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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBC9D6450C9B02B67" bold="true" box="[151,475,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Caledoniscincus constellatus</emphasis>
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(collected R.A. Sadlier and A.H. Whitaker
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).
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(collected R.A. Sadlier and A.H. Whitaker
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); AMS R171470 Pointe de Vavouto
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(collected R.A. Sadlier and A.H. Whitaker
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<date id="3D011000FFEDFFECBD7C6553CA602A5B" box="[374,523,836,860]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" value="2009-01-26">26 Jan. 2009</date>
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); AMS R171471 Pointe de Vavouto
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(collected R.A. Sadlier and A.H. Whitaker
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).
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBCCD659CCA582AA3" bold="true" box="[199,563,907,932]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
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QM J.58022 Massif d’Ouazangou
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collected R. Raven
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<date id="3D011000FFEDFFECBCEF65B8C9142AC0" box="[229,383,943,968]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" value="1992-05-14">14 May 1992</date>
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBCCD65C3C9212AEB" bold="true" box="[199,330,980,1004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The species epithet is Latin for studded with stars and refers to the pattern of white specks on the dorsal surface of males of the species.
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBCCD620CC9552D33" bold="true" box="[199,318,1051,1076]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE80620BCA8E2D33" bold="true" box="[650,741,1052,1076]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the other species of
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECB8F5620BC8D62D5F" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Caledoniscincus</emphasis>
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by the following combination of characters: (a) moderately small size (adult male
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SVL; adult female
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SVL); (b) tail long, approximately 2.0+ longer than body; (c) the fourth toe being covered with 17–19 scales above and 31–33 lamellae below; (d) a broad pale midlateral stripe; (e) bright yellow ventral colour in adults of both sexes.
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. Orientation and contact of the pale midlateral stripe around the ear opening in
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(A),
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<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBCCF6059C9332F64" box="[197,344,1613,1635]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBCCF6059C9332F64" box="[197,344,1613,1635]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C. haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(B), and regionally sympatric
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBE8D6059CB362F64" box="[647,861,1613,1635]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE8D6059CB362F64" box="[647,861,1613,1635]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C. austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(C).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEDFFEFBCCD6098CD1D2863" blockId="5.[151,1437,1679,2028]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">
|
||
The presence of a pale midlateral stripe in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBE936087CBBE2FAF" box="[665,981,1680,1704]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE936087CBBE2FAF" box="[665,981,1680,1704]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Caledoniscincus constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEDFFECBFD16087CC5F2FAF" box="[987,1076,1680,1704]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBFD16087CC5F2FAF" bold="true" box="[987,1076,1680,1704]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
will distinguish it from all other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBD1860A3C9A02FCB" box="[274,459,1716,1740]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBD1860A3C9A02FCB" box="[274,459,1716,1740]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Caledoniscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
except
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBE2D60A2CABA2FCB" box="[551,721,1716,1740]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE2D60A2CA512FCB" box="[551,570,1717,1740]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE4060A3CABA2FCB" box="[586,721,1716,1740]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and populations of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBFB360A2CCC32FCB" box="[953,1192,1716,1740]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBFB360A2CBA72FCB" box="[953,972,1717,1740]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBFD660A3CCC32FCB" box="[988,1192,1716,1740]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the central and northern regions of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="31A87650FFEDFFECBD7E60CFCA4F2FE8" box="[372,548,1751,1775]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, both of which also have this character state, and which also occur in the northwest region of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="31A87650FFEDFFECBD3660EAC9872E13" box="[316,492,1788,1812]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBDFC60EBCB5A2E13" box="[502,817,1788,1812]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBDFC60EBCB5A2E13" box="[502,817,1788,1812]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Caledoniscincus constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEDFFECBF3D60EBCBFB2E13" box="[823,912,1788,1812]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBF3D60EBCBFB2E13" bold="true" box="[823,912,1788,1812]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is sympatric