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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FF21FAB796766842" bold="true" box="[151,330,1371,1397]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Lerista miopus</emphasis>
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(
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and
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<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE2B956FF21FA29963E68EC" blockId="12.[151,615,1477,1591]" box="[151,258,1477,1499]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Synonyms</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FF21FA08960D68CD" box="[151,305,1508,1530]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Soridia miopus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="41304B56FFE2B956FE16F9EF95156B2F" author="Werner" box="[416,553,1538,1560]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" refString="Werner, F. (1910) Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). In: W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer (Eds.), Die Fauna Sudwest- Australiens. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 451 - 493." type="book chapter" year="1910">Werner, 1910</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FF21F9CE96556B00" box="[151,361,1569,1591]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Lygosoma (Rhodona</emphasis>
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)
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FEC1F9CE96E96B00" box="[375,469,1570,1591]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">nigriceps</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="41304B56FFE2B956FE6AF9CD955B6B00" author="Glauert" box="[476,615,1569,1591]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" refString="Glauert, L. (1962) Herpetological Miscellanea. XIII. A new skink from the North-West Cape, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist, 8, 86 - 87." type="journal article" year="1962">Glauert, 1962</bibRefCitation>
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.
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From Champion Bay,
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. Reported to be lodged at the
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,
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, but actual whereabouts unknown (
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Cogger
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FC81F96594536B97" box="[823,879,1671,1696]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">et al.</emphasis>
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1983
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,
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,
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,
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(
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), collected
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. See
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<figureCitation id="BD9A2A22FFE2B956FE5AF923950C6BD0" box="[492,560,1743,1768]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1934,1956]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1913]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,445,1913]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. WAMR 136122, neotype of Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867). A. Whole specimen; B. Lateral head view; C. Dorsal head view. Photo by P. Waddington." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/892947/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection id="6DBB652CFFE2B957FF71F91893966CBF" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="124" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE2B956FF71F91894956A62" blockId="12.[151,1437,1636,2021]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FF71F918967D6A3A" bold="true" box="[199,321,1780,1805]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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A species of
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FE6AF91995176A3B" box="[476,555,1781,1804]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Lerista</emphasis>
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with forelimb either absent (represented by a depression) or a nubbin (<0.7% SVL), one or two digits on a relatively short hindlimb (<14% SVL), fused frontoparietals, four or five supraciliaries and a free eyelid (vs. fused into a transparent spectacle).
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FF71F8B396506A4F" bold="true" box="[199,364,1887,1912]" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Comparisons.</emphasis>
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Only three other species of
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FD0AF88D94376A4F" box="[700,779,1889,1912]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">Lerista</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE2B956FCABF88D94916A4F" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1971" box="[797,941,1889,1912]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="connivens">
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FCABF88D94916A4F" box="[797,941,1889,1912]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">L. connivens</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE2B956FC09F88D93AC6A4F" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[959,1168,1887,1912]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineopunctulata">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FC09F88D93AC6A4F" box="[959,1168,1887,1912]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">L. lineopunctulata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE2B956FB7BF88D92156A4F" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1986" box="[1229,1321,1889,1912]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="varia">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FB7BF88D92156A4F" box="[1229,1321,1889,1912]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">L. varia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, have the combination of forelimb a nubbin or stump, two clawed digits on the hindlimb, free eyelid and interparietal fused to the frontoparietals. From
