail surface becomes uniformly light brown; dorsolateral stripes present in zigzag formation, no more than a single scale wide, extending continuously from orbital region to base of tail; dorsolateral stripes bordered laterally by dark brown fields extending to above limbs, these bordered ventrally by light grey field, itself bordered ventrally by blue venter; lateral fields marked with parallel vertical bars of pale blue spots one to two scales wide and long, extending from dorsolateral stripes ventrally; head similar to dorsum, with dark scale margins and some dark brown spotting, particularly in parietal region; slightly lighter on snout and supraciliaries; labials dark brown at margins and pale blue in centre; venter pale blue, with light brown dusting on proximal third of tail, thighs and precloacal region; palmar surfaces light brown, plantar surfaces white, digits dark brown. In life (
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<figureCitation box="[1305,1387,1209,1231]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="25.[144,224,1538,1560]" captionTargetBox="[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetId="figure-145@25.[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Figure 16. Pictures in life of (A) Ornithuroscincus bengaun (holotype; BPBM 37741); (B) Ornithuroscincus pterophilus (holotype; BPBM 45705); (C) Ornithuroscincus sabini (BPBM 16761); (D) Ornithuroscincus shearmani (holotype; BPBM 47951); (E) Ornithuroscincus viridis (holotype; BPBM 44744). Images A, C by Fred Kraus, images B, D, E by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530735" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530735/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">Figs 16</figureCitation>
|
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,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1401,1428,1209,1230]" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="30.[163,242,812,834]" captionTargetBox="[166,778,198,769]" captionTargetId="figure-707@30.[163,787,195,772]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="Figure 21. Ornithuroscincus pterophilus holotype (BPBM 45705) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530745" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530745/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">21</figureCitation>
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), dorsal colour light brown, with pale yellow to white dorsolateral stripes; lateral field black dorsally, light brown ventrally, diffusing to ventral surfaces, with parallel heavily fragmented vertical bars extending ventrally from dorsolateral stripes, made up of pale yellow spots; chest and abdomen lime green; ventral surfaces of proximal third of tail, thighs and precloacal region lemon yellow; ventral surface of distal twothirds of tail white; palmar and plantar surfaces lemon yellow to dark brown.
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</paragraph>
|
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<emphasis box="[827,955,1579,1600]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">Variation:</emphasis>
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Adult body size
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|
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SVL (mean = 55.9, SD = 4.2,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1094,1135,1609,1630]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">N =</emphasis>
|
||
12). Females (mean = 57.4, range = 51.6–62.3, SD = 3.8,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1204,1251,1640,1661]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">N =</emphasis>
|
||
8) have larger average size than males (mean = 53.0, range = 50.1– 57.7, SD = 3.6,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1007,1050,1701,1722]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">N =</emphasis>
|
||
4). Forelimbs 27.0–33.7% of SVL (mean = 30.4%, SD = 2.2,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1139,1183,1732,1753]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">N =</emphasis>
|
||
12). Hindlimbs 33.3– 42.5% of SVL (mean = 38.0%, SD = 2.7,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1283,1326,1763,1784]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">N =</emphasis>
|
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12). Scale rows at midbody 28–42 (mean = 33.4, SD = 4.58,
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="264">N =</emphasis>
|
||
18), with lower counts for specimens from the Kokoda Track (BPBM 44634–37, 44843–44, 44855 and 44859; range = 28–31) vs.