with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECB85660EACD682E13" box="[1116,1283,1788,1812]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECB85660EACC042E13" box="[1116,1135,1789,1812]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECB87660EBCD682E13" box="[1148,1283,1788,1812]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the Pointe de Vavouto, and locally sympatric with both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBE9C6137CB542E3F" box="[662,831,1824,1848]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE9C6137CAC22E30" box="[662,681,1824,1847]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBEB26137CB542E3F" box="[696,831,1824,1848]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBF7D6137CC0D2E3F" box="[887,1126,1824,1848]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBF7D6137CBE12E30" box="[887,906,1824,1847]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBF936137CC0D2E3F" box="[921,1126,1824,1848]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which occur on the Massif d’Ouazangou-Taom. The general pattern of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBE8F6152CB4C2E5B" box="[645,807,1860,1884]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE8F6152CAFC2E5B" box="[645,663,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBEAF6153CB4C2E5B" box="[677,807,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEDFFECBF246153CBE32E5B" box="[814,904,1860,1884]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBF246153CBE32E5B" bold="true" box="[814,904,1860,1884]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBFB56152CC0C2E5B" box="[959,1127,1860,1884]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBFB56152CBB92E5B" box="[959,978,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBFEA6153CC0C2E5B" box="[992,1127,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are similar to each other in that the males and females are two-toned with a light dorsal surface contrasting with a noticeably darker upper lateral surface which is bordered below by a pale midlateral stripe. The most consistent difference between the two species, and with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBD5461A6CA202ECF" box="[350,587,1968,1992]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBD5461A6C91A2ECF" box="[350,369,1969,1992]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBD7561A7CA202ECF" box="[383,587,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, is in the positioning of the pale midlateral stripe where it contacts the back of the ear opening (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D1842A45FFEDFFECBD6561C3C9DF2EEB" box="[367,436,2004,2028]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,248,1582,1605]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,1273,1560]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1435,1273,1561]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Orientation and contact of the pale midlateral stripe around the ear opening in Caledoniscincus constellatus sp. nov. (A), C. haplorhinus (B), and regionally sympatric C. austrocaledonicus (C)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/209942/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
|
||
): in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEDFFECBDEF61C2CAED2EEB" box="[485,646,2004,2028]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBDEF61C2C99C2EEB" box="[485,503,2005,2028]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE0E61C3CAED2EEB" box="[516,646,2004,2028]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEDFFECBE8661C3CA8E2EEB" box="[652,741,2004,2028]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEDFFECBE8661C3CA8E2EEB" bold="true" box="[652,741,2004,2028]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
the pale midlateral stripe is broad, meets most of the posterior edge of the ear and then continues broadly from the anterior edge of the ear unbroken to the anterior-most upper labials; in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBD0666AAC9DF29D3" box="[268,436,188,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBD0666AAC97429D3" box="[268,287,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBD2766ABC9DF29D3" box="[301,436,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the pale midlateral stripe is narrow, joins the upper posterior edge of the ear and forms a pale edge over the ear and continues anteriorly as a row of broken pale markings to the anterior upper labials; in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB98866F7C908281B" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB98866F7CDFE29F0" box="[1410,1429,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBC9D6713C908281B" box="[151,355,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the pale midlateral stripe is narrow, follows a line anteriorly towards the middle of the rear edge of the ear opening, but loses definition approaching the ear opening. The tail of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB836673FCC8A2847" box="[1084,1249,296,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB836673FCC242838" box="[1084,1103,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB86A673FCC8A2847" box="[1120,1249,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEEFFEFB8E1673FCD2C2847" box="[1259,1351,296,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB8E1673FCD2C2847" bold="true" box="[1259,1351,296,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(208% SVL) is also longer than that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBDF5675ACACD2863" box="[511,678,332,356]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBDF5675ACA792863" box="[511,530,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBE15675BCACD2863" box="[543,678,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(maximum 173% SVL) or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBFD1675ACCA32863" box="[987,1224,332,356]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBFD1675ACB852863" box="[987,1006,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBFF6675BCCA32863" box="[1020,1224,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(~150% SVL).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCCD6778CA992B58" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
|
||
There are also marked differences in ventral colouration between these three species. Adult male and female
