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)
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.
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Collected
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by A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker.
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R
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by A.H. Whitaker and V.A. Whitaker;
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, Province Nord,
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N Koumac, Rivière Néhoué,
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, collected
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by A.M. Bauer, R.A. Sadlier, T.R. Jackman, G. Watkins-Colwell, and S.A. Smith.
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</paragraph>
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.
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FFA1FFB90950F81CD515B1C9" box="[328,528,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FFA1FFB90A0FF81CD54AB1C9" bold="true" box="[535,591,1949,1973]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">n. sp</emphasis>
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.
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is a large (to
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SVL) diplodactylid. It may be distinguished from its sister taxon
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FFA1FFB90907F843D6A6B1A5" box="[287,419,1985,2009]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">M. chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by its much lower number of precloacal pores in males (<95 [range 54–91]
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FFA1FFB90D14F843D254B1A5" box="[1292,1361,1986,2009]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">versus</emphasis>
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~120) typically arranged in three (
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), rather than four rows. Color comparisons between the two species of
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF86088FFF3DD62DB6A8" box="[151,296,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Mniarogekko</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are difficult to make. There are relatively few wild caught
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF9EFF860BCDFF3CD35BB6A8" box="[981,1118,188,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chahoua">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF860BCDFF3CD35BB6A8" box="[981,1118,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">M. chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in museum collections and captive animals have been bred for particular color patterns (de
|
||
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Vosjoli
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF860BAAFF60D4EFB684" box="[946,1002,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">et al.</emphasis>
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2003
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</bibRefCitation>
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) so ‘wild type’ coloration, which is itself already quite variable (
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF9EFF8609EAFE85D57CB760" author="Bauer" box="[498,633,260,284]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Bauer, A. M. (1985) Notes on the taxonomy, morphology and behaviour of Rhacodactylus chahoua (Bavay) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 36, 81 - 94" type="journal article" year="1985">Bauer 1985</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF9EFF860A9DFE85D478B760" author="Seipp" box="[645,893,260,284]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Seipp, R. & Henkel, F. - W. (2000) Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History and Husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 173 pp." type="book" year="2000">Seipp & Henkel 2000</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF9EFF860B90FE85D4C7B760" author="Henkel" box="[904,962,260,284]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Seipp, R. & Henkel, F. - W. (2011) Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History and Husbandry, 2 nd ed. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 173 pp." type="book" year="2011">2011</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF9EFF860BD6FE85D349B760" author="Stark" box="[974,1100,260,284]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Stark, T. (2006) Ervaringen Rhacodactylus chahoua. Lacerta, 64 (2), 48 - 54." type="journal article" year="2006">Stark 2006</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF9EFF860C4FFE84D3FDB760" author="Langner" box="[1111,1272,260,285]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Langner, C. (2009) Der Neukaledonische Flechtengecko, Rhacodactylus chahoua. Draco, 9 (4), 64 - 71." type="journal article" year="2009">Langner 2009</bibRefCitation>
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), is difficult to characterize. Ventral body coloration in the new species seems to be uniformly a pale yellowish green (
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<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF9EFF860D7BFEA6D7E5B718" captionStart-0="FIGURE 19" captionStart-1="FIGURE 20" captionStartId-0="33.[151,250,1642,1665]" captionStartId-1="36.[151,250,1902,1925]" captionTargetBox-0="[313,1273,980,1620]" captionTargetBox-1="[313,1273,1057,1880]" captionTargetId-0="figure@33.[313,1273,980,1622]" captionTargetId-1="figure@36.[313,1273,1057,1881]" captionTargetPageId-0="33" captionTargetPageId-1="36" captionText-0="FIGURE 19. Ventral view of cloacal region of freshly euthanized male paratype (AMS R 161224) of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. from Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule, Province Nord, New Caledonia showing the extent of the rows of precloacal porebearing scales (arrows) and the greenish tinge of the venter. Photo by A. H. Whitaker." captionText-1="FIGURE 20. Ventral view of freshly euthanized specimens of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. from Île Art, Îles Belep showing the heavily patterned venter with greenish-yellow tinge. From left to right: holotype (MNHN 2012.0211), paratypes (AMS R 161286, AMS R 161287, AMS R 161288). Photo by A. H. Whitaker." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/211753/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/211754/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figs. 19–20</figureCitation>
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), whereas
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF86094FFECCD6D9B718" box="[343,476,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">M. chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is often white or cream, with a greenish tinge localized to some parts of the venter.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9EFF86088FFACBD437B3D9" blockId="32.[151,1436,1354,1445]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF86088FFACBD624B31C" bold="true" box="[151,289,1354,1377]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
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Distribution map of
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF8609E2FACAD5DBB31D" box="[506,734,1355,1377]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Mniarogekko chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(green symbols) and
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||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF9EFF860BA7FACDD30CB31D" box="[959,1033,1355,1377]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF860BA7FACDD30CB31D" box="[959,1033,1355,1377]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">M. jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="FDA1579EFF9EFF860C0AFACAD366B31C" box="[1042,1123,1355,1376]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF860C0AFACAD366B31C" bold="true" box="[1042,1123,1355,1376]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(red symbols). Type localities are marked by stars. The question mark on the Île des Pins represents numerous literature records for
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF9EFF860CD9FAECD23EB3FE" box="[1217,1339,1388,1410]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chahoua">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF860CD9FAECD23EB3FE" box="[1217,1339,1388,1410]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">M. chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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that lack precise locality data. See Appendix for a list of localities mapped.