|
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<taxonomicName box="[1133,1266,1885,1907]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="44" pageNumber="264" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
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(BPBM 45669, 45704–06, 45710–11 and 45713–16; range = 30–42); paravertebral scales 50–67 (mean = 60.4, SD = 3.91,
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,188,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N =</emphasis>
|
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18). Lamellae under 4th toe 17–23 (mean = 19.9, SD = 1.7,
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<emphasis box="[255,296,290,311]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N =</emphasis>
|
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18); single supradigital scales on 4th toe 4–8 (mean = 4.3, SD = 1.18,
|
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<emphasis box="[469,512,320,341]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N =</emphasis>
|
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18). Mostly 1–4 pairs of nuchals, but BPBM 44843 has two nuchals on left side and one on right and BPBM 44844 lacks nuchal on right side, with only single nuchal on left side. Nuchals typically wider than long but roughly as wide as long in BPBM 44635, 44844 and 45713. Primary nuchals usually separated from secondary temporals by single smaller intercalated scale (
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||
<emphasis box="[485,505,535,556]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 13), rarely by two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[153,173,566,587]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 1) and occasionally by none (
|
||
<emphasis box="[542,562,566,587]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 4). Prefrontals either in narrow medial contact (
|
||
<emphasis box="[533,553,596,617]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 8) or separated by contact of frontal and frontonasal (
|
||
<emphasis box="[591,611,627,648]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 10). Nasal scale single in all but BPBM 44637, where nasal scale is divided by suture extending medioposteriorly from nostril. Presubocular almost always single (
|
||
<emphasis box="[666,686,719,740]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 16), but absent in BPBM 44843, and two in BPBM 44635. Supraciliaries either seven (
|
||
<emphasis box="[478,498,780,801]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 5) or eight (
|
||
<emphasis box="[667,687,780,801]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 13). Anteriormost supraciliary either in contact with frontal (
|
||
<emphasis box="[238,258,842,863]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 11) or not (
|
||
<emphasis box="[413,433,842,863]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 7). Postsuboculars usually two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[205,225,872,893]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 14), occasionally three (
|
||
<emphasis box="[546,566,872,893]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 4). Secondary temporals usually two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[422,442,903,924]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 13), but occasionally one (
|
||
<emphasis box="[153,173,934,955]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 4), and in BPBM 45713 three. Supralabials almost always seven (
|
||
<emphasis box="[307,327,964,985]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 16), rarely six (
|
||
<emphasis box="[522,542,964,985]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2). Posteriormost supralabial fragmented by horizontal suture on left side in BPBM 44635. Infralabials usually six (
|
||
<emphasis box="[671,691,1026,1047]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 15), rarely seven (
|
||
<emphasis box="[301,321,1056,1077]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2) or eight (
|
||
<emphasis box="[483,503,1056,1077]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 1).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[145,761,197,1415]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
Dark brown spots on dorsum vary from small and hardly distinguishable (BPBM 44855) to large enough to form the appearance of dark brown base coloration (BPBM 45669 and 45710). In general, populations from higher elevations on
|
||
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|
||
(BPBM 45669– 716) have darker dorsal coloration than populations from lower elevations along the Kokoda Track (BPBM 44634–859). Dorsolateral stripes distinct in all but BPBM 44843 and 44845, in which they are indistinguishable in preservative, but were extremely pale in life.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[145,761,1456,1907]" lastBlockId="45.[809,1424,197,250]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
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<emphasis box="[145,306,1456,1477]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Colour in life:</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal surfaces light to dark coppery brown, with small to large dark brown to black spots in two to four more-or-less transverse rows, often extending into two transverse rows along tail (
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="25.[144,224,1538,1560]" captionTargetBox="[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetId="figure-145@25.[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Figure 16. Pictures in life of (A) Ornithuroscincus bengaun (holotype; BPBM 37741); (B) Ornithuroscincus pterophilus (holotype; BPBM 45705); (C) Ornithuroscincus sabini (BPBM 16761); (D) Ornithuroscincus shearmani (holotype; BPBM 47951); (E) Ornithuroscincus viridis (holotype; BPBM 44744). Images A, C by Fred Kraus, images B, D, E by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530735" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530735/files/figure.png" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Figs 16</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[188,216,1578,1599]" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="30.[163,242,812,834]" captionTargetBox="[166,778,198,769]" captionTargetId="figure-707@30.[163,787,195,772]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="Figure 21. Ornithuroscincus pterophilus holotype (BPBM 45705) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530745" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530745/files/figure.png" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">21</figureCitation>