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE2B956FE62F845955E6AF7" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1971" box="[468,610,1961,1984]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="connivens">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FE62F845955E6AF7" box="[468,610,1961,1984]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">L. connivens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE2B956FDC6F84595E36AF7" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1867" box="[624,735,1961,1984]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Soridia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="123" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE2B956FDC6F84595E36AF7" box="[624,735,1961,1984]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="123">L. miopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs in a reduced hindlimb (6–14% SVL vs. 13–23%, 3–10 lamellae beneath longest toe vs. 11–14, 2–7 supradigitals above longest toe vs. 8–11, 63–89 scales between adpressed limbs vs. 50–60), more supraciliaries (five vs. four) and colour pattern (brown-grey dorsally with or without indistinct dark brown spots, pattern fading laterally vs. a broad, dark brown vertebral zone with 2 lines of dark brown spots and a thick, dark brown upper lateral band). From
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE3B957FC0BFF0D93B26DCF" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[957,1166,223,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineopunctulata">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE3B957FC0BFF0D93B26DCF" box="[957,1166,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="124">L. lineopunctulata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it differs in a reduced forelimb (usually a depression only or a nubbin no more than 0.7% SVL vs. a stump 0.7–1.2% SVL) and less distinct colour pattern (indistinct lines or reticulations vs. lines of dark brown spots dorsally). From
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE3B957FA96FEC592476C77" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1986" box="[1312,1403,297,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="varia">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE3B957FA96FEC592476C77" box="[1312,1403,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="124">L. varia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, it differs in a reduced hindlimb (6–14% SVL vs. 13–24%, 2–7 supradigitals above largest digit vs. 8–10, 63–89 scales between limbs when adpressed vs. 43–61) and more paravertebrals (73–97 vs. 63–73).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="71DE662FFFE3B957FF21F86295396AF5" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/892947/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" targetBox="[151,1436,445,1913]" targetPageId="13">
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE3B957FF21F86295396AF5" blockId="13.[151,1436,1934,1986]" pageId="13" pageNumber="124">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE3B957FF21F862962F6A93" bold="true" box="[151,275,1934,1956]" pageId="13" pageNumber="124">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
|
||
WAMR136122, neotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE3B957FD82F86394446A93" authority="(Gunther, 1867)" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1867" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[564,888,1934,1956]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="124" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE3B957FD82F86395F76A93" box="[564,715,1935,1956]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="124">Lerista miopus</emphasis>
|
||
(Günther, 1867)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A. Whole specimen; B. Lateral head view; C. Dorsal head view. Photo by P. Waddington.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="6DBB652CFFE0B955FF71FF7B961B6FCD" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE0B954FF71FF7B95236C2B" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE0B954FF71FF7B95AD6D87" bold="true" box="[199,657,151,176]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">
|
||
Description of
|
||
<typeStatus id="FA1A8805FFE0B954FEC0FF7B96EF6D87" box="[374,467,151,176]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
|
||
WAMR136122.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FD5CFF7B94076D98" box="[746,827,151,176]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.6" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="86.0">86 mm</quantity>
|
||
, HL =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FC3FFF7494F66D98" box="[905,970,152,176]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="8.0">8 mm</quantity>
|
||
(9% SVL), HW =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FB28FF7B93E26D98" box="[1182,1246,151,176]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="6.0">6 mm</quantity>
|
||
(60% HL), SE =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FF21FF5097E66DE3" box="[151,218,188,212]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="1.0">1 mm</quantity>
|
||
(17% HL), eyelid free, EE =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FD84FF5095496DE3" box="[562,629,188,212]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="4.0">4 mm</quantity>
|
||
(45% HL), ear minute, SA =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FC79FF50931C6DE3" box="[975,1056,188,212]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="18.0">18 mm</quantity>
|
||
(21% SVL), AG =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FAB0FF50926B6DE3" box="[1286,1367,188,213]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.4" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="64.0">64 mm</quantity>
|
||
(74% SVL), MW =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FE83FF0C964B6DC0" box="[309,375,224,247]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="7.0">7 mm</quantity>
|
||
(8% SVL), L1 a depression only, L2 =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FC81FF0C94456DC0" box="[823,889,224,248]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="9.0">9 mm</quantity>
|
||
(11% SVL), TL =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FBE6FF33939C6DC0" box="[1104,1184,223,248]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="36.0">36 mm</quantity>
|
||