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||
</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection id="9CFC657CFF9EFF8208DFFA54D604B590" lastPageId="36" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="description">
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9EFF8708DFFA54D5CEB718" blockId="32.[151,1437,1493,2021]" lastBlockId="33.[151,1436,151,356]" lastPageId="33" lastPageNumber="34" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9EFF8608DFFA54D65CB392" bold="true" box="[199,345,1493,1518]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Description.</emphasis>
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(data from adult male
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<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9EFF860A73FA54D5D5B391" box="[619,720,1493,1517]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, MNHN 2012.0211). Specimen fixed with mouth open wide; abdominal incision for removal of liver sample for DNA. SVL
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||
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; TailL
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF9EFF860C34FA78D394B06D" box="[1068,1169,1529,1553]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.62" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" unit="mm" value="76.2">76.2 mm</quantity>
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(of which 19.0 mm are regenerated); TrunkL
|
||
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; HeadL
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF9EFF860A4FF99CD5BAB049" box="[599,703,1565,1589]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2399999999999998" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" unit="mm" value="32.4">32.4 mm</quantity>
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; HeadW
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF9EFF860B31F99CD494B049" box="[809,913,1565,1589]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.28" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" unit="mm" value="22.8">22.8 mm</quantity>
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; SnEye
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF9EFF860BF6F99CD353B049" box="[1006,1110,1565,1589]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.26" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" unit="mm" value="12.6">12.6 mm</quantity>
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; OrbD 7.0 mm; EyeEar
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<quantity id="131E9B12FF9EFF860D73F99CD7C3B025" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.06" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" unit="mm" value="10.6">10.6 mm</quantity>
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. Body moderately long (TrunkL = 42% SVL), robust, slightly depressed. Head oblong, large (HeadL = 26% SVL), wide (HeadW = 70% HeadL), well demarcated from neck (
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); nasofrontal region somewhat depressed; canthus prominent; snout relatively long (SnEye = 39% HeadL), much longer than eye diameter (OrbD = 56% SnEye). Scales on dorsum of snout approximately two times the diameter of those on occipital region. Eye relatively small (OrbD = 22% HeadL); pupil oval, margins crenellated. Ear opening approximately two times longer than high, canted posterodorsally to anteroventrally at <30° to the horizontal; eye to ear distance much longer than diameter of eyes (EyeEar = 150% OrbD). Rostral rectangular, more than twice as broad (
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) as high (
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), a very short rostral crease dorsally, contacted posteriorly by three small pentagonal internasals and two large supranasals, each approximately three times the size of larger (lateral) internasals; contacted posteroventrally by first supralabial. Nostrils oval to round, laterally oriented, surrounded by rostral, five (left) to seven (right) circumnarial scales, including enlarged supranasal, and narrowly contacted by first supralabial. Mental triangular, as deep as broad (
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<quantity id="131E9B12FF9EFF860A20F84CD590B199" box="[568,661,1997,2021]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" unit="mm" value="3.2">3.2 mm</quantity>
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). First infralabials somewhat elongate, narrowly separated from one another posterior to the mental by a small, irregular postmental scale. Scales in four to five rows posterior to anterior infralabials and three to five rows medial to posterior infralabials slightly enlarged and elongate (3–5 times size of throat granules. 12(right)–14(left) enlarged supralabial scales, posteriormost only about 3 times size of rictal scales, 10 supralabials to midpoint of orbit; 12 (right)–13 (left) enlarged infralabial scales; 44 scale rows between supraciliaries, 21 scale rows across frontal bones at midpoint of orbit. Supraciliary scales forming a denticulated row, posterior two thirds of scales distinctly spiny.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9FFF87088FFC0AD289B5DE" blockId="33.[151,1420,907,930]" box="[151,1420,907,930]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9FFF87088FFC0AD61FB5DD" bold="true" box="[151,282,907,930]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
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Preserved holotype (MNHN 2012.0211) of
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9FFF870ADEFC0DD474B5DE" box="[710,881,908,930]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9FFF870B6FFC0DD4C1B5DD" bold="true" box="[887,964,908,929]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="FDA1579EFF9FFF870B6FFC0DD4C1B5DD" box="[887,964,908,929]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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from Île Art, Îles Belep. Photo by A.M. Bauer.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9FFF87088FF9EBD4F0B0C2" blockId="33.[151,1436,1642,1727]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9FFF87088FF9EBD61AB0FC" bold="true" box="[151,287,1642,1665]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
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Ventral view of cloacal region of freshly euthanized male paratype (AMS R161224) of
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF9FFF870C8BF9EAD240B0FD" box="[1171,1349,1643,1665]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9FFF870C8BF9EAD240B0FD" box="[1171,1349,1643,1665]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9FFF870D54F9EAD29EB0FC" bold="true" box="[1356,1435,1643,1664]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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from Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule, Province Nord, New Caledonia showing the extent of the rows of precloacal porebearing scales (arrows) and the greenish tinge of the venter. Photo by A.H. Whitaker.
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</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
|
||
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Dorsal scales small, weakly heterogeneous, domed to weakly conical, oval to rounded, highest point slightly posterior of center, each separated from one another by a rosette of six surrounding triangular scales; ventral scales ~1.5 times diameter of dorsals, smooth, flattened, subimbricate, enlarged in precloacal region. Posterior abdominal scales rounded, mid-abdominal scales slightly elongate. Approximately 189 scale rows around mid-body. Welldefined non-denticulate ventrolateral skin folds from just anterior to angle of jaw to anterior thigh. Distinct folds on anterior and posterior margins of forelimb almost to base of palm; postaxial margin of hindlimb with fold from base of thigh to ankle. Scales of fore limbs not differing from dorsals, although slightly subimbricate near limb insertion; scales of hind limbs subimbricate near limb insertion, distally, near ankle, granular and in regular rows, without rosettes of triangular interscales. Scales on palms and soles smooth, flattened. Fore- and hindlimbs short and thick (ForeaL/SVL ratio 0.12; CrusL/SVL ratio 0.15), axillary pocket well developed. Digits short, all bearing claws, those on digit I of both manus and pes reduced and partially sheathed, remaining claws long and strongly recurved; relative length of digits of manus: IV>III>V>II>I, and of pes: IV~V~III>II>I; digits moderately webbed; digits III and IV of pes tightly bound along length of elongate metatarsals. Subdigital lamellae all unpaired, somewhat bowed, with lateral margins gently angled distally (except for proximalmost ones which are straight, particularly in digit I). Claw of digit I, manus and pes, lies between a smaller lateral and a larger (twice size of lateral in manual digit, four times larger in pedal) medial apical scansor. Lamellar counts from right (and left) sides 13-16-19-21-14 (
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||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840942FE55D6ECB790" box="[346,489,468,492]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="1919-12-18" valueMax="1919-12-20" valueMin="1919-12-18">12-18-20-19</date>
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-17) manus and
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840ABCFE55D435B790" box="[676,816,468,492]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="1918-12-18" valueMax="1918-12-16" valueMin="1918-12-18">12-18-16-18</date>