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB9896767C97228AB" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB9896767CDFE2880" box="[1411,1429,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBC9D6783C97228AB" box="[151,281,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEEFFEFBD2B6783C91728AB" box="[289,380,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBD2B6783C91728AB" bold="true" box="[289,380,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
have bold yellow ventral surfaces which distinguish them from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB8546782CD6328AB" box="[1118,1288,404,428]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB8546782CC1A28AB" box="[1118,1137,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB88B6783CD6328AB" box="[1153,1288,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(adult males moderate yellow; adult females pale yellow) and from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBF1E67AFCC6F28D7" box="[788,1028,440,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBF1E67AFCB4C28C8" box="[788,807,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBF3267AFCC6F28D7" box="[824,1028,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(adult males orange; adult females moderate yellow). Further, the reticulate pattern of narrow, bicoloured transverse bars in adult male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB8F067CACDF728F3" box="[1274,1436,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB8F067CACD6628F3" box="[1274,1293,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB91067CBCDF728F3" box="[1306,1436,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEEFFEFBC9D6417C89A2B1F" box="[151,241,512,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBC9D6417C89A2B1F" bold="true" box="[151,241,512,536]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is unique and readily distinguishes them from adult male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBF756417CC4C2B1F" box="[895,1063,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBF756417CBF92B10" box="[895,914,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBFAA6417CC4C2B1F" box="[928,1063,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which lack any transverse markings on the dorsal surface, and male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBE256432CB762B3B" box="[559,797,548,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrocaledonicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBE256432CA292B3B" box="[559,578,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBE5A6433CB762B3B" box="[592,797,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">austrocaledonicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which has a pale vertebral marking (rough stripe or variably connected blotches) down the centre of the back.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCCD647ACD6A2BE8" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
|
||
In scalation there is highly significant levels of difference (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBF60647ACB192B83" box="[874,882,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">t</emphasis>
|
||
<0.005) between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB849647ACC8D2B83" box="[1091,1254,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB849647ACC3E2B83" box="[1091,1109,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB86E647BCC8D2B83" box="[1124,1254,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEEFFEFB8E7647BCD222B83" box="[1261,1353,620,644]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB8E7647BCD222B83" bold="true" box="[1261,1353,620,644]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFB988647AC9752BAF" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB988647ACDFE2B83" box="[1410,1429,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBC9D6487C9752BAF" box="[151,286,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(all populations included) in toe scalation and number of midbody scale rows (
|
||
<tableCitation id="043D037BFFEEFFEFB88F6498CCB22BA0" box="[1157,1241,655,679]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,235,479,500]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,682,1584]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="TABLE 1. Values for number of midbody scale rows (MBR), dorsal scale rows (DSR), fourth finger (FFS) and toe (FTS) scales," httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/1DC06648FFEBFFEABC9D67C8CDF628F2" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" tableUuid="1DC06648FFEBFFEABC9D67C8CDF628F2">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
). However, there is overlap in range of values for these characters and they are not significantly different when compared with syntopic
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEEFFEFBCDC64CFC9162BF7" box="[214,381,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBCDC64CFC8822BE8" box="[214,233,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBCFC64CFC9162BF7" box="[246,381,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, limiting their usefulness diagnostic markers in the identification of individuals.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="01A5654BFFEEFFEEBCCD64ECCBAB29D3" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="54" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCCD64ECCAC32A81" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBCCD64ECC93E2A13" bold="true" box="[199,341,763,788]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Based on three adult males (
|
||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFEEFFEFBEA464EBCB742A13" box="[686,799,764,788]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.9" metricValueMax="5.2" metricValueMin="4.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" unit="mm" value="49.0" valueMax="52.0" valueMin="46.0">46–52mm</quantity>
|
||
SVL), one adult female (
|
||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFEEFFEFB84564EBCCFC2A13" box="[1103,1175,764,788]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.7" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" unit="mm" value="57.0">57mm</quantity>
|
||
SVL) from Pointe de Vavouto. Measurements: adult size
|
||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFEEFFEFBE2C6508CAFE2A30" box="[550,661,799,823]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.15" metricValueMax="5.7" metricValueMin="4.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" unit="mm" value="51.5" valueMax="57.0" valueMin="46.0">46–57mm</quantity>
|
||
SVL; distance from axilla to groin 58.6–63.2% SVL
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB8D56530CC862A45" box="[1247,1261,807,834]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 61); distance from forelimb to snout 30.7–35.4% SVL (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBE7E6559CAE92A6E" box="[628,642,846,873]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 33.9); hindlimb length 43.9–47.5% SVL (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB8826559CCFD2A6E" box="[1160,1174,846,873]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 45.3); tail length of individual with most complete tail 208.1% SVL.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCCD6586CC9B2AF0" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
|
||
Scalation: midbody scale rows 28–30 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBE7E658ECAE92AB3" box="[628,642,921,948]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 28.5, sd = 1.00); dorsal scale rows 61–65 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB87B658ECC142AB3" box="[1137,1151,921,948]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 63.0, sd = 1.63); scales on top of fourth finger 10–12 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBDED65D7C99E2ADC" box="[487,501,960,987]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 11, sd = 0.81); lamellae beneath fourth finger 16–18 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB85565D7CC062ADC" box="[1119,1133,960,987]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 16.5, sd = 0.7); scales on top of fourth toe 17–19 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFBDAC65F0C9DF2D05" box="[422,436,999,1026]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 18.0, sd = 0.82); lamellae beneath fourth toe 31–33 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEEFFEFB81F65F0CC482D05" box="[1045,1059,999,1026]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">x</emphasis>
|
||
= 31.9, sd = 0.85).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCCD6210C99F2D45" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Osteology: presacral vertebrae 28 (n = 1) – 29 (n = 3); postsacral vertebrae 43 (n = 1) for individual with longest tail, tip (19%) reproduced.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCCD6258CB412E30" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
|
||
Colour and pattern in life (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D1842A45FFEEFFEFBDFE6258CA532D60" box="[500,568,1103,1127]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,248,1871,1894]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,281,1843]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1435,281,1844]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Adult male Caledoniscincus constellatus sp. nov., holotype (MNHN 2011.0228) dorsal (A) and ventral (B) coloration." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/209943/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
): Dorsal surface of males predominately light brown (larger individuals) to grey-brown (smallest individual) with a reticulate pattern of narrow (one scale width), bicoloured transverse bars, the individual scales of which are black with one to several small white spots medially within the scale and/or along its anterior edge, and the scales making up the of lighter interspaces between the dark transverse bars are densely peppered with minute black spots. Top of head bearing a mix of grey and light brown (larger individuals) or more uniformly grey-brown (smallest individual). Lateral surface of body and head black with a bold white midlateral stripe that extends along the side of the head from the anterior labials to the anterior edge of the ear, and then along the neck from the lower and posterior edge of the ear opening and passing above the forelimb and along the body as a continuous stripe (one scale width) to the edge of the hindlimb, continuing along the hindlimb as a lighter and narrower grey stripe bordered below by a continuation of the black lower lateral colour. The light dorsal and dark lateral surfaces are well differentiated and highly contrasting, the dorsolateral edge is irregular and defined by a pale narrow stripe that is cream with brown suffusion between the naris and eye, white between the eye and level of the forelimb, and of variable in width and clarity of colour along the remainder of the body being narrow (half scale width) and variably suffused with brown to wide (one scale width) and white in colour, with the wider and paler areas appearing more as a series of white blotches. Tail grey-brown above with some continuation medially of the light brown dorsal colouration of the body. Lateral surface of the tail dark basally but mid-brown over the remainder of its length and bordered above by a very narrow, unbroken, black edge along the dorsolateral margin. Undersurface of body and neck white and strongly contrasting with the dark lower lateral surface, the body with a bold yellow flush anteriorly to the level of the forelimbs. Lower labials each with large dark markings, scales along inner edge of jaw line also with scattered dark markings, and the mental scale with dark blotches and numerous minute dark specks to give an overall blackish appearance.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEFBCC36155CA512EC0" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Adult female with the dorsal surface grey-brown above with a series of small, widely separated dark blotches along the vertebral line of the neck, body and base of tail, continuing as a narrow dark vertebral streak along the remainder of the tail. Lateral surface as for males but with the pale dorsolateral markings usually white, near continuous and narrow (1/2 scale width).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEEFFEEBCCD61C5CBAB29D3" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2026]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1436,151,212]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="54" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
|
||
Details of
|
||
<typeStatus id="96048862FFEEFFEFBD3661C5C9C22EED" box="[316,425,2002,2026]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
: Adult male (MNHN 2011.0228); size
|
||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFEEFFEFBF5561C5CBAF2EED" box="[863,964,2002,2026]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.95" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" unit="mm" value="49.5">49.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
SVL; tail length
|