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). Dorsolateral stripes pale yellow. Sides dark brown to jet black, diffusely giving way ventrally to lighter brown, marked with parallel vertical bars of pale white spots. Venter uniform lime green, often with lemon yellow on tail, precloacal region and thighs. Yellow occasionally absent (BPBM 44843) and lime-green ventral coloration can be pale (BPBM 44843 and 45710). Chin often paler than abdomen. Ventral surfaces of tail and precloacal region occasionally marked with dark brown spots. Juveniles appear to have bright orange tails. Palmar and plantar surfaces light or dark brown to lemon yellow.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[809,1425,290,404]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,937,290,311]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Etymology:</emphasis>
|
||
Masculine Latinized compound adjective derived from the Greek
|
||
<emphasis box="[1075,1139,322,343]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">pteris</emphasis>
|
||
, fern, and
|
||
<emphasis box="[1257,1326,321,342]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">philos</emphasis>
|
||
, lover of, reflecting that most specimens collected on
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1297,1424,352,374]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
|
||
were found sheltered between fronds of tree ferns.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[809,1425,445,835]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,957,445,466]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Distribution:</emphasis>
|
||
Known only from
|
||
<quantity box="[1178,1333,445,467]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.386" metricValueMax="2.836" metricValueMin="1.936" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" unit="m" value="2386.0" valueMax="2836.0" valueMin="1936.0">1936–2836 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l. in the south-eastern Owen Stanley Mountains,
|
||
<collectingCountry name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Currently two populations are known: one from the south-eastern slopes of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1282,1423,537,559]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
|
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(
|
||
<quantity box="[816,980,567,589]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.76" metricValueMax="2.84" metricValueMin="2.68" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" unit="m" value="2760.0" valueMax="2840.0" valueMin="2680.0">2680–2840 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.) and one from the crest of the Owen Stanley Mountains along the Kokoda Track, at “1900 Crossing” (
|
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|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1125,1260,629,651]" degrees="147.7264" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" precision="5" value="147.7264">147.7264°E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; WGS 84) and a single specimen from the nearby Myola dry lake beds. Presumably,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1023,1184,690,711]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1023,1184,690,711]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs more broadly around
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[899,1031,721,743]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
|
||
in suitable habitats, but its exact distribution remains to be determined. Nevertheless, it is likely that, similar to most other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[809,1007,813,834]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,1007,813,834]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, its overall distribution is narrow.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[809,1426,875,1695]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,996,875,896]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Natural history:</emphasis>
|
||
On
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1059,1193,875,897]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
|
||
, most animals were found in the Isuani Basin high-elevation grassland (>
|
||
<quantity box="[841,927,937,958]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" unit="m" value="2800.0">2800 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.), dominated by
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Blume" authorityName="Blume" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Gleicheniaceae" genus="Gleichenia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gleicheniales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vulcanica">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1180,1425,937,958]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Gleichenia vulcanica</emphasis>
|
||
Blume
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
ferns, together with a variety of grasses and sedges, particularly
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1077,1262,998,1019]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Calamagrostis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1077,1262,998,1019]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Calamagrostis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1283,1418,998,1019]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Danthonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1283,1418,998,1019]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Danthonia</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[809,981,1029,1050]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Deschampsia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,981,1029,1050]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Deschampsia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1005,1102,1029,1050]" class="Liliopsida" family="Cyperaceae" genus="Gahnia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1005,1102,1029,1050]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Gahnia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1179,1225,1029,1050]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1179,1225,1029,1050]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Poa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
together with
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[809,893,1059,1080]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asteliaceae" genus="Astelia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,893,1059,1080]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Astelia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[912,1057,1059,1081]" class="Liliopsida" family="Asteliaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Asteliaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
). There are clumps of shrubs, particularly on the grassland margins, dominated by
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="F. Muell." authorityName="F. Muell." box="[846,1209,1121,1143]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Gaultheria" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mundula">
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<emphasis box="[846,1097,1121,1142]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Gaultheria mundula</emphasis>
|
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F.Muell.