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-15 (13-16-19-19-15) pes (excludes apical scansors of digit I).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9CFF8408DFFD9DD310B5CA" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1937]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
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||
Large precloacal pores in a patch of somewhat enlarged scales, arranged in two rows (anterior to posterior) of 21 (L) + 20 (R), and 17 (L) + 18 (R), with left and right sides separated by a single poreless scale. Posterior row fragmented with some poreless scales separating pored scales on each side of ventral midline. Pores extend only on to very base of thighs. Hemipenial bulge large; cloacal spurs on raised base just posterior to hindlimb insertion, with a single very large, flattened, conical, posterodorsolaterally-directed scale subtended by a series of two (right) or 3 (left) smaller scales of similar form. Tail (approximately 25% regenerated in
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840C4AFD4AD3B3B49F" box="[1106,1206,715,739]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
) 62% of snout-vent length, thick, roughly round in cross-section, with a distinct longitudinal dorsal crease. Caudal scales small, flat, juxtaposed (proximally) to weakly subimbricate (distally), squarish to rectangular with rounded free margins, arranged in regular rows. Surface of tail weakly segmented, caudal scale rows forming whorls, each whorl 8 dorsal scale rows and 6 ventral scale rows long; ventral caudals 1.5–4.0 times larger than dorsals, midventral caudal scales not enlarged. Midventral scales of pygal region smaller than those of post-pygal region. Rows of scales on regenerated portion of tail not arranged in segments, with some irregular scales.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9CFF8408DFFC40D488B2D0" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1937]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
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||
Color in preservative (based on
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840A49FC40D5BCB5A5" box="[593,697,961,985]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
): Dorsum a mottled mid-brown with slightly lighter irregular transverse markings over shoulder and posterior abdomen (
|
||
<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF9CFF840B36FC65D484B580" box="[814,897,996,1020]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="33.[151,246,907,930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,409,885]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[151,1436,409,886]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURE 18. Preserved holotype (MNHN 2012.0211) of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. from Île Art, Îles Belep. Photo by A. M. Bauer." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/211752/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
|
||
). A dark triangle over occiput and nape, with its apex directed posteriorly. Irregular darker brown patches over lumbar region and posterior sacrum. A small, oval reddish-brown spot on nape just left of center. Scattered white scales forming isolated patches of speckling from the posterior border of the orbit, above and below the ear, along neck and on to shoulder, where they are dense enough to form a broken shoulder patch. Additional scattered white scales forming scattered clusters along the trunk, mostly on flanks, across sacrum, and on pygal portion of tail.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9CFF8408DFFB39D50FB3FC" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1937]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Muzzle and occiput darker brown; crown grayish brown, similar to lighter transverse markings on trunk. A pale, diffuse, whitish line extending from posteriormost corner of orbit towards ear. Labial scales beige with slightly darker margins. Limbs similar to dorsum, with irregular, alternating lighter grayish and darker grayishbrown markings; a narrow band of white scales at junction between each set of alternating markings on forelimbs. Palms and soles grayish-cream. Tail roughly same color as dorsum, with mottling of brown and grayish-brown and several thin grayish-white bands.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9CFF8408DFFA0DD3A0B395" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1937]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Venter cream with incomplete, diffuse, pale brown transverse chevrons that are continuous laterally with markings on ventrolateral folds, forming a barred pattern along the fold between the limb insertions. Tail venter pale brown with some narrow pale bands. See Variation for a discussion of coloration in life.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9CFF8408DFFA75D31CB1EC" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1937]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9CFF8408DFFA75D646B071" bold="true" box="[199,323,1524,1549]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Osteology.</emphasis>
|
||
Vertebral counts are typical for diplodactylid geckos, with 26 presacral and 2 sacral vertebrae. The first three cervical vertebrae are without ribs, as is the last presacral (lumbar) vertebra. The caudal skeleton typically includes 5 pygal vertebrae, although only 4 are present in CAS
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840BDAF9BAD31FB02F" box="[962,1050,1595,1619]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="59-08-25">250859</date>
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.
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||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840C3BF9BDD395B028" box="[1059,1168,1596,1620]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
CAS
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840CCBF9BAD22FB02F" box="[1235,1322,1595,1619]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="58-08-25">250858</date>
|
||
–59, AMS R
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF8408ACF9DFD60FB00A" box="[180,266,1630,1654]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="37-12-16">161237</date>
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–38,
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||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF84095BF9DFD69FB00A" box="[323,410,1630,1654]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="24-12-16">161224</date>
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,
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF8409B0F9DFD6FAB00A" box="[424,511,1630,1654]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="86-12-16">161286</date>
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||
, and
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840A58F9DFD591B00A" box="[576,660,1630,1654]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="88-12-16">161288</date>
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||
have the tail autotomized in the first post-pygal vertebra. In AMS R
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF8408B2F900D7FBB0E5" box="[170,254,1665,1689]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="87-12-16">161287</date>
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||
the tail is autotomized in the second post-pygal vertebra. MNHN 2012.0211, the
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840CBAF900D202B0E5" box="[1186,1287,1665,1689]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
, has a nearly complete tail, whereas AMS R
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840A10F925D559B0C0" box="[520,604,1700,1724]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="85-12-16">161285</date>
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has a complete tail with 27 post-pygal vertebrae. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840CF8F925D247B0C0" box="[1248,1346,1700,1724]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
and all
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF84088FF948D607B09D" box="[151,258,1737,1761]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
have the tail broken within the first postpygal vertebra. The phalangeal formulae of the manus and pes are unreduced, 2-3-4-5-3 and 2-3-4-5-4, respectively. Total tooth loci in upper jaw of
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840C74F96AD3CBB17F" box="[1132,1230,1771,1795]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
67, of which
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF9CFF840D77F96AD299B17F" box="[1391,1436,1771,1795]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.286" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="in" value="9.0">9 in</quantity>
|
||
premaxilla; total mandibular tooth loci 62. A single pair of crescentic cloacal bones is present in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840D12F88FD269B15A" box="[1290,1388,1806,1830]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
and in all male
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF84090CF8B3D686B136" box="[276,387,1842,1866]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
. In all female
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840A39F8B3D589B136" box="[545,652,1842,1866]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
the extent of the intracranial endolymphatic system is made visible in x-rays by its radio-opaque calcium content. The smallest specimen in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9CFF840BE4F8D4D329B111" box="[1020,1068,1877,1901]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">type</typeStatus>
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||
series, AMS R
|
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<date id="A0581037FF9CFF840CFCF8D5D23FB110" box="[1252,1338,1876,1900]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="85-12-16">161285</date>
|
||
, has the epiphyses of the long bones unfused, indicating that is not yet skeletally mature.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9AFF8208DFFF16D53AB760" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,1004]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9AFF8208DFFF16D63EB6CC" bold="true" box="[199,315,151,176]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Variation.</emphasis>
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||
Comparative mensural data for the
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9AFF820ACCFF16D433B6D3" box="[724,822,151,175]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
and
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9AFF820B74FF19D4DDB6CC" box="[876,984,152,176]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
are given in Table 3. Meristic characters of
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9AFF8208A5FF3CD62DB6A9" box="[189,296,189,213]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
are mostly similar to those of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9AFF820AFBFF3DD44DB6A8" box="[739,840,188,212]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, and are mentioned hereafter only if they differ. Postmentals and anterior chin shields highly heterogeneous in many specimens; first infralabials separated to broadly contacting behind the mental.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9AFF8208DFFEA6D59DB718" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,1004]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
|
||
Female specimens lack precloacal pores. All four male
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9AFF820B75FEA9D4DDB73C" box="[877,984,296,320]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
with three rows of precloacal pores, posteriormost much shorter than anterior two.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9AFF8208DFFEEED7F9B423" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,1004]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
|
||
Color pattern is highly variable across the
|
||
<typeStatus id="0B5D8855FF9AFF820AB5FEF1D5D8B7F4" box="[685,733,368,392]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series (
|
||
<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF9AFF820B2EFEEED48FB7FB" box="[822,906,367,391]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="37.[151,250,1723,1746]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,179,1702]" captionTargetId="figure@37.[151,1436,179,1703]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURE 21. Life photographs of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. from Île Art, Îles Belep (A, B), Dôme de Tiébaghi (C), Rivière Néhoué (D), and Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule (E). Photos by A. H. Whitaker." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/211755/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
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||
), from pale grayish to dark brown, but always with dorsal mottling. A darkish patch on occiput, nape, or shoulders usually present. Dorsal patterning diffuse to bold (AMS R
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9AFF82092BFE36D68CB7B3" box="[307,393,439,463]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="38-12-16">161238</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9AFF82098EFE36D6E8B7B3" box="[406,493,439,463]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="85-12-16">161285</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9AFF8209E2FE36D556B7B3" box="[506,595,439,463]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="88-12-16">161288</date>
|
||
). White scales invariably present, scattered over body; variably expressed but most evident on posterior of head and nape and on shoulders or near forelimb insertions. AMS R16185, which has a largely original tail exhibits irregular caudal banding, with some bands incomplete. Venter variably marked but always with brown mottling, some with distinct, irregular transverse bars or chevrons (AMS R
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9AFF820CF8FDA5D233B440" box="[1248,1334,548,572]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="37-12-16">161237</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9AFF820D59FDA5D29DB440" box="[1345,1432,548,572]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="86-12-16">161286</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="A0581037FF9AFF82088FFDC6D7F5B423" box="[151,240,583,607]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="87-12-16">161287</date>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9AFF8208DFFDECD604B590" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,1004]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
|
||
In life the dorsal coloration is a complex and often irregular pattern of several different colors, including grayish brown, brick red, salmon, and mossy green (
|
||
<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF9AFF820AEBFD0ED44DB4DB" box="[755,840,655,679]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="37.[151,250,1723,1746]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,179,1702]" captionTargetId="figure@37.[151,1436,179,1703]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURE 21. Life photographs of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. from Île Art, Îles Belep (A, B), Dôme de Tiébaghi (C), Rivière Néhoué (D), and Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule (E). Photos by A. H. Whitaker." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/211755/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
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||
). There is typically a white or lichenous green nape patch and the mid-dorsum typically bears a series of dark blotches with lighter centers. The flanks and side of the head bear scattered small white flecks. A dark reddish brown, posteriorly-directed triangle is usually present on the fronto-parietal region of the head. The original tail bears irregular dark blotches on a reddish brown background. The venter from the posterior portion of the throat to the pygal portion of the tail is a pale yellowish-green with diffuse chevrons or transverse bands of brown (
|
||
<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF9AFF820AB1FCC5D5F8B520" box="[681,765,836,860]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="36.[151,250,1902,1925]" captionTargetBox="[313,1273,1057,1880]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[313,1273,1057,1881]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURE 20. Ventral view of freshly euthanized specimens of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. from Île Art, Îles Belep showing the heavily patterned venter with greenish-yellow tinge. From left to right: holotype (MNHN 2012.0211), paratypes (AMS R 161286, AMS R 161287, AMS R 161288). Photo by A. H. Whitaker." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/211754/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
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||
). The anterior portion of the throat is white with dark brown transverse markings, some fusing to form broad swaths of dark pigment, or it may be entirely brown. The iris is silvery and the tongue and mouth lining are unpigmented. Although it is unclear if there are consistent geographical differences in coloration, specimens from Forêt d’Ougne and Néhoué appear greener than those from Île Art and Tiébaghi.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9AFF82088FF8EFD456B1BE" blockId="36.[151,1436,1902,1986]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9AFF82088FF8EFD625B1F8" bold="true" box="[151,288,1902,1925]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
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||
Ventral view of freshly euthanized specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF9AFF820B00F8EED4C9B1F9" box="[792,972,1903,1925]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9AFF820B00F8EED4C9B1F9" box="[792,972,1903,1925]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FDA1579EFF9AFF820BCBF8EED326B1F8" box="[979,1059,1903,1924]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9AFF820BCBF8EED326B1F8" bold="true" box="[979,1059,1903,1924]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
from Île Art, Îles Belep showing the heavily patterned venter with greenish-yellow tinge. From left to right: holotype (MNHN 2012.0211), paratypes (AMS R161286, AMS R161287, AMS R161288). Photo by A.H. Whitaker.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9BFF83088FF93AD4C2B089" blockId="37.[151,1436,1723,1781]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9BFF83088FF93AD625B0AD" bold="true" box="[151,288,1723,1746]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">FIGURE 21.</emphasis>
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||
Life photographs of