(42% SVL, regrown). Hindlimb with a single clawed toe.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE0B954FF71FECB92BC6FB3" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">Midbody scale rows 20, NC = 27%, NaL = 33%, FN = 63%, three supraoculars, five (right side) or six supraciliaries (left side), first supraciliary contacts preocular, loreal, prefrontal, first supraocular and second supraciliary; frontal contacts interparietal, first and second supraoculars, prefrontal and frontonasal; frontoparietals fused to interparietal, IW = 116%, two loreals, prefrontal contacts both loreals, frontonasal, frontal, first supraocular and first supraciliary, two preoculars, single presubocular, six palpebrals, single postocular, single postsubocular, six supralabials, fourth supralabial entering eye, two postsupralabials, six infralabials, two infralabials contacting postmental, four scales between last infralabial and ear, single pretemporal, temporal contacts fifth and sixth supralabials, postocular, pretemporal, parietal, second temporal and postsupralabial; PL = 75%, three rows of enlarged chin shields, four nuchals, 83 paravertebrals, MV = 72%, two enlarged preanals, hindlimb digit damaged (tip missing on both sides) so no measurements taken, 51 subcaudals (but tail regrown).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE0B954FF71FD6395886FC7" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE0B954FF71FD6395776F9F" bold="true" box="[199,587,655,680]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">Colour pattern (in preservative).</emphasis>
|
||
Pale grey with very indistinct dark brown spots. Dark edging on head scales almost absent. Belly and throat immaculate cream. Limbs brown above, cream to yellow below. Tail similar pattern to the body but with heavy dark brown flecking.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE0B954FF71FD1093036E93" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE0B954FF71FD1096036E22" bold="true" box="[199,319,764,789]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">Variation.</emphasis>
|
||
Sample size is 33 unless otherwise noted: SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FCD8FD1094C96E23" box="[878,1013,764,789]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.45" metricValueMax="10.6" metricValueMin="4.3" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="74.5" valueMax="106.0" valueMin="43.0">43–106 mm</quantity>
|
||
(83 ±
|
||
<quantity id="E2599B42FFE0B954FB8BFD1093AC6E23" box="[1085,1168,764,788]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" unit="mm" value="14.0">14 mm</quantity>
|
||
), HL = 8–14% SVL (10 ± 1%), HW = 26–70% HL (59 ± 11%), SE = 13–26% HL (21 ± 3%), eyelid free, EE = 43–57% HL (50 ± 3%), ear minute, SA = 18–27% SVL (22 ± 2%), AG = 68–80% SVL (75 ± 3%), MW = 7–11% SVL (8 ± 1%), L1 a depression (n = 16) or nubbin (n = 17) up to 0.7% SVL (0.2 ± 0.2%), L2 = 6–14% SVL (9 ± 2%), TL = 87–91% SVL (89 ± 1%, n = 6). Hindlimb with a single (n = 58) or two (n = 88) clawed toes.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="71DE662FFFE0B954FF21F8E9968E6A0D" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/892949/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" targetBox="[151,1436,985,1776]" targetPageId="14">
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE0B954FF21F8E9968E6A0D" blockId="14.[151,1437,1797,1850]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE0B954FF21F8E9962F6A2C" bold="true" box="[151,275,1797,1819]" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE0B954FEADF8EB968E6A2B" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[283,434,1799,1820]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="14" pageNumber="125" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE0B954FEADF8EB968E6A2B" box="[283,434,1799,1820]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">Lerista miopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in life. Specimen from Tamala Stn, Western Australia, not vouchered, identified using Storr
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE0B954FADEF8EB92A16A2C" box="[1384,1437,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
(1981). Photo by S. Wilson.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE0B955FF71F88A92B76CEB" blockId="14.[151,1436,1894,2020]" lastBlockId="15.[151,1437,151,1410]" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="14" pageNumber="125">Midbody scale rows 18–22 (mode = 20), NC = 9–41% (24 ± 7%), NaL = 21–36% (27 ± 4%), FN = 51–69% (60 ± 4%), three supraoculars, usually five (n = 25), sometimes four (n = 8) supraciliaries, first supraciliary contacts preocular, loreal, prefrontal, first supraocular and second supraciliary (sometimes contacts frontal, n = 7); frontal contacts interparietal, first and second supraoculars, prefrontal and frontonasal; frontoparietals fused to interparietal, IW = 92–133% (118 ± 9%), two loreals, prefrontal contacts both loreals, frontonasal, frontal, first supraocular and first supraciliary, single (n = 7) or two (n = 25) preoculars, single presubocular, 5–7 palpebrals (mode = 6), single postocular (rarely two, n = 2), single postsubocular, six supralabials, fourth supralabial entering eye, two postsupralabials, six infralabials, two infralabials contacting postmental, 4–6 scales between last infralabial and ear (mode = 4), single pretemporal, temporal contacts fifth and sixth supralabials, postocular, pretemporal, parietal, second temporal and postsupralabial (sometimes fails to contact postocular, n = 3, sometimes fails to contact parietal, n = 9); PL = 57–79% (64 ± 5%), three rows of enlarged chin shields, 2–6 nuchals (mode = 4), 73–97 paravertebrals (mode = 82), MV = 57–95% (72 ± 9%), two enlarged preanals, 63–89 body scales between limbs when adpressed (mode = 70), hindlimb 11–20 body scales in length (mode = 13), 3–10 subdigital lamellae under the longest toe (mode = 8), 2–7 supradigitals (mode = 6), 73–83 subcaudals (average = 74, n = 3).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE1B955FF71FE09961B6FCD" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1410]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FF71FE0996BE6CC9" bold="true" box="[199,386,485,510]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Colour pattern.</emphasis>
|
||
Brown to grey, usually with very indistinct lines of black spots. Often spots are so indistinct as to appear patternless, while some individuals (3 of 31 examined), were as boldly marked as