||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFEEFFEFB88D61C5CC8F2EED" box="[1159,1252,2002,2026]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.03" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" unit="mm" value="103.0">103 mm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFEEFFEFB8F961C5CD322EED" box="[1267,1369,2002,2026]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.95" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" unit="mm" value="19.5">19.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
of tip reproduced). Midbody scale rows 28; dorsal scale rows 61; dorsal scales of fourth finger 11/11; lamellae of fourth finger 16/16; dorsal scales of fourth toe -/18; lamellae of fourth toe -/31.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="1DC06648FFEFFFEEBC9D6158CDF62E62" box="[151,1437,1871,1894]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/209943/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" targetBox="[151,1435,281,1843]" targetPageId="7">
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEFFFEEBC9D6158CDF62E62" blockId="7.[151,1437,1871,1894]" box="[151,1437,1871,1894]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBC9D6158C9642E62" bold="true" box="[151,271,1871,1894]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Adult male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEFFFEEBD826158CACE2E62" box="[392,677,1871,1893]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBD826158CACE2E62" box="[392,677,1871,1893]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Caledoniscincus constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEFFFEEBEA06147CA912E62" box="[682,762,1872,1893]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBEA06147CA912E62" bold="true" box="[682,762,1872,1893]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, holotype (MNHN 2011.0228) dorsal (A) and ventral (B) coloration.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="01A5654BFFEFFFE1BCCD619BCBD0281B" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="55" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFEFFFE1BCCD619BCBD0281B" blockId="7.[151,1436,1932,2029]" lastBlockId="8.[151,1437,151,969]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="55" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBCCD619BC9272EA2" bold="true" box="[199,332,1932,1957]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Comments.</emphasis>
|
||
The single juvenile specimen in the Queensland Museum from the Ouazangou massif is assigned to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFEFFFEEBC9D61A6C9532ECE" box="[151,312,1969,1993]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBC9D61A6C8C22ECF" box="[151,169,1969,1992]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBCBC61A6C9532ECE" box="[182,312,1969,1993]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFEFFFEEBD3761A6C9FD2ECE" box="[317,406,1969,1993]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFEFFFEEBD3761A6C9FD2ECE" bold="true" box="[317,406,1969,1993]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
on the basis of having the black upper and lower lateral colouration (including the side of the head) and distinctive broad, pale midlateral stripe and the contact of this stripe with the ear opening diagnostic of the population at the
|
||
<typeStatus id="96048862FFE0FFE1BD8E668FC9DF29B7" box="[388,436,152,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality. However, this specimen is poorly preserved and the scalation characters are difficult to assess thus not allowing comparison with the
|
||
<typeStatus id="96048862FFE0FFE1BF0C66AACB5D29D2" box="[774,822,189,213]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series from Vavouto with any confidence, although it does appear to have a shorter tail (166% versus 208% SVL) indicating the possibility of some regional differentiation, the significance of which can only be assessed with more samples.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="01A5654BFFE0FFE0BCCD6730CD722ABC" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="56" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFE0FFE1BCCD6730CD3A2B83" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,969]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BCCD6730C9862847" bold="true" box="[199,493,295,320]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Distribution and biology.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BDFC673FCB5E2847" box="[502,821,296,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BDFC673FCB5E2847" box="[502,821,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Caledoniscincus constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFE0FFE1BF34673FCBF12847" box="[830,922,296,320]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BF34673FCBF12847" bold="true" box="[830,922,296,320]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
occurs in the northwest coast of the Grande Terre on Pointe de Vavouto and on the Massif d’Ouazangou. The site at Vavouto is mostly covered by disturbed vegetation but there is a mixture of dense to open maquis and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BF686767CBDB288F" box="[866,944,368,392]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BF686767CBDB288F" box="[866,944,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Acacia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
shrubland on the coastal hills and remnant sclerophyll forest (‘Formation Jaffré’) in the gully. This site is unique for the occurrence of sclerophyll forest on serpentine. The new species was found in both habitats, and was syntopic with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1B80067AFCD3A28D7" box="[1034,1361,440,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1B80067AFCD3A28D7" box="[1034,1361,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Caledoniscincus haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which was more abundant. Sclerophyll forest habitat is extremely restricted in distribution, but the mosaic of maquis and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BC9D67E8C8B62B10" box="[151,221,511,535]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="8" pageNumber="56" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">acacia</taxonomicName>
|
||
shrubland is widespread and extends to the adjacent coastal hills and low-elevation slopes and valleys at the base of the Massif de Koniambo. Investigation of maquis and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BF5B6433CBFC2B3B" box="[849,919,548,572]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="8" pageNumber="56" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">acacia</taxonomicName>
|
||
shrubland at the base of Massif de Koniambo did not record
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BD30645FC9B02B67" box="[314,475,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BD30645FC9262B58" box="[314,333,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">C</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BD53645FC9B02B67" box="[345,475,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFE0FFE1BDEB645FCA502B67" box="[481,571,584,608]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BDEB645FCA502B67" bold="true" box="[481,571,584,608]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, but did record
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BEE6645FCBF82B67" box="[748,915,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BEE6645FCA942B58" box="[748,767,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">C</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BF06645FCBF82B67" box="[780,915,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">haplorhinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The single juvenile from Massif d’Ouazangou was collected in an insect pitfall trap set in
|
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<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BE71647BCAA22B83" box="[635,713,620,644]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BE71647BCAA22B83" box="[635,713,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Acacia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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shrubland in a west-facing gully around
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<quantity id="8E479B25FFE0FFE1B89E647BCCB02B83" box="[1172,1243,620,644]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" unit="m" value="400.0">400 m</quantity>
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elevation.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="490036C0FFE0FFE1BCCD6498CCDF2AC0" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,969]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">
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<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BCCD6498C9D62BAF" bold="true" box="[199,445,655,680]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Conservation status.</emphasis>
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Potential threats to the species preferred habitats includes an array of low- to moderatelevel human-mediated impacts, including: extensive loss and fragmentation of sclerophyll forest, near coastal maquis and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BD1564CFC9062BF7" box="[287,365,728,752]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BD1564CFC9062BF7" box="[287,365,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Acacia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
shrubland on the central-west and north-west coast from clearing for ranching and agriculture; a decline in the extent and quality of remaining sclerophyll forest, maquis and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1B81064EBCC032A13" box="[1050,1128,764,788]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1B81064EBCC032A13" box="[1050,1128,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Acacia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
shrubland in the long-term from repeated wildfires and, where they occur on ultramafic massifs, from activities associated with nickel mining; a potentially very high risk of a decline in quality (and consequently in extent) of the remaining sclerophyll forest fragments at Pointe de Vavaouto from the immediate proximity of the infrastructural development associated with the Koniambo mine processing facility; a potentially severe negative impact from the invasive little red fire ant (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1B96C659AC9EA2ACF" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Wasmannia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auropunctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1B96C659AC9EA2ACF" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Wasmannia auropunctata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) in sclerophyll as indicated by studies on congeners (Jourdan
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1B82065A6CC322ACF" box="[1066,1113,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2001).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFE0FFE1BC9D6188CA272EDE" blockId="8.[151,1436,1951,2009]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BC9D6188C97E2EB2" bold="true" box="[151,277,1951,1974]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
Distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE0FFE1BDCA61B7CA882EB1" box="[448,739,1952,1974]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BDCA61B7CA882EB1" box="[448,739,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Caledoniscincus constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFE0FFE1BEE461B7CB282EB2" box="[750,835,1952,1973]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE0FFE1BEE461B7CB282EB2" bold="true" box="[750,835,1952,1973]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(star) in north-west New Caledonia. Note that Pointe de Vavouto is the type locality for the species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
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||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFE1FFE0BC9D6509C8D52A54" blockId="9.[151,1436,798,851]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE1FFE0BC9D6509C97B2A33" bold="true" box="[151,272,798,821]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
Maquis/
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE1FFE0BD636508C9C42A33" box="[361,431,799,820]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE1FFE0BD636508C9C42A33" box="[361,431,799,820]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">Acacia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
shrubland (‘Formation Jaffré’) on Pointe de Vavouto (A) and interior of remnant sclerophyll forest (B).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFE1FFE0BCCD6568CD722ABC" blockId="9.[151,1436,895,1243]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">
|
||