|
||
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9BFF8309E2F93DD5ABB0AE" box="[506,686,1724,1746]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="FDA1579EFF9BFF830AADF93DD402B0AD" box="[693,775,1724,1745]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9BFF830AADF93DD402B0AD" bold="true" box="[693,775,1724,1745]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
from Île Art, Îles Belep (A, B), Dôme de Tiébaghi (C), Rivière Néhoué (D), and Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule (E). Photos by A.H. Whitaker.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="9CFC657CFF9BFF8308DFF8A4D49DB18D" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF9BFF8308DFF8A4D49DB18D" blockId="37.[151,1436,1829,2033]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9BFF8308DFF8A4D64BB141" bold="true" box="[199,334,1829,1853]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The specific epithet is derived from the word
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,
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</emphasis>
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which means spirit (a being from the spirit world) in the Nyêlâyu language which is used in the northern Province Nord from Balade, through Ouégoa, Baie de Harcourt to Arama, and on Balabio and the Îles Belep. The name is thus parallel in construction to that of its sister taxon
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF9BFF8308C4F813D664B1D5" box="[220,353,1937,1961]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chahoua">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF9BFF8308C4F813D664B1D5" box="[220,353,1937,1961]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">M. chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which according to
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meant “devil” in an unspecified Kanak language. Throughout
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giant geckos have an association with elements of the spirit world that are both feared and respected (Bauer & Sadlier 2000). The name is a noun in apposition.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF8008DFFF16D665B6CC" bold="true" box="[199,352,151,176]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Distribution.</emphasis>
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The first confirmed record of
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF800AABFF19D47CB6CC" box="[691,889,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was at Rivière Néhoué in 1998 (Siepp &
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF98FF800D53FF16D7D6B6A8" author="Henkel" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Seipp, R. & Henkel, F. - W. (2000) Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History and Husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 173 pp." type="book" year="2000">Henkel 2000</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF98FF8008C6FF3DD6E1B6A8" author="Henkel" box="[222,484,188,212]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Henkel, F. - W. & Bohme, W. (2001) A new carphodactyline gecko of the New Caledonian genus Eurydactylodes (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Salamandra, 37, 149 - 156." type="journal article" year="2001">Henkel & Böhme 2001</bibRefCitation>
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) and it was subsequently illustrated by
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and
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. Since then
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF800902FF60D66AB684" box="[282,367,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">M. jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been recorded at two further locations in the extreme north of Grande Terre (Dôme de Tiébaghi and Forêt d’Ougne) and from Île Art in the Îles Belep,
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north of the Grande Terre, and its continued occurrence Rivière Nehoué has been confirmed (
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Whitaker
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF800B33FEA8D466B73C" box="[811,867,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">et al.</emphasis>
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2004
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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;
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).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF80088FF808D625B1E3" bold="true" box="[151,288,1929,1952]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">FIGURE 22.</emphasis>
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Habitats of
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF800984F80BD555B1DC" box="[412,592,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="FDA1579EFF98FF800A4EF80BD5A2B1E3" box="[598,679,1930,1951]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF98FF800A4EF80BD5A2B1E3" bold="true" box="[598,679,1930,1951]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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at the Dôme de Tiébaghi (A, B), Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule (C), and Rivière Néhoué (D, E). Photos by A.H. Whitaker.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8108DFFF19D4D3B7D0" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8108DFFF19D68FB6CC" bold="true" box="[199,394,151,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Natural History.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810989FF19D55DB6CC" box="[401,600,152,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810989FF19D55DB6CC" box="[401,600,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been found only in old-growth, closed-forest habitat with large canopy trees. These typically have numerous holes, cracks and crevices which would provide an array of sheltering sites by day. The Rivière Néhoué (
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<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF99FF8109D5FF5ED51AB68B" box="[461,543,223,247]" captionStart="FIGURE 22" captionStartId="38.[151,250,1929,1952]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,384,1908]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[151,1436,373,1908]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE 22. Habitats of Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. at the Dôme de Tiébaghi (A, B), Forêt d’Ougne, Vallée Poupoule (C), and Rivière Néhoué (D, E). Photos by A. H. Whitaker." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/211756/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
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D–E) and Forêt d’Ougne (
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C) localities are at low elevation (<
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) on schist substrates, with the geckos inhabiting tall gallery forests (to more than
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) on alluvial soils along the valley floors. The Dôme de Tiébaghi (
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A–B) and Îles Belep (
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<figureCitation id="4CDD2A72FF99FF810BFDFEA6D33AB743" box="[997,1087,295,319]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="30.[151,250,861,884]" captionTargetBox="[337,1249,229,840]" captionTargetId="figure@30.[337,1249,229,840]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="FIGURE 16. Habitat of Correlophus belepensis sp. nov. and Mniarogekko jalu sp. nov. on the Tolé Munu plateau, Île Art, Îles Belep, Province Nord, New Caledonia. Photo by A. H. Whitaker." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/211750/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
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) localities are on ultramafic substrates—at Dôme de Tiébaghi one population is in mid-elevation (
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) gully forest with a canopy height to about
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; on the summit plateau of Dôme de Tiébaghi (
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) and the plateaux of Île Art (
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) the geckos inhabit low (<
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) closed forest on bouldery cuirasse surfaces.
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF8108DFFE39D68AB7AC" box="[199,399,440,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8108DFFE39D68AB7AC" box="[199,399,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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appears to be exclusively arboreal. At night they have been observed foraging in the twigs and outer foliage of canopy trees or less often perched on branches and trunks in the upper vegetation strata (all observations of this species made at night were in the upper half of the vegetation). During the day they shelter in crevices and holes in branches and trunks, often descending close to the forest floor (<
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) to such sites. Favored retreat sites are in the holes and crevices in the complex root structure of banyan trees (
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810C44FDC8D3F4B41C" box="[1116,1265,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Ficus prolixa</emphasis>
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G. Forst., Fam.
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). When in retreat crevices this species often rests near the entrance where it is clearly visible, only moving out of sight when disturbed. Eggs of
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810A88FD10D5E4B4D4" box="[656,737,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. jalu</emphasis>
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were found in a tree crevice
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above the ground on Dôme de Tiébaghi and in humus in epiphytic ferns
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above ground at Forêt d’Ougne (AMS R
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).
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CAS
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, collected in late January at Rivière Néhoué, has two large eggs visible in x-ray.
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At Forêt d’Ougne this species was frequently observed at night in the emergent crowns of cerisier bleu trees (
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Blume, Fam.
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</taxonomicName>
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) that were fruiting heavily and, as the sister species
|
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810D65FCA0D7FDB520" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. chahoua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is known to be at least partially frugivorous (
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), were assumed to be feeding on the fleshy berries.
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8108DFFC0DD50FB590" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
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The defence behaviour of
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF8109F2FC0CD536B5D8" box="[490,563,908,932]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8109F2FC0CD536B5D8" box="[490,563,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">R. jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
when under immediate threat was to take evasive action by coiling into a tight ball and falling from the vegetation to the forest floor. This evasive behaviour has also been documented in captive
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF81088FFC54D503B590" authority="Vosjoli et al. 2003" authorityName="Vosjoli et al." authorityYear="2003" box="[151,518,980,1004]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chahoua">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF81088FFC54D619B590" box="[151,284,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. chahoua</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810933FC55D6FAB590" author="Vosjoli" box="[299,511,980,1004]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="de Vosjoli, P., Fast, F. & Repashy, A. (2003) Rhacodactylus, the Complete Guide to their Selelction and Care. Advanced Visions, Inc., Vista, California. 296 pp." type="book" year="2003">
|
||
Vosjoli
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF81099BFC54D6BEB590" box="[387,443,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2003
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8108DFFC76D5DAB224" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Trombiculid mites are present between lamellae and in one or both popliteal pockets in all of the specimens examined. In one specimen mite infestation of the cloacal sacs is extreme and mites have caused and/or infested a midventral cavity between the cloacal sac apertures.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8108DFFBE5D571B304" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
On Île Art
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810944FBE5D528B200" box="[348,557,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810944FBE5D528B200" box="[348,557,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is syntopic with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810B09FBE5D327B200" box="[785,1058,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Correlophus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="belepensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810B09FBE5D327B200" box="[785,1058,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Correlophus belepensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810C22FBE5D266B200" box="[1082,1379,1124,1148]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Eurydactylodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agricolae">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810C22FBE5D266B200" box="[1082,1379,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Eurydactylodes agricolae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF81088FFB09D683B2DC" box="[151,390,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Dierogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insularis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF81088FFB09D683B2DC" box="[151,390,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Dierogekko insularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and at Dôme de Tiébaghi it is syntopic with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810BB3FB09D3D9B2DC" box="[939,1244,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Rhacodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="auriculatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810BB3FB09D3D9B2DC" box="[939,1244,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Rhacodactylus auriculatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810CF5FB09D606B2B8" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Eurydactylodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agricolae">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810CF5FB09D606B2B8" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Eurydactylodes agricolae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810923FB2DD548B2B8" box="[315,589,1196,1220]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Dierogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nehoueensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810923FB2DD548B2B8" box="[315,589,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Dierogekko nehoueensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. At the other two locations it is the only giant
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810C79FB2DD3A1B2B8" box="[1121,1188,1196,1220]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">gecko</taxonomicName>
|
||
species present but is variously syntopic with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF8109D8FB50D5D5B294" box="[448,720,1232,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Bavayia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exsuccida">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8109D8FB50D519B294" box="[448,540,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Bavayia</emphasis>
|
||
aff.
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810A7AFB51D5D5B294" box="[610,720,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">exsuccida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810AF0FB50D495B294" box="[744,912,1232,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Bavayia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cyclura">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810AF0FB50D405B294" box="[744,768,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">B.</emphasis>
|
||
aff.
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810B24FB51D495B294" box="[828,912,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">cyclura</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810BB0FB51D3D7B294" box="[936,1234,1232,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Eurydactylodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agricolae">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810BB0FB51D3D7B294" box="[936,1234,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Eurydactylodes agricolae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810D02FB51D625B370" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Dierogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nehoueensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810D02FB51D625B370" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Dierogekko nehoueensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Other sympatric lizards in its habitat include
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810B2AFB75D32BB370" box="[818,1070,1268,1292]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="frenatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810B2AFB75D32BB370" box="[818,1070,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Hemidactylus frenatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810C26FB74D7D7B34C" authority="Dumeril & Bibron, 1836" authorityName="Dumeril & Bibron" authorityYear="1836" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="garnotii">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810C26FB74D3BFB370" box="[1086,1210,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">H. garnotii</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810CDBFB75D7D7B34C" author="Dumeril" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="Dumeril, A. - M. - C. & Bibron, G. (1836) Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles, Tome 3; Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, (2), (1), iv + 571 pp., errata, 2 folding tables., pls. 25 - 28, 33, 35, 43 - 48." type="book chapter" year="1836">Duméril & Bibron, 1836</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF8108FBFA99D6FDB34C" box="[227,504,1304,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Lepidodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lugubris">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8108FBFA99D6FDB34C" box="[227,504,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Lepidodactylus lugubris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810A14FA99D3CCB353" authority="Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999" authorityName="Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan" authorityYear="1999" box="[524,1225,1303,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aquilonius">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810A14FA99D44DB34C" box="[524,840,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Caledoniscincus aquilonius</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810B4DFA96D3CCB353" author="Sadlier" box="[853,1225,1303,1327]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="Sadlier, R. A., Bauer, A. M. & Colgan, D. J. (1999) The scincid lizard genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: a review of Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay) and description of six new species from Province Nord. Records of the Australian Museum, 51, 57 - 82." type="journal article" year="1999">Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, C.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810CE2FA98D290B34C" box="[1274,1429,1305,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atropunctatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810CE2FA98D290B34C" box="[1274,1429,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">atropunctatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF81088FFABCD686B328" box="[151,387,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF81088FFABCD686B328" box="[151,387,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">C. austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF81098EFABCD53BB328" box="[406,574,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF81098EFABCD53BB328" box="[406,574,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">C. haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810A48FABDD461B328" box="[592,868,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Kanakysaurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viviparus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810A48FABDD461B328" box="[592,868,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Kanakysaurus viviparus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810B6EFABCD3ABB328" box="[886,1198,1340,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lioscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigrofasciolatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810B6EFABCD3ABB328" box="[886,1198,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Lioscincus nigrofasciolatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810CD9FABCD632B30B" authority="Parker, 1926" authorityName="Parker" authorityYear="1926" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lioscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="novaecaledoniae">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810CD9FABCD299B328" box="[1217,1436,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">L. novaecaledoniae</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810886FADED62AB30B" author="Parker" box="[158,303,1375,1399]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="Parker, H. W. (1926) A new Lizard from New Caledonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9, 18, 493 - 495." type="journal article" year="1926">Parker, 1926</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810976FAE1D571B304" box="[366,628,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810976FAE1D575B304" box="[366,624,1376,1400]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Phoboscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="garnieri">Phoboscincus garnieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8108DFFA02D580B008" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8108DFFA02D6BEB3E0" bold="true" box="[199,443,1411,1436]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Conservation status.</emphasis>
|
||
At present
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810A26FA05D403B3E0" box="[574,774,1412,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810A26FA05D403B3E0" box="[574,774,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from a small part of northern Grande Terre, north of Koumac, and on the Belep archipelago. Whether its actual range is so confined is unclear but the nearest known location for its sister species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810A5CFA4CD5D2B398" box="[580,727,1484,1508]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chahoua">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810A5CFA4CD5D2B398" box="[580,727,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. chahoua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is at Vallée d’Amoa, on the east coast
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF99FF810CB1FA4DD3FBB398" box="[1193,1278,1484,1508]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" unit="km" value="105.0">105 km</quantity>
|
||
south-east of Koumac (Bauer & Sadlier 2000). Within the known extent of occurrence for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810BE4FA70D348B074" box="[1020,1101,1520,1544]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810BE4FA70D348B074" box="[1020,1101,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the old-growth closed forests that are its preferred habitat are now reduced to scarce and isolated remnants—largely as a result of repeated burning since the arrival of Melanesian colonists>3000 ybp but also including more recent clearance for cattle ranching and, in localized areas, for mining.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="9CFC657CFF99FF8E08DFF901D6F4B493" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="reference_group">
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8108DFF901D23DB1E8" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF8108DFF901D68BB0E4" box="[199,398,1664,1688]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF8108DFF901D68BB0E4" box="[199,398,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
faces a number of direct and indirect threats. All remaining areas of forest habitat are under continued threat from wildfires that affect northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="ACF17667FF99FF810AE4F924D4ABB0C0" box="[764,942,1700,1724]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
each dry season. Browsing ungulates are fortunately absent from the Îles Belep but the forests on the Grande Terre suffer the on-going depredations of Sunda Sambar,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810951F96CD6FBB178" ID-CoL="4TQSK" box="[329,510,1773,1796]" class="Mammalia" family="Cervidae" genus="Rusa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Artiodactyla" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="timorensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810951F96CD6FBB178" box="[329,510,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Rusa timorensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(de
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810A2AF96DD5E9B178" author="Blainville" box="[562,748,1772,1796]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1822) Sur les caracteres distinctifs des especes de cerfs. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, et d'Histoire Naturelle, 94, 254 - 283." type="journal article" year="1822">Blainville, 1822</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), and feral pigs at all localities, with the addition of cattle at Rivière Néhoué and Forêt d’Ougne. Introduced rats (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810AE6F890D440B154" ID-CoL="63QK6" box="[766,837,1809,1832]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810AE6F890D440B154" box="[766,837,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Rattus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp.), feral cats and little red fire ants (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810D02F890D628B130" ID-CoL="5BV4H" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Wasmannia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auropunctata">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810D02F890D628B130" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Wasmannia auropunctata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) are present at all localities where
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810ADFF8B4D41FB130" box="[711,794,1844,1868]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810ADFF8B4D41FB130" box="[711,794,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been found. Rats and cats are known to be serious predators of lizards but no direct evidence of predation on
|
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF99FF810B20F8D8D48FB10C" box="[824,906,1880,1904]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810B20F8D8D48FB10C" box="[824,906,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">M. jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was obtained; little red fire ants are known to have a severe impact on lizard populations, even resulting in local extirpation (
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810C11F8FDD3E1B1E8" author="Jourdan" box="[1033,1252,1916,1940]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="Jourdan, H., Sadlier, R. & Bauer, A. (2000) Premieres observations sur les consequences de l'invasion de Wasmannia auropunctata 1863 (Roger) sur les predateurs superieurs dans les ecosystemes Neo-caledoniens. Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux, 13, 121 - 126" type="journal article" year="2000">
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Jourdan
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF99FF810C73F8FCD3A6B1E8" box="[1131,1187,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al.</emphasis>
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2000
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</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF99FF810CF7F8FDD22EB1E8" author="Jourdan" box="[1263,1323,1916,1940]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refString="Jourdan, H., Sadlier, R. A. & Bauer, A. M. (2001) Little fire ant invasion (Wasmannia auropunctata) as a threat to New Caledonian lizards: evidences from the sclerophyll forest (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 38, 283 - 301." type="journal article" year="2001">2001</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D45936F7FF99FF8E08DFF821D6F2B760" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" lastBlockId="40.[151,1436,151,1111]" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">The localities on Dôme de Tiébaghi are under immediate threat of total destruction resulting from expansion of the open-cast nickel mine on the massif. Although there appear to be no immediate plans to mine on Île Art, the ultramafic plateaux have had extensive prospecting for nickel in the past and the whole area is held under current mining licenses. The Forêt d’Ougne locality is on a cattle ranch and subject to on-going browsing pressure. Only the locality at Rivière Néhoué has reserve status. However, it is administered as a recreation reserve, is small in extent and has high human use.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF96FF8E08DFFEA6D45CB423" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
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There are no quantitative data on population size and trends available for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0C58FEA9D20EB73C" box="[1088,1291,296,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E0C58FEA9D20EB73C" box="[1088,1291,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Surveys in
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||
<date id="A0581037FF96FF8E088FFECDD610B718" box="[151,277,332,356]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" value="2001" valueMax="2002">2001–2002</date>
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indicated that it was relatively numerous at each of the known sites, with encounter rates ranging from 0.19/hour on Dôme de Tiébaghi to 1.75/hour on Île Art, and at Forêt d’Ougne eight were observed on
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF96FF8E0D2DFEEED279B7FB" box="[1333,1404,367,391]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" unit="m" value="190.0">190 m</quantity>
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of forest margin (
|
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E0924FE15D52EB7D0" author="Whitaker" box="[316,555,404,428]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="Whitaker, A. H., Sadlier, R. A., Bauer, A. M. & Whitaker, V. A. (2004) Biodiversity and conservation status of lizards in threatened and restricted habitats of north-western New Caledonia. Unpublished report by Whitaker Consultants Limited to Direction du Developpement Economique et de l'Environnement, Province Nord, Kone, New Caledonia, viii + 106 pp." type="book" year="2004">
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Whitaker
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E09B6FE14D6E2B7D0" box="[430,487,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">et al.</emphasis>
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2004
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</bibRefCitation>
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). However, two factors point to the species’ potential vulnerability.
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<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E0D31FE14D285B7D0" author="In" box="[1321,1408,404,428]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List categories: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK, 26 pp." type="book" year="2001">In 2001</bibRefCitation>
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at Forêt d’Ougne
|
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<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E095FFE38D69FB7AC" box="[327,410,440,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E095FFE38D69FB7AC" box="[327,410,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">M. jalu</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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was relatively common in one valley yet it was not detected in an immediately adjacent valley (<
|
||
<quantity id="131E9B12FF96FF8E08E1FE5DD647B788" box="[249,322,476,500]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" unit="m" value="350.0">350 m</quantity>
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||
away) with identical forest but where little red fire ants were exceptionally abundant. Also in 2001
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E088FFD80D7E2B464" box="[151,231,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E088FFD80D7E2B464" box="[151,231,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">M. jalu</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was moderately abundant in closed forest at a gully site on the slopes of Dôme de Tiébaghi but it could not be detected at this same location six years later after increased mining activity had led to the vegetation being blanketed in wind-blown dust from a nearby mining haul-road.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF96FF8E08DFFDECD6F4B493" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
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||
Because of its limited extent of occurrence, restricted area of occupation (<
|
||
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||
²), limited number of locations (four), the threats to its habitat (wildfires, browsing ungulates, mining), the presence of mammalian predators (rats, cats) and the impacts of fire ants,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0ACCFD35D498B4B0" box="[724,925,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
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||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E0ACCFD35D498B4B0" box="[724,925,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Mniarogekko jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is assessed as Endangered (B1a, b[ii–iii, v]; B2a, b[ii–iii, v]) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E0943FD56D6E0B493" author="IUCN" box="[347,485,727,751]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List categories: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK, 26 pp." type="book" year="2001">IUCN 2001</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="9CFC657CFF96FF8E08DFFD7DD7E5B22B" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF96FF8E08DFFD7DD3D0B5BB" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E08DFFD7DD63EB568" bold="true" box="[199,315,764,788]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E095DFD7DD52AB568" box="[325,559,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Correlophus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ciliatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E095DFD7DD52AB568" box="[325,559,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Correlophus ciliatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
x
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0A4BFD7DD456B568" box="[595,851,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chahoua">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E0A4BFD7DD456B568" box="[595,851,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Mniarogekko chahoua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
hybrids have been reported in captivity (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E0D22FD7DD628B54B" author="Seipp" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="Seipp, R. & Henkel, F. - W. (2011) Rhacodactylus: Biology, Natural History and Husbandry, 2 nd ed. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 173 pp." type="book" year="2011">Seipp & Henkel 2011</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), thus, despite their genetic divergence, it is likely that there is also some degree of compatibility between members of the two genera. Indeed, levels of genetic differentiation between genera of New Caledonian diplodactylids are relatively low in comparison to many other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0B41FCE6D499B503" box="[857,924,871,895]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">gecko</taxonomicName>
|
||
groups (Jackman & Bauer 2006), so it is not surprising that similarly-sized members of the clade can interbreed. Although the viability of F1 hybrids has been demonstrated, we are unaware of data on their fertility or the viability of subsequent generations.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D45936F7FF96FF8E08DFFC54D7E5B22B" blockId="40.[151,1436,151,1111]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E08DFFC54D653B590" author="Jouan" box="[199,342,980,1004]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="Jouan, H. (1863) Sur quelques animaux observes a la Nouvelle-Caledonie pendant les annees 1861 et 1862. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg, 9, 89 - 127." type="journal article" year="1863">Jouan (1863</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E097DFC55D69BB590" author="Jouan" box="[357,414,980,1004]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="Jouan, H. (1864) Additions a la faune de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg, 10, 301." type="journal article" year="1864">1864</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) noted the existence of a giant
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0B08FC55D456B590" box="[784,851,980,1004]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">gecko</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the Îles Belep, but collected no specimens. As
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E088FFC79D639B26C" box="[151,316,1016,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Rhacodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E088FFC79D639B26C" box="[151,316,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Rhacodactylus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp. appear to be absent from this island group, it seems likely that Jouan’s reports refer to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0D5CFC78D291B26C" box="[1348,1428,1016,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Mniarogekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jalu">
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E0D5CFC78D291B26C" box="[1348,1428,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">M. jalu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which is the largest
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13E64D74FF96FF8E0966FB9DD6C4B248" box="[382,449,1052,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Gekko" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gecko">gecko</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the Belep islands and is relatively abundant in appropriate habitat (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B0774B06FF96FF8E0CF7FB9DD7D1B22B" author="Whitaker" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refString="Whitaker, A. H., Sadlier, R. A., Bauer, A. M. & Whitaker, V. A. (2004) Biodiversity and conservation status of lizards in threatened and restricted habitats of north-western New Caledonia. Unpublished report by Whitaker Consultants Limited to Direction du Developpement Economique et de l'Environnement, Province Nord, Kone, New Caledonia, viii + 106 pp." type="book" year="2004">
|
||
Whitaker
|
||
<emphasis id="E692EAE5FF96FF8E0D7AFB9CD299B248" box="[1378,1436,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2004
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
</treatment>
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