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FB7BFDE697866F72" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE1B955FB7BFDE692A06F15" authority="Edwards, 2017" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[1229,1436,521,546]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="lineopunctulata">L. lineopunctulata</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0CE657CEFFE1B955FF21FDC297866F72" box="[151,186,558,581]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
These three individuals were collected well within the range of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE1B955FC0AFDC293136F72" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[956,1071,558,581]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FC0AFDC293136F72" box="[956,1071,558,581]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">L. miopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and otherwise conformed well morphologically. Head with black edging and markings. Labial scales white with black edging. Belly and throat immaculate whitish. Limbs brown above, whitish below. Tail similar pattern to the body but the pattern is heavier, although less distinct and there is often a yellowish wash. Colour pattern in preservative little different except that the black markings tend to fade to dark brown and overall colour becomes browner with length of time in preservative.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="6DBB652CFFE1B955FF71FCE9962C6909" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE1B955FF71FCE996A66EBD" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1410]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FF71FCE9965C6E29" bold="true" box="[199,352,773,798]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Coast and coastal islands of
|
||
<collectingRegion id="E765F845FFE1B955FD00FCEA94B86E29" box="[694,900,773,798]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
|
||
Western
|
||
<collectingCountry id="5DB67637FFE1B955FCACFCE994B86E29" box="[794,900,773,798]" name="Australia" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
</collectingRegion>
|
||
, from Point Murat (
|
||
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|
||
) to north-east of Jurien Bay (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="40955060FFE1B955FEA8FCC696BA6E75" box="[286,390,809,834]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" precision="925" value="-30.25">30° 15' S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
). See
|
||
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|
||
. One specimen is considerably further east of all other records at Walyahmoming Rock (WARM98752;
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="40955060FFE1B955FE21FCA295396E51" box="[407,517,846,870]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" precision="925" value="-30.666666">30° 40' S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="40955060FFE1B955FDA6FCA295B36E51" box="[528,655,845,870]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" precision="925" value="118.75">118° 45' E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
), although there is reason to doubt the accuracy of this record (P. Doughty pers. comm.).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE1B955FF71FC79962C6909" blockId="15.[151,1437,151,1410]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FF71FC7995A06E99" bold="true" box="[199,668,916,942]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
|
||
Sympatry with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE1B955FE33FC7895A96E9A" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[389,661,916,941]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineopunctulata">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FE33FC7895A96E9A" bold="true" box="[389,661,916,941]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Lerista lineopunctulata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
The distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE1B955FC31FC7A94C46E9A" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[903,1016,918,941]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FC31FC7A94C46E9A" box="[903,1016,918,941]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">L. miopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE1B955FB82FC7A92386E99" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[1076,1284,917,942]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineopunctulata">
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||
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appear to be very close to each other, with specimens assigned morphologically to
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FC12FC56932F6EE6" box="[932,1043,954,977]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">L. miopus</emphasis>
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only
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from
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FB79FC5692A06EE5" box="[1231,1436,953,978]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">L. lineopunctulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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specimens at Jurien Bay. Specimens from this area can be assigned confidently to either taxa but genetic information for them was lacking. A closer study of this apparently near contact between the two could be rewarding.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FF71FBA5964E6955" bold="true" box="[199,370,1097,1122]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Reproduction.</emphasis>
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Sex was determined in
|
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||
opportunistically, either through observation of everted hemipenes or previous dissection. There were ten females and
|
||
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||
in this sample. The smallest sexually mature male measured
|
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SVL, the smallest female
|
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. The largest specimen measured (
|
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SVL) was male, the largest female
|
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. No consistent differences between the sexes were observed in any morphological character measured.
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</paragraph>
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Data on the reproductive cycle that could be opportunistically collected without further dissection are presented in
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. In summary, reproductive individuals were found in spring, not summer or autumn. One female in late vitellogenesis had a developing clutch of four follicles. A gravid female had ova measuring
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diameter, but the date of collection of this individual is unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FF21FA5D963568FF" bold="true" box="[151,265,1457,1480]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
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Reproductive data collected opportunistically for
|
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FC94FA5D94FD68FF" box="[802,961,1457,1480]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Lerista miopus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE1B955FF29FA0896276A42" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21FA08962768CD" box="[151,283,1508,1530]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Month</th>
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<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FEC6FA08959868CD" box="[368,676,1508,1530]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Male</th>
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<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FD68FA08922468CD" box="[734,1304,1508,1530]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Female</th>
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</tr>
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<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F9E192246B14" box="[151,1304,1549,1571]" gridrow="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F9E196276B14" box="[151,283,1549,1571]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">November</th>
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<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FEC6F9E195986B14" box="[368,676,1549,1571]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Testes enlarged, n = 2</td>
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||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FD68F9E192246B14" box="[734,1304,1549,1571]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Non-vitellogenic, largest ovum 2.18 mm diameter, n = 1</td>
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||
</tr>
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||
<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F9DA92246B7B" box="[151,1304,1590,1612]" gridrow="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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||
<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F9DA96276B7B" box="[151,283,1590,1612]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">December</th>
|
||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FEC6F9DA95986B7B" box="[368,676,1590,1612]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Testes enlarged, n = 2</td>
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||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FD68F9DA92246B7B" box="[734,1304,1590,1612]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Late vitellogenic, largest ovum 4.44 mm diameter, n = 2</td>
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||
</tr>
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||
<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F98C92246B41" box="[151,1304,1632,1654]" gridrow="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" rowspan-2="1">
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||
<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F98C96276B41" box="[151,283,1632,1654]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">January</th>
|
||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FEC6F98C95986B41" box="[368,676,1632,1654]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Testes non-reproductive, n = 2</td>
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||
</tr>
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||
<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F96592246BA8" box="[151,1304,1673,1695]" gridrow="4" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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||
<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F96596276BA8" box="[151,283,1673,1695]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">March</th>
|
||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FEC6F96595986BA8" box="[368,676,1673,1695]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Testes non-reproductive, n = 1</td>
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||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FD68F96592246BA8" box="[734,1304,1673,1695]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Non-vitellogenic, largest ovum 1.31 mm diameter, n = 3</td>
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||
</tr>
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<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F95E92246BFF" box="[151,1304,1714,1736]" gridrow="5" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" rowspan-1="1">
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||
<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F95E96276BFF" box="[151,283,1714,1736]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">April</th>
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||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FD68F95E92246BFF" box="[734,1304,1714,1736]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Non-vitellogenic, largest ovum 1.21 mm diameter, n = 1</td>
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||
</tr>
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||
<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F93092246BC5" box="[151,1304,1756,1778]" gridrow="6" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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||
<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F93096276BC5" box="[151,283,1756,1778]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">May</th>
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<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FEC6F93095986BC5" box="[368,676,1756,1778]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Testes non-reproductive, n = 3</td>
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||
<td id="D8405D99FFE146A5FD68F93092246BC5" box="[734,1304,1756,1778]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Non-vitellogenic, largest ovum 1.35 mm diameter, n = 2</td>
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||
</tr>
|
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<tr id="9B9134E5FFE146A5FF21F8B792246A42" box="[151,1304,1883,1909]" gridrow="7" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
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<th id="D8405D99FFE146A5FF21F8B796276A42" box="[151,283,1883,1909]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">Discussion</th>
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||
</tr>
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</table>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="251E36A7FFE1B94AFF21F84E96F36C9B" blockId="15.[151,1436,1953,2014]" lastBlockId="16.[151,1437,151,1004]" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="127" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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In both species, two toes on the hindlimb was the more common condition than a single toe, although the singletoed condition occurred more frequently in
|
||
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FD3BF82A95C16AEA" box="[653,765,1990,2013]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">L. miopus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(40% vs. 10% in
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFE1B955FC64F82A93F26AEA" box="[978,1230,1989,2014]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="126">
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||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFE1B955FC64F82A939E6AE9" authority="Edwards, 2017" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[978,1186,1989,2014]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="lineopunctulata">L. lineopunctulata</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="0CE657CEFFE1B955FB1DF82A93F26AEA" box="[1195,1230,1990,2013]" pageId="15" pageNumber="126" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
). In both species, single-toed specimens were geographically proximate to each other, in a situation perhaps analogous to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFA33FF75962C6DE2" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1976" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kalumburu">
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||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFA33FF75962C6DE2" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. kalumburu</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, where a geographically-defined population of two-toed individuals was found to be conspecific with surrounding three-toed populations (
|
||
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||
). In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFC41FF0D935A6DCF" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[1015,1126,225,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFC41FF0D935A6DCF" box="[1015,1126,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. miopus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, they were found in coastal habitats, whereas in
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFE37FEE995406C2B" box="[385,636,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFE37FEE9956C6C2A" authority="Edwards, 2017" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[385,592,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="lineopunctulata">L. lineopunctulata</taxonomicName>
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0CE657CEFFFEB94AFDEFFEE995406C2B" box="[601,636,261,284]" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
, they were only found in two suburbs of Perth, City Beach and Trigg Beach. The significance of this coastal affinity is unknown, as is the functional significance of differing toe arrangements (although see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="41304B56FFFEB94AFE69FEA094366C53" author="Benesch" box="[479,778,332,357]" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" refString="Benesch, A. R. & Withers, P. C. (2002) Burrowing performance and the role of limb reduction in Lerista (Scincidae, Lacertilia). Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 82, 107 - 114. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 03043776" type="journal article" year="2002">Benesch & Withers 2002</bibRefCitation>
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||
). Once again, the inadvisability of relying on the single morphological character of limb arrangement in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFD0AFE9D94376CBF" authorityName="Bell" authorityYear="1833" box="[700,779,369,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFD0AFE9D94376CBF" box="[700,779,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">Lerista</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for making taxonomic judgements is illustrated (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="41304B56FFFEB94AFA8EFE9C96FF6C9B" author="Amey" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" refString="Amey, A. P. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2014) Morphological diversity and genetic structure within Lerista kalumburu Storr, 1976 (Squamata: Scincomorpha: Sphenomorphidae) - taxonomic implications. Zootaxa, 3821 (2), 239 - 252. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3821.2.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Amey & Worthington Wilmer 2014</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="251E36A7FFFEB94AFF71FE54962E6EDB" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,1004]" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">
|
||
We show that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFED0FE5595086CE7" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="2017" box="[358,564,439,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lineopunctulata">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFED0FE5595086CE7" box="[358,564,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. lineopunctulata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is more closely related to the short-range endemics
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFBC8FE5592306CE7" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1971" box="[1150,1292,441,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="connivens">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFBC8FE5592306CE7" box="[1150,1292,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. connivens</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFAF5FE5592A06CE7" authorityName="Storr" authorityYear="1986" box="[1347,1436,441,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="varia">
|
||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFAF5FE5592A06CE7" box="[1347,1436,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. varia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
found in the vicinity of Shark Bay, each of which are also sympatric with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFC6FFE3193746CC3" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[985,1096,477,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miopus">
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||
<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFC6FFE3193746CC3" box="[985,1096,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. miopus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
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||
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). The dynamic history of the Western Australian coast has long been invoked to explain the high levels of diversity along the southwest coasts. Glacio-eustatic fluctuations in sea levels, beginning in the early Pleistocene through to the present, resulted in the recession of the Indian Ocean that exposed vast areas of coastal sands, expanding coastal habitats along southern
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Western
|
||
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</collectingRegion>
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during glacial maxima (
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;
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Hocking
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). During interglacial periods, coastal habitats contracted to resemble current distributions. For reptiles, complex diversity patterns are most extreme in the many
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFE76FD5995336FFB" box="[448,527,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">Lerista</emphasis>
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species found in the mid-western coast which display extreme levels of incipient species, with multiple short range endemics such as
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFD51FD3594896FC7" box="[743,949,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. lineopunctulata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFC5BFD3593616FC7" box="[1005,1117,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">L. miopus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Sea level change (
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He
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) and high levels of soil diversity (
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Edwards
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) have both been implicated as factors explaining genetic divergence in
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFE2EFCCD96DB6E0F" box="[408,487,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">Lerista</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species in this system, but limited evidence exists to explain broader patterns of diversification in this genus beyond their morphological labiality (
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), which may vary considerably within species (
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<bibRefCitation id="41304B56FFFEB94AFEF3FC8495E76EB7" author="Amey" box="[325,731,871,896]" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" refString="Amey, A. P. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2014) Morphological diversity and genetic structure within Lerista kalumburu Storr, 1976 (Squamata: Scincomorpha: Sphenomorphidae) - taxonomic implications. Zootaxa, 3821 (2), 239 - 252. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3821.2.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Amey & Worthington Wilmer 2014</bibRefCitation>
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). The limited dispersal abilities, specific soil requirements, and highly adapted morphologies displayed by
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<taxonomicName id="E2A14D24FFFEB94AFD13FC6195C86E93" authorityName="Bell" authorityYear="1833" box="[677,756,909,932]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lerista" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="17D5EAB5FFFEB94AFD13FC6195C86E93" box="[677,756,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="127">Lerista</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species may make them predisposed to diversification, explaining the high levels of diversity seen in particularly dynamic habitats such as the south-western Australian west coast.
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