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Dimorphanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1223,1424,1121,1142]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Dimorphanthera</emphasis>
|
||
spp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[873,1107,1151,1173]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[873,1048,1151,1172]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Rhododendron</emphasis>
|
||
spp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="F. Muell" authorityName="F. Muell" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="amblyandrum">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1121,1425,1151,1173]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Vaccinium amblyandrum</emphasis>
|
||
F.Muell
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[919,1223,1182,1203]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Acrothamnus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="suaveolens">
|
||
<emphasis box="[919,1223,1182,1203]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Acrothamnus suaveolens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Hook.f.) Quinn and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[863,1051,1213,1234]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Hypericaceae" genus="Hypericum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[863,994,1213,1234]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Hypericum</emphasis>
|
||
spp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Animals were found sheltered between fronds of tree ferns (
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1160,1329,1243,1265]" class="Polypodiopsida" family="Cyatheaceae" genus="Alsophila" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cyatheales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1160,1272,1243,1264]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Alsophila</emphasis>
|
||
spp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) during daytime hours, with air temperatures between 17 and 18°C. Animals were not observed as active, but this may have been due to drought conditions induced by the 2015–16 El Niño.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[809,1426,875,1695]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
Three animals were collected from regenerating cloud forest at slightly lower elevations (“Chopper Pad Camp”,
|
||
<quantity box="[905,993,1458,1480]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.68" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" unit="m" value="2680.0">2680 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.), also under shelter. The area had apparently been cleared 5–10 years previously and was dominated by second growth, particularly
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[809,1016,1550,1572]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Decaspermum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,975,1551,1572]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Decaspermum</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and other myrtaceous shrubs and small trees. Nearby mature cloud forest was dominated by the conifer,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Wasscher) de Laub." authorityName="de Laub." baseAuthorityName="Wasscher" class="Pinopsida" family="Podocarpaceae" genus="Dacrycarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="compactus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[980,1255,1612,1633]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Dacrycarpus compactus</emphasis>
|
||
(Wasscher) de Laub.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which forms nearly pure stands in many areas fringing the grassland.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[809,1424,1733,1785]" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,969,1733,1754]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Reproduction:</emphasis>
|
||
Viviparous. Litter size varies between 2–3 (mean 2.3,
|
||
<emphasis box="[982,1024,1764,1785]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">N =</emphasis>
|
||
4).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="45.[809,1425,1823,1907]" lastBlockId="46.[163,780,196,679]" lastPageId="46" lastPageNumber="266" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,1029,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">Conservationstatus:</emphasis>
|
||
Populationsizeandtrendunknown, but animals were not abundant in sampled localities. Based on the populations sampled herein,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1271,1424,1885,1906]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="45" pageNumber="265" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1271,1424,1885,1906]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="265">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has an extent of occurrence of
|
||
<quantity box="[512,597,197,219]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.56" pageId="46" pageNumber="266" unit="km" value="156.0">156 km</quantity>
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[597,605,196,208]" fontSize="5" pageId="46" pageNumber="266">2</superScript>
|
||
and an area of occupancy of
|
||
<quantity box="[309,378,228,250]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="46" pageNumber="266" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[378,386,227,239]" fontSize="5" pageId="46" pageNumber="266">2</superScript>
|
||
(based on occupation of
|
||
<quantity box="[654,710,228,250]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="46" pageNumber="266" unit="km" value="4.0">4 km</quantity>
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[710,718,227,239]" fontSize="5" pageId="46" pageNumber="266">2</superScript>
|
||
cells; both calculated using http://geocat.kew.org/). It does not occur near any protected areas. The species appears to be most common in high-elevation grasslands, and the availability of such habitats would therefore greatly impact its exact distribution boundaries. Shortly after the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[205,253,412,433]" pageId="46" pageNumber="266">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series was collected there, the grasslands on
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="46" pageNumber="266" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
|
||
experienced extensive anthropogenically-caused bushfires exacerbated by a drought induced by the 2015–2016 El Niño. This likely damaged the habitat and thus the population there. Future warming and severe ENSO events due to climate change are likely to cause continued degradation of suitable habitat. Therefore, we recommend assigning a status of Endangered B1ab(iii) to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[190,344,657,678]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="46" pageNumber="266" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[190,344,657,678]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="266">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |