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<mods:title>Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species</mods:title>
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<paragraph blockId="40.[972,1297,743,768]" box="[972,1297,743,768]" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">DAGA SMOOTH- EARED SKINK</paragraph>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[1015,1147,782,807]" captionStart-0="Figure 16" captionStart-1="Figure 17" captionStartId-0="25.[144,224,1538,1560]" captionStartId-1="26.[163,241,1603,1625]" captionTargetBox-0="[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetBox-1="[421,1187,195,1563]" captionTargetId-0="figure-145@25.[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetId-1="figure-117@26.[419,1187,195,1563]" captionTargetPageId-0="25" captionTargetPageId-1="26" captionText-0="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." captionText-1="Figure 17. Ornithuroscincus bengaun holotype (BPBM 37741), 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-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530735" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530737" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/6530735/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/6530737/files/figure.png" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">FIGS 16–17</figureCitation>
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;
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)
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<emphasis box="[827,1160,821,845]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n:</emphasis>
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u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act:
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-03-20" collectorName="F. Kraus & Sota" country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="1860" latitude="-9.758" location="Mt Dayman" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="149.1822" pageId="40" pageNumber="260" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Milne Bay" typeStatus="holotype">
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:
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BPBM 37741 (field tag FK 15374), adult male, collected by
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at
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,
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,
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, saddle between
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<emphasis box="[827,942,1110,1131]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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A moderate-sized species of
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(adult SVL
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), characterized by the unique combination of long limbs (forelimbs 36.3% of SVL, hindlimbs 47.3% of SVL); frontoparietals fused; nuchals single pair; paravertebral scales 55; mid-body scale rows 30; 4
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digit on front foot no longer than 3
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; subdigital lamellae 20 under 4
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toe; single supradigital scales six on 4
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toe; dorsal coloration uniform bronze; slightly zigzag unfragmented dorsolateral stripes present, one to one and a half scales wide, extending from orbital region to tail, pale brown in preservative, pale yellow in life; dark brown lateral field present, speckled with light blue spots a single scale wide; ventral surfaces uniform light blue in preservative, darker on the chin; brown spotting absent from chin, abdomen, thighs and precloacal region; light brown spotting present on ventral surfaces of tail; palmar and plantar surfaces light brown.
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Comparisons:
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differs from all other species of
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<emphasis box="[1008,1204,1693,1714]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
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by its distinct colour pattern consisting of uniform bronze mid-dorsum with distinct, thick, pale brown dorsolateral stripes. It further differs from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" box="[955,1115,1785,1806]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="40" pageNumber="260" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis">
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<emphasis box="[955,1115,1785,1806]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">O.albodorsalis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1124,1266,1785,1807]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="40" pageNumber="260" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia">
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<emphasis box="[1124,1266,1785,1807]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">O.nototaenia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis box="[1275,1370,1785,1806]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">O.sabini</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1418,1443,1785,1806]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">O.</emphasis>
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cf.
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<emphasis box="[856,948,1816,1837]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">venemai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in having fused (vs. unfused) frontoparietals and by lacking a parietal eye spot (vs. present). It further differs from
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[967,1123,1877,1899]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="40" pageNumber="260" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
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<emphasis box="[967,992,1877,1898]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">O.</emphasis>
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cf.
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<emphasis box="[1030,1123,1878,1899]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="260">venemai</emphasis>
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by having a higher count of midbody scale rows (30 vs. 24–26;
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<bibRefCitation author="Brongersma LD" box="[529,746,197,219]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261" 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>
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). It further differs from
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<emphasis box="[411,584,228,249]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">O. albodorsalis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis box="[599,709,228,250]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">O. noctua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis box="[145,304,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">O. nototaenia</emphasis>
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by having a higher count of midbody scale rows (30 vs. 22–26, 23–28 and 24–25, respectively;
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<bibRefCitation author="Zweifel RG" box="[145,289,320,342]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261" pagination="1 - 21" refId="ref46980" refString="Zweifel RG. 1979. Variation in the scincid lizard Lipinia noctua and notes on other Lipinia from the New Guinea region. American Museum Novitates 2676: 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="1979">Zweifel, 1979</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Shea G & Greer AE" box="[300,513,320,342]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261" pagination="148 - 156" refId="ref46273" refString="Shea G, Greer AE. 2002. From Spehnomorphus to Lipinia: generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. Journal of Herpetology 36: 148 - 156." type="journal article" year="2002">Shea & Greer, 2002</bibRefCitation>
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).
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Description of the
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<typeStatus box="[346,439,374,395]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">holotype</typeStatus>
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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 shallow contact with frontal; prefrontals large, separated by frontonasal and frontal contact, bordered ventrolaterally by two loreals; supraoculars four, anterior two in contact with frontal, posterior three in contact with frontoparietals; frontal kite shaped, widest anteriorly, suture with frontoparietal shallowly convex; frontoparietals fused, in contact with frontal; interparietal smaller than fused frontoparietal, kite shaped, widest anteriorly; parietal eye spot absent; parietals in contact behind interparietal, in contact anteriorly with frontoparietal, posteriormost supraocular and pretemporals; nuchals single pair, transversely enlarged, wider than long, separated from secondary temporal by a single intercalated scale of similar size to nuchal. Anterior loreal smaller than posterior loreal, higher than long; posterior loreal roughly as high as long; lower preocular rectangular; upper preocular much smaller, longer than high; presuboculars two; postsuboculars two, lower interdigitated between subocular supralabial and penultimate supralabial; lower eyelid scaly, moveable, with an opaque palpebral disc of roughly similar size as ear opening; supraciliaries eight, anteriormost in shallow 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 moderate sized 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 single medial scale, third pair separated by three medial scales; posteriormost chin shield in contact with penultimate infralabial. Body scales smooth, in 30 rows at midbody; paravertebral scales 55; medial precloacal scales enlarged, overlapping lateral precloacals. Scales on dorsal surface of 4th toe in two rows proximally, single row distally beginning before third interphalangeal joint, six single scales; subdigital lamellae under 4th toe 20, smooth. In preservative (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="26.[163,241,1603,1625]" captionTargetBox="[421,1187,195,1563]" captionTargetId="figure-117@26.[419,1187,195,1563]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figure 17. Ornithuroscincus bengaun holotype (BPBM 37741), 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.6530737" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530737/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
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), dorsum uniform bronze; dorsolateral stripes present as thick (1.0–1.5 scales wide), unfragmented, slightly zigzag pale brown stripes extending from orbital region to tail, framed laterally by thin, dark brown stripes; dark brown lateral field present, extending from dorsolateral stripe ventrally to just above the limbs, and speckled with pale blue spots a single scale wide; head scales similar in coloration to dorsal scales, apart from palercoloured supraciliaries, which make up anterior edges of dorsolateral stripe; ventral surfaces uniformly pale blue in preservative, darker on the chin, and lacking brown spotting on the chin, abdomen, thighs and precloacal region; light brown spotting present on ventral surfaces of tail; palmar and plantar surfaces light brown.
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<paragraph blockId="41.[809,1426,627,925]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">
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<emphasis box="[809,959,627,649]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">Colour in life:</emphasis>
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Dorsal surfaces uniform olive green (
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<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="41" pageNumber="261">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
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). Dorsolateral stripes paler bronze. Lateral field medium brown, darker along dorsal margin, flecked with pale bronze (dorsally) or white (ventrally) spots a single scale wide. Field notes in life stated: “Olive green above with metallic yellow-brown dorsolateral stripe; sides brown with pale yellow-brown spots. Face brown; temporal region brown with metallic green sheen. Chin white with pale green sheen, chest and abdomen metallic green yellow, under tail orange”.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="41.[809,1426,961,1044]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">
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<emphasis box="[809,935,961,982]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">Etymology:</emphasis>
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The name is from the Daga word
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<emphasis box="[1322,1419,961,982]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">bengaun</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, a small, dark lizard. Daga is the language spoken in the area from which this species was collected.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="41.[809,1425,1079,1193]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">
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<emphasis box="[809,955,1079,1100]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">Distribution:</emphasis>
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Known from a single specimen collected at
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<quantity box="[841,929,1110,1132]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.86" pageId="41" pageNumber="261" unit="m" value="1860.0">1860 m</quantity>
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a.s.l. on the northern slopes of the Owen Stanley Mts, near the saddle between Mt Dayman and Mt Suckling.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="41.[809,1425,1229,1312]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">
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<emphasis box="[809,992,1229,1250]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">Natural history:</emphasis>
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The single specimen was collected in primary rainforest, but no information on microhabitat is available.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="41.[809,1425,1347,1553]" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">
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<emphasis box="[809,1071,1348,1369]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">Conservation status:</emphasis>
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Only known from a single specimen, and more information is required for a proper assessment. It does not occur near any protected areas, but it occurs in a large, unbroken band of untouched mid-elevation forest that has no serious human habitat disturbance. We recommend assigning a status of Data Deficient to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1136,1264,1531,1553]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="41" pageNumber="261" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bengaun">
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<emphasis box="[1136,1264,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="261">O. bengaun</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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