Based on the threats identified above, the species extremely restricted range and its occurrence at only two locations,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE1FFE0BCD365B3C9122ABB" box="[217,377,932,956]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="constellatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE1FFE0BCD365B3C9122ABB" box="[217,377,932,956]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">C. constellatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="60F857A9FFE1FFE0BD8B65B3C9B12ABB" box="[385,474,932,956]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" rank="species">
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||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE1FFE0BD8B65B3C9B12ABB" bold="true" box="[385,474,932,956]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is ranked as Critically Endangered on IUCN Red List criteria (IUCN 2001).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="01A5654BFFE1FFE0BCC365D0C9462DDC" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="490036C0FFE1FFE0BCC365D0C9462DDC" blockId="9.[151,1436,895,1243]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE1FFE0BCC365D0CA382AE7" bold="true" box="[201,595,967,992]" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">Comparative material examined.</emphasis>
|
||
The following specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8EBF4D43FFE1FFE0BF9365D0CCB42AD8" box="[921,1247,967,991]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Caledoniscincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haplorhinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7BCBEAD2FFE1FFE0BF9365D0CCB42AD8" box="[921,1247,967,991]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">Caledoniscincus haplorhinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were used in the morphological comparisons: AMS R77407, R77409, R77427, R77429, R77437, R77449–52, R78319–20, R78322, R78326-28 Nouméa, Fambourg Blanchot
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<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BEF26218CB3B2D20" box="[760,848,1039,1063]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="925" value="-22.3">22°18'S</geoCoordinate>
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||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BF546218CBA32D20" box="[862,968,1039,1063]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="925" value="166.45">166°27'E</geoCoordinate>
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||
; AMS R135119-23 Nouville, Isle Nou
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BC9D6224C8842D4C" box="[151,239,1075,1099]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="925" value="-22.266666">22°16'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BCF36224C9082D4C" box="[249,355,1075,1099]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="925" value="166.4">166°24'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; R146433–4,
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||
<collectionCode id="2FAEAE05FFE1FFE0BE0D6224CA562D4C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[519,573,1075,1099]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="9" pageNumber="56">CAS</collectionCode>
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||
198763–71 Plage de Ouano
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||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BF986224CC792D4C" box="[914,1042,1075,1099]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="15" value="-21.845278">21°50'43"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0B8166224CCC62D4C" box="[1052,1197,1075,1099]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="15" value="165.80917">165°48'33"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; AMS R144257–58, R144284–89 Grottes de Koumac,
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||
<quantity id="8E479B25FFE1FFE0BE116240CA272D68" box="[539,588,1111,1135]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" unit="km" value="9.0">9km</quantity>
|
||
E of Koumac
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BEFE6240CB182D68" box="[756,883,1111,1135]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="15" value="-20.554998">20°33'18"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BF716240CC662D68" box="[891,1037,1111,1135]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="15" value="164.36362">164°21'49"E</geoCoordinate>
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||
; AMS R146459–70, R146472 Pindaï, Plage de Pindaï
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BD74626CC9952D94" box="[382,510,1147,1171]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="15" value="-21.357224">21°21'26"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BE0F626CCAFD2D94" box="[517,662,1147,1171]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="15" value="164.95305">164°57'11"E</geoCoordinate>
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||
; AMS R171478–81 Pointe de Vavouto
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0B85E626CCC822D94" box="[1108,1257,1147,1171]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="1" value="-21.011194">21°00'40.3"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0B8FA626CCDF32D94" box="[1264,1432,1147,1171]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="1" value="164.68553">164°41'07.9"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; AMS R171483 Pointe de Vavouto
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BE216288CAAE2DB0" box="[555,709,1183,1207]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="1" value="-21.01011">21°00’36.4”S</geoCoordinate>
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||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BEC46288CB072DB0" box="[718,876,1183,1207]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="1" value="164.68573">164°41’8.6”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; AMS R171491 Pointe de Vavouto 21°00’
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0B9536288CDF72DB0" box="[1369,1436,1183,1207]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="5555" value="-17.8">17.8S</geoCoordinate>
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164°46’
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2C8B5007FFE1FFE0BCFA62D4C9422DDC" box="[240,297,1219,1243]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="9" pageNumber="56" precision="5555" value="7.5">7.5E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |