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<subSubSection id="06E6657D9374FFEC0F98FDCAFACBFD2B" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="4E4336F69374FFEC0F98FDCAFACBFD2B" blockId="2.[151,1437,573,2040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">
|
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<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0F98FDCAFDBAFDD3" bold="true" box="[151,567,573,600]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Material examined for rediagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="FE943CAB9374FFEC0D32FDC9FE21FD2B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2620586305" collectionCode="BMNH" country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="700" latitude="-8.553" location="Mondo" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="147.0833" municipality="Mt. Victoria" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" specimenCode="BMNH 96.10, BPBM 18691-93" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Central" typeStatus="holotype">
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<collectingCountry id="36EB76669374FFEC0D32FDC9FC9AFDDC" box="[573,791,573,600]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion id="8C38F8149374FFEC0C2EFDCAFC6FFDDC" box="[801,994,573,599]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Central" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Central Province</collectingRegion>
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||
:
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="AE27AC8C9374FFEC0CE3FDC9FBFEFDDC" box="[1004,1139,573,600]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Mt. Victoria</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
(
|
||
<specimenCode id="1E5A9E8D9374FFEC0B8EFDCAFAADFDDC" box="[1153,1312,573,599]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">BMNH 96.10</specimenCode>
|
||
.31.9,
|
||
<typeStatus id="914788549374FFEC0A6EFDCAFF46FDF7" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
),
|
||
<location id="4B23602D9374FFEC0FD1FD96FEBFFDF0" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9374FFEC0FD1FD96FEBFFDF0" box="[222,306,609,635]" country="Papua New Guinea" latitude="-8.553" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="147.0833" municipality="Mt. Victoria" name="Mondo" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" stateProvince="Central">Mondo</location>
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,
|
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<geoCoordinate id="2BC850319374FFEC0E32FD96FE1AFDF7" box="[317,407,609,636]" degrees="09.25" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" precision="555" value="-9.25">09.25ºS</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="2BC850319374FFEC0EADFD96FD81FDF0" box="[418,524,609,635]" degrees="147.41" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" precision="555" value="147.41">147.41ºE</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<elevation id="C5D1D1C59374FFEC0D19FD96FD15FDF0" box="[534,664,609,636]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="m" value="700.0">
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<quantity id="89049B139374FFEC0D19FD96FDD0FDF7" box="[534,605,609,636]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="m" value="700.0">700 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode id="28EDAE339374FFEC0DA9FD96FD71FDF0" box="[678,764,609,635]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
1935.5.10.143), Fane,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2BC850319374FFEC0CF1FD96FBEAFDF7" box="[1022,1127,609,636]" degrees="8.5530" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" precision="5" value="-8.553">8.5530ºS</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2BC850319374FFEC0B7EFD96FB7AFDF0" box="[1137,1271,609,635]" degrees="147.0833" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" precision="5" value="147.0833">147.0833ºE</geoCoordinate>
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,
|
||
<elevation id="C5D1D1C59374FFEC0A0DFD96FF41FD14" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.42" metricValueMax="1.44" metricValueMin="1.4" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="m" value="1420.0" valueMax="1440.0" valueMin="1400.0">
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||
<quantity id="89049B139374FFEC0A0DFD96FA11FDF7" box="[1282,1436,609,636]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.42" metricValueMax="1.44" metricValueMin="1.4" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="m" value="1420.0" valueMax="1440.0" valueMin="1400.0">1400–1440 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(
|
||
<specimenCode id="1E5A9E8D9374FFEC0FD5FD72FE29FD2B" box="[218,420,645,672]" collectionCode="BPBM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" type="Museum">BPBM 18691–93</specimenCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation id="FE943CAB9374FFEC0EB7FD71FACFFD2B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2620586308" box="[440,1346,645,672]" collectionCode="BPBM" country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="1390" latitude="-9.4456" location="Mt. Obree" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="147.9982" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" specimenCode="BPBM 19594" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Central Province" typeStatus="holotype">
|
||
NW slope
|
||
<location id="4B23602D9374FFEC0D20FD71FD28FD14" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9374FFEC0D20FD71FD28FD14" box="[559,677,645,672]" country="Papua New Guinea" latitude="-9.4456" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="147.9982" name="Mt. Obree" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" stateProvince="Central Province">Mt. Obree</location>
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||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2BC850319374FFEC0DBFFD72FC95FD2B" box="[688,792,645,672]" degrees="9.4456" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" precision="5" value="-9.4456">9.4456ºS</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="2BC850319374FFEC0C2CFD72FC24FD14" box="[803,937,645,671]" degrees="147.9982" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" precision="5" value="147.9982">147.9982ºE</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<elevation id="C5D1D1C59374FFEC0CBBFD72FB07FD14" box="[948,1162,645,672]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.39" metricValueMax="1.45" metricValueMin="1.33" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="m" value="1390.0" valueMax="1450.0" valueMin="1330.0">
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||
<quantity id="89049B139374FFEC0CBBFD72FBC2FD2B" box="[948,1103,645,672]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.39" metricValueMax="1.45" metricValueMin="1.33" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="m" value="1390.0" valueMax="1450.0" valueMin="1330.0">1330–1450 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
(
|
||
<specimenCode id="1E5A9E8D9374FFEC0B96FD72FAB7FD2B" box="[1177,1338,645,672]" collectionCode="BPBM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" type="Museum">BPBM 19594</specimenCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="06E6657D9374FFEC0FC8FD5EFA8BFBF8" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69374FFEC0FC8FD5EFDB2FC10" blockId="2.[151,1437,573,2040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0FC8FD5EFECFFD4F" bold="true" box="[199,322,681,708]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
A moderately sized species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0DA3FD5EFC8EFD48" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" box="[684,771,681,707]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0DA3FD5EFC8EFD48" box="[684,771,681,707]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Lobulia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, adult SVL
|
||
<quantity id="89049B139374FFEC0C9CFD5EFBABFD4F" box="[915,1062,681,708]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.275" metricValueMax="6.65" metricValueMin="5.9" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="mm" value="62.75" valueMax="66.5" valueMin="59.0">59–66.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
; with a dorso-ventrally flattened body, distinct frontoparietals, two supralabials posterior to subocular, scales of temporal region not highly fragmented, lobules present on anterior margin of ear opening, subdigital lamellae 22–28 under 4th toe, mid-body scale rows 30–32, paravertebral scales 52–54, mid-dorsum with two rows of large dark-brown spots, top of tail base with one row of large dark-brown spots, sides brown with rows of small dark-brown spots, distinct pale dorsolateral stripe absent, light field on abdomen that lacks brown spotting ten scales wide, and under thighs and precloacal region white, without brown spotting.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69374FFEC0FC8FC52FA8BFBF8" blockId="2.[151,1437,573,2040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0FC8FC52FEF0FC34" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" box="[199,381,933,959]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0FC8FC52FEF0FC34" box="[199,381,933,959]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Lobulia elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from the other five species currently placed in the genus as follows:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0A89FC51FF60FC68" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0A89FC51FF60FC68" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0E8EFC3DFDA0FC68" baseAuthorityName="Zweifel" baseAuthorityYear="1972" box="[385,557,969,995]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brongersmai">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0E8EFC3DFDA0FC68" box="[385,557,969,995]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. brongersmai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having separate (vs. fused) frontoparietals; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0B7AFC3DFF64FB8C" authority="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityName="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityYear="2005" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alpina">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0B7AFC3DFB56FC68" box="[1141,1243,969,995]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. alpina</emphasis>
|
||
Greer, Allison & Cogger
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0E2EFC19FD46FB8C" authority="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityName="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityYear="2005" box="[289,715,1005,1031]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subalpina">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0E2EFC19FE23FB8C" box="[289,430,1005,1031]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. subalpina</emphasis>
|
||
Greer, Allison & Cogger
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having two (vs. three) supralabials posterior to the subocular supralabial and lacking (vs. having) a pale dorsolateral stripe; and from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0CB6FBE5FAC2FBA0" authority="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityName="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityYear="2005" box="[953,1359,1041,1067]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="glacialis">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0CB6FBE5FBBBFBA0" box="[953,1078,1041,1067]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. glacialis</emphasis>
|
||
Greer, Allison & Cogger
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0A89FBE5FD80FBC4" authority="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityName="Greer, Allison & Cogger" authorityYear="2005" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stellaris">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0A89FBE5FF7CFBC4" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. stellaris</emphasis>
|
||
Greer, Allison & Cogger
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having a relatively unfragmented (vs. fragmented) temporal region, large chin shields abutting the infralabials (vs. separated by genials), and 22–28 (vs. 13–17) subdigital lamellae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="06E6657D9374FFED0FC8FB8AFCCCFA84" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="204" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69374FFEC0FC8FB8AFEACFAA3" blockId="2.[151,1437,573,2040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0FC8FB8AFED4FB13" bold="true" box="[199,345,1149,1176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
This description is limited to six specimens from four localities in the central Owen Stanley Mts. of
|
||
<collectingRegion id="8C38F8149374FFEC0FB9FB56FEFBFB30" box="[182,374,1185,1211]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Central" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Central Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="36EB76669374FFEC0E8DFB55FDD2FB30" box="[386,607,1185,1212]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
, all of which are within
|
||
<quantity id="89049B139374FFEC0C7DFB56FC45FB30" box="[882,968,1185,1211]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" unit="km" value="100.0">100 km</quantity>
|
||
of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="914788549374FFEC0B17FB55FBC5FB37" box="[1048,1096,1186,1212]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality. All specimens I have seen from elsewhere but assigned to this species in museum collections represent other species that are typically undescribed; some of them are morphologically similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759374FFEC0C26FB1DFC10FA88" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" box="[809,925,1257,1283]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="203" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0C26FB1DFC10FA88" box="[809,925,1257,1283]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but genetically highly divergent (Slavenko
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0A87FB1DFF39FAAC" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
in prep.).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69374FFEC0FC8FAC6FB7CF904" blockId="2.[151,1437,573,2040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">
|
||
Rostral broad but shallow, approximately twice as wide as deep, projecting moderately onto tip of snout, its suture with frontonasal straight to shallowly concave; nasal elongate, widest anteriorly, usually entire but may have shallow dividing suture posteriorly (n = 2 of 12) or ventrally (n = 2 of 12); nasals widely separated, projecting approximately one-third of way onto dorsum of snout; nostril subcircular, centered within nasal; frontonasal large, pentagonal, extending laterally to dorsal level of nares, barely touching frontal; prefrontals moderate in size, narrowly separated, bordered below by two loreals; supraoculars four, anterior two contacting frontal; frontal kite shaped; one pair of frontoparietals in medial contact, in contact with posterior three supraoculars and in narrow contact with frontal (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D6C72A739374FFEC0E57F9DAFE5FF9CC" box="[344,466,1581,1607]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1888,1913]" captionTargetBox="[247,1343,194,1853]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[235,1352,181,1863]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. (A) Dorsal, and (B) lateral views of head of Lobulia elegans, holotype, BMNH 96.10.31.9, Mt. Victoria; (C) dorsal, and (D) lateral views of head of L. elegans, BPBM 18692, Fane, 1400 m a.s.l., Central Province, PNG; and (E) dorsal, and (F) lateral views of head of Lobulia sabini sp. nov., holotype, BPBM 16766, N slope Mt. Simpson, 2480 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, PNG. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833479" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833479/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Fig. 1A, C</figureCitation>
|
||
); interparietal smaller, kite-shaped; parietal eye spot absent; parietals in contact behind interparietal, in contact anteriorly with last supraocular, last supraciliary, and uppermost postsubocular; transversely enlarged nuchal on each side, larger than the scale separating it from the upper secondary temporal.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69374FFEC0FC8F96EFBF8F87C" blockId="2.[151,1437,573,2040]" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">
|
||
Anterior loreal smaller than posterior, higher than long; posterior loreal longer than high (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D6C72A739374FFEC0BB8F96EFABCF93F" box="[1207,1329,1689,1716]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1888,1913]" captionTargetBox="[247,1343,194,1853]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[235,1352,181,1863]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 1. (A) Dorsal, and (B) lateral views of head of Lobulia elegans, holotype, BMNH 96.10.31.9, Mt. Victoria; (C) dorsal, and (D) lateral views of head of L. elegans, BPBM 18692, Fane, 1400 m a.s.l., Central Province, PNG; and (E) dorsal, and (F) lateral views of head of Lobulia sabini sp. nov., holotype, BPBM 16766, N slope Mt. Simpson, 2480 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, PNG. Scale bar = 5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833479" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833479/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">Fig. 1B, D</figureCitation>
|
||
); preocular longer than tall; presuboculars two (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0D5AF949FDEEF95C" box="[597,611,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 11) or three (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0C19F949FCA9F95C" box="[790,804,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 1); postsuboculars five (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0B5AF949FBEEF95C" box="[1109,1123,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 10) or six (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0A0FF949FA83F95C" box="[1280,1294,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 2), lowest interdigitated between penultimate and antepenultimate supralabials; lower eyelid scaly, moveable, with a clear palpebral disc approximately size of ear opening, scales of upper palpebral series 8–11, of lower palpebral series 13–14; supraciliaries eight (n = 2), nine (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0D55F8DDFDE5F8C8" box="[602,616,1834,1859]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 7), or ten (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0DF9F8DDFC89F8C8" box="[758,772,1834,1859]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 3), first in contact with prefrontal, last expanded medially behind posterolateral margin of fourth supraocular, none interdigitated with supraoculars; primary temporal single, interdigitated between last two supralabials; secondary temporals two, upper approximately same size as lower but more elongate and overlapping it; supralabials six (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0DD8F861FD68F824" box="[727,741,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 1) or seven (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0C9FF861FC13F824" box="[912,926,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 11), fourth (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0B4CF861FBDCF824" box="[1091,1105,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 1) or fifth (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49374FFEC0BE2F861FB76F824" box="[1261,1275,1942,1967]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="203">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 11), respectively, below eye and in contact with small scales of lower eyelid; postlabials two; ear opening moderately large, with 3–6 flat lobules on anterior margin, otherwise ear margin surrounded by flat scales.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FF6EFA9DFF70" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Mental single; postmental single, contacting first two infralabials; infralabials seven; four pairs of enlarged chin shields, the first two pairs in medial contact, third pair narrowly separated by single medial scale, fourth pair separated by three medial scales; a single postgenial separating fourth chin shield from seventh infralabial.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FEF2FBFEFEC8" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
Body scales smooth, in 30 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0EF0FEF1FD80FE94" box="[511,525,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 4), 31 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D72FEF1FD06FE94" box="[637,651,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 1), or 32 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0C15FEF1FCA5FE94" box="[794,808,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 1) longitudinal rows at midbody; paravertebral scales 52 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0FCBFEDDFF5FFEC8" box="[196,210,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 3), 53 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0E4EFEDDFEC2FEC8" box="[321,335,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 1), or 54 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0ED2FEDDFE66FEC8" box="[477,491,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 2); medial precloacal scales overlap lateral precloacals.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FEBAFF49FE24" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
Scales on dorsal surface of fourth toe in two rows proximally, in single row beginning after last joint, 3 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0A56FEB9FAEAFEEC" box="[1369,1383,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 8) or 4 (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0FDBFE85FF6FFE00" box="[212,226,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 4) single dorsal scales; 22–28 smooth subdigital lamellae under fourth toe (mean = 23.2,
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0BE6FE86FA86FE00" box="[1257,1291,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">SD</emphasis>
|
||
= 0.463,
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0A78FE85FA08FE00" box="[1399,1413,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 12).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FE4EFD04FD78" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
In preservative, dorsal ground color brown (n = 2) or greenish brown (
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0CFAFE4DFB8EFE58" box="[1013,1027,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 2), with two rows of large, darkbrown mid-dorsal spots, sometimes connected medially, 13–16 spots in each row; additional dorsolateral row of similar spots on each side (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D6C72A739375FFED0EC7FDF6FDB0FD90" box="[456,573,513,539]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,927,952]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,191,894]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,181,901]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dorsal views of (A) Lobulia elegans, holotype, BMNH 96.10.31.9, Mt. Victoria; (B) Lobulia elegans, BPBM 18692, Fane, 1400 m a.s.l., Central Province, PNG; and (C) Lobulia sabini sp. nov., holotype, BPBM 16766, N slope Mt. Simpson, 2480 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, PNG. Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833481" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833481/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Fig. 2A,B</figureCitation>
|
||
); sides with several rows of smaller dark-brown spots; many scales in dorsal and lateral ground color laterally margined in dark brown, giving the appearance of narrow dark-brown longitudinal lines on dorsum and sides (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D6C72A739375FFED0D1FFDBEFDE7FDE8" box="[528,618,585,611]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,927,952]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,191,894]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,181,901]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 2. Dorsal views of (A) Lobulia elegans, holotype, BMNH 96.10.31.9, Mt. Victoria; (B) Lobulia elegans, BPBM 18692, Fane, 1400 m a.s.l., Central Province, PNG; and (C) Lobulia sabini sp. nov., holotype, BPBM 16766, N slope Mt. Simpson, 2480 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, PNG. Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833481" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833481/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
|
||
). Dorsal surface of tail with single medial row of 6–8 large dark-brown spots proximally, changing to two rows of smaller, less-well-developed dorsolateral spots distally. Limbs and digits heavily spotted with dark brown dorsally. Ground color of head darker brown than on body, heavily marked with dark-brown along most scale margins. Ventral surfaces of body and limbs uniform white, but flecked or dusted with brown on chin, sides of neck, and under tail.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FD0AFAFDFC08" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
In life, BPBM 18691 and 18692 had light-brown dorsal and lateral scales with dark-brown margins, giving the appearance of stripes; two paravertebral rows of black squares (
|
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<figureCitation id="D6C72A739375FFED0C9BFCD6FC62FCB0" box="[916,1007,801,827]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,1046,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1437,1046,1905]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Portraits in life of (A) Lobulia elegans, BPBM 18692, Fane, 1400 m a.s.l., Central Province, PNG; (B) Lobulia sabini sp. nov., paratype, BPBM 16775, N slope Mt. Simpson, 2480 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, PNG; (C) Lobulia sabini sp. nov., paratype, BPBM 16761, Bunisi Village, 1420 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, PNG; (D) ventral view of BPBM 16761." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833483/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
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); sides with 3–4 rows of light dashes; ground color on sides darker than on dorsum; venter white with a green sheen; palms and soles dark yellow; iris dark. The venter of BPBM 18692 was also white (no green sheen noted), but that of BPBM 18693 was yellow.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FC7AFB1EFB98" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
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<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0FC8FC7AFE97FC2C" bold="true" box="[199,282,909,935]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Range.</emphasis>
|
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<materialsCitation id="FE943CAB9375FFED0E2CFC7AFCC5FC64" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2620586310" collectionCode="BMNH" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Fane" elevation="1420" location="Known" municipality="The" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Central">
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<location id="4B23602D9375FFED0E2CFC7AFEF8FC2C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9375FFED0E2CFC7AFEF8FC2C" box="[291,373,909,935]" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Fane" municipality="The" name="Known" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" stateProvince="Central">Known</location>
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||
with certainty only from four localities in the southern slope of the
|
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<location id="4B23602D9375FFED0B72FC7AFAD4FC2C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9375FFED0B72FC7AFAD4FC2C" box="[1149,1369,909,935]" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Fane" municipality="The" name="Owen Stanley Mts." pageId="3" pageNumber="204" stateProvince="Central">Owen Stanley Mts.</location>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="8C38F8149375FFED0A69FC7AFEA7FC40" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Central" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Central Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="36EB76669375FFED0E39FC46FD83FC40" box="[310,526,945,971]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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(
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).
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<location id="4B23602D9375FFED0D77FC46FD63FC40" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9375FFED0D77FC46FD63FC40" box="[632,750,945,971]" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Fane" municipality="The" name="Elevations" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" stateProvince="Central">Elevations</location>
|
||
for the
|
||
<collectionCode id="28EDAE339375FFED0C48FC46FC16FC40" box="[839,923,945,971]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
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specimen from
|
||
<location id="4B23602D9375FFED0B5EFC46FB54FC40" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9375FFED0B5EFC46FB54FC40" box="[1105,1241,945,971]" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Fane" municipality="The" name="Mt. Victoria" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" stateProvince="Central">Mt. Victoria</location>
|
||
is unknown.
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="AE27AC8C9375FFED0A7EFC46FA10FC40" box="[1393,1437,945,971]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">The</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
specimens from
|
||
<collectingCounty id="A7224E7A9375FFED0E5FFC22FE0BFC64" box="[336,390,981,1007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Fane</collectingCounty>
|
||
were obtained from
|
||
<elevation id="C5D1D1C59375FFED0D7FFC22FCC5FC64" box="[624,840,981,1007]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.42" metricValueMax="1.44" metricValueMin="1.4" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="1420.0" valueMax="1440.0" valueMin="1400.0">
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<quantity id="89049B139375FFED0D7FFC22FC86FC64" box="[624,779,981,1007]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.42" metricValueMax="1.44" metricValueMin="1.4" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="1420.0" valueMax="1440.0" valueMin="1400.0">1400–1440 m</quantity>
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||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="FE943CAB9375FFED0C5BFC22FE3DFB98" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2620586312" country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="1520" location="Mondo" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Central">
|
||
the specimen from
|
||
<location id="4B23602D9375FFED0B23FC22FBF0FC64" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9375FFED0B23FC22FBF0FC64" box="[1068,1149,981,1007]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Mondo" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" stateProvince="Central">Mondo</location>
|
||
(ca.
|
||
<locationDeviation id="5FF12FD49375FFED0BBBFC23FAEFFC64" box="[1204,1378,980,1007]" location="Fane" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
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<quantity id="89049B139375FFED0BBBFC23FB60FC64" box="[1204,1261,980,1007]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="km" value="5.0">5 km</quantity>
|
||
E of Fane
|
||
</locationDeviation>
|
||
) was collected at
|
||
<elevation id="C5D1D1C59375FFED0E11FC0FFE3DFB98" box="[286,432,1016,1043]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="1520.0">
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||
<quantity id="89049B139375FFED0E11FC0FFEFEFB98" box="[286,371,1016,1043]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="1520.0">1520 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation id="FE943CAB9375FFED0EB3FC0EFB1EFB98" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2620586309" box="[444,1171,1016,1043]" country="Papua New Guinea" elevation="1390" location="Mt. Obree" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Central">
|
||
and the specimen from
|
||
<location id="4B23602D9375FFED0DCCFC0EFCBBFB98" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C65587E09374FFEA0F98FF4AFE94FEC8:4B23602D9375FFED0DCCFC0EFCBBFB98" box="[707,822,1017,1043]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Mt. Obree" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" stateProvince="Central">Mt. Obree</location>
|
||
came from
|
||
<elevation id="C5D1D1C59375FFED0CB2FC0FFB1EFB98" box="[957,1171,1016,1043]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.39" metricValueMax="1.45" metricValueMin="1.33" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="1390.0" valueMax="1450.0" valueMin="1330.0">
|
||
<quantity id="89049B139375FFED0CB2FC0FFBD5FB98" box="[957,1112,1016,1043]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.39" metricValueMax="1.45" metricValueMin="1.33" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="1390.0" valueMax="1450.0" valueMin="1330.0">1330–1450 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FBEBFCCCFA84" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0FC8FBEBFE03FBBC" bold="true" box="[199,398,1052,1079]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Ecological notes.</emphasis>
|
||
My specimens were brought in by local collectors, so I have no detailed ecological notes for them. The species is reported to be arboreal (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0D85FBB6FC80FBD0" author="Greer, A. E. Jr." box="[650,781,1089,1115]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="1 - 67" refId="ref9643" refString="Greer, A. E. Jr. (1974) The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplement Series, 31, 1 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 031" type="journal article" year="1974">Greer 1974</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0C18FBB6FC21FBD0" author="Allison, A." box="[791,940,1089,1115]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="803 - 813" refId="ref9341" refString="Allison, A. (1980) Distribution and ecology of New Guinea lizards. In Gressitt, J. L. (Ed.), Biogeography and ecology of New Guinea. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, The Hague, pp. 803 - 813. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 009 - 8632 - 9 _ 39" type="book chapter" year="1980">Allison 1980</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), but those statements likely (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0BFAFBB6FAFBFBD0" author="Greer, A. E. Jr." box="[1269,1398,1089,1115]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="1 - 67" refId="ref9643" refString="Greer, A. E. Jr. (1974) The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplement Series, 31, 1 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 031" type="journal article" year="1974">Greer 1974</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) or certainly (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0E06FB92FE12FBF4" author="Allison, A." box="[265,415,1125,1151]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="803 - 813" refId="ref9341" refString="Allison, A. (1980) Distribution and ecology of New Guinea lizards. In Gressitt, J. L. (Ed.), Biogeography and ecology of New Guinea. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, The Hague, pp. 803 - 813. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 009 - 8632 - 9 _ 39" type="book chapter" year="1980">Allison 1980</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) belong to other, unnamed, though closely related, species (see Discussion). Nonetheless, the flattened body and long digits of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D22FB7DFD2DFB28" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" box="[557,672,1161,1187]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D22FB7DFD2DFB28" box="[557,672,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are consistent with the interpretation that the species is arboreal. The areas from which the animals at Fane and Mt. Obree were collected comprised a mix of open grasslands (likely due to human burning) and secondary forest (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D6C72A739375FFED0D52FB26FD38FB60" box="[605,693,1232,1259]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1894,1919]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,907,1869]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,907,1869]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Habitats for (A) Lobulia elegans, Hane Valley, outside Fane, 1400 m a.s.l., Central Province, PNG; (B) looking to summit of Mt. Simpson from camp at 2480 m a.s.l., showing Deschamspsia grasslands in which Lobulia sabini sp. nov. resides; (C) closer view of Deschamspsia grasslands at 2480 m a.s.l.; and (D) looking down on Bunisi Village, 1420 m a.s.l., showing the surrounding disturbed grasslands in which L. sabini sp. nov. is found." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833487" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833487/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
|
||
), suggesting that this species is heliothermic and prefers areas open to sunshine for basking. It may well be an ecotone specialist.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="06E6657D9375FFEA0FC8FAEEFE94FEC8" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="205" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FAEEFC36FA14" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0FC8FAEEFEB6FAB8" bold="true" box="[199,315,1305,1331]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
As briefly noted in the Introduction, the large majority of specimens assigned to this species in museum collections I have seen are referable to other, mostly undescribed species that differ from true
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0BE6FACAFA10FADC" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" box="[1257,1437,1341,1367]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0BE6FACAFA10FADC" box="[1257,1437,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Lobulia elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in a variety of scalational and color-pattern features (see Discussion for further details). However, only one of these populations currently has a binomen in synonymy with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0C08FA72FC3EFA14" box="[775,947,1413,1439]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0C08FA72FC3EFA14" box="[775,947,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Lobula elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFED0FC8FA5DFD45F8C4" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0FC8FA5DFDA1FA48" authorityName=", Loveridege" authorityYear="1945" box="[199,556,1449,1475]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="elegantoides" subSpecies="lobulus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0FC8FA5DFDA1FA48" box="[199,556,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Lygosoma elegantoides lobulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0C09FA5EFC43FA48" author="Loveridge, A." box="[774,974,1448,1475]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="47 - 52" refId="ref9994" refString="Loveridge, A. (1945) New scincid lizards of the genera Tropidophorus and Lygosoma from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 58, 47 - 52." type="journal article" year="1945">Loveridge (1945)</bibRefCitation>
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from
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<quantity id="89049B139375FFED0B17FA5EFB38FA48" box="[1048,1205,1449,1475]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.36" metricValueMax="2.44" metricValueMin="2.28" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="m" value="2360.0" valueMax="2440.0" valueMin="2280.0">2280–2440 m</quantity>
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a.s.l., Mt. Wilhelm,
|
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<collectingRegion id="8C38F8149375FFED0F98FA3AFEEFFA6C" box="[151,354,1485,1511]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Madang" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Madang Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="36EB76669375FFED0E7FFA3AFE26FA6C" box="[368,427,1485,1511]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">PNG</collectingCountry>
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, but it seems not to have been mentioned again in the scientific literature, although it is included in the Reptile Database as a subspecies of
|
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<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0DD3FA05FCDDF980" box="[732,848,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0C50FA06FB97F980" author="Uetz, P. & Freed, P. & Hosek, J." box="[863,1050,1521,1547]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" refId="ref10310" refString="Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (Eds.) (2019) The Reptile Database. Available from: http: // www. reptile-database. org (accessed 15 January 2020)" type="url" year="2019">
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Uetz
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0C92FA05FC5BF980" box="[925,982,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">et al.</emphasis>
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2019
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
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)
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
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. The
|
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|
||
is MCZ 47067 and clearly does not represent the same species as
|
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<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D95F9E1FC80F9A4" box="[666,781,1557,1583]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
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<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D95F9E1FC80F9A4" box="[666,781,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
as diagnosed here. Based on information provided in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0A69F9E2FEBDF9D8" author="Loveridge, A." pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="47 - 52" refId="ref9994" refString="Loveridge, A. (1945) New scincid lizards of the genera Tropidophorus and Lygosoma from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 58, 47 - 52." type="journal article" year="1945">Loveridge (1945)</bibRefCitation>
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and photographs of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="914788549375FFED0D46F9CEFD26F9D8" box="[585,683,1593,1619]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
available from MCZ (
|
||
<figureCitation id="D6C72A739375FFED0CA1F9CEFC79F9DF" box="[942,1012,1593,1620]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1339,1364]" captionTargetBox="[170,1417,166,1321]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[170,1417,166,1321]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. (A) Dorsal view of body, (B) dorsal view of head, and (C) lateral view of head of holotype of Lobulia elegantoides lobulus (MCZ 47067) from Mt. Wilhelm, Morobe Province, PNG. Photos courtesy of Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, ©President and Fellows of Harvard College." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833489" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3833489/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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), it differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0BBBF9CDFAA4F9D8" box="[1204,1321,1593,1619]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
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||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0BBBF9CDFAA4F9D8" box="[1204,1321,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having 34–36 midbody scale rows (vs.
|
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<quantity id="89049B139375FFED0EF5F9AAFDD0F9FC" box="[506,605,1629,1655]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.874" metricValueMax="8.128" metricValueMin="7.62" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" unit="in" value="31.0" valueMax="32.0" valueMin="30.0">30–32 in</quantity>
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<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D6CF9A9FD5AF9FC" box="[611,727,1629,1655]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
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<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D6CF9A9FD5AF9FC" box="[611,727,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), posterior loreal square or slightly higher than long (vs. longer than high in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0E26F975FE13F910" box="[297,414,1665,1691]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0E26F975FE13F910" box="[297,414,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), dorsal rows of dark-brown spots joined to form two mid-dorsal stripes (vs. dorsal spots distinct and not arrayed in stripes in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D37F951FD20F934" box="[568,685,1701,1727]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D37F951FD20F934" box="[568,685,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), white lateral stripe present (vs. absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0B96F951FA80F934" box="[1177,1293,1701,1727]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0B96F951FA80F934" box="[1177,1293,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), and paired dark-brown dorsal spots on the tail (vs. single row in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0DF3F93DFCFCF968" box="[764,881,1737,1763]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0DF3F93DFCFCF968" box="[764,881,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Examining the
|
||
<specimenCount id="58FAFD7F9375FFED0B38F93EFB5DF968" box="[1079,1232,1737,1763]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" type="generic">16 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
that comprise the type series of this taxon is beyond the scope of this study, but it is clear from consideration of the above-mentioned features that this taxon is not conspecific with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D94F8E5FC83F8A0" box="[667,782,1809,1835]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D94F8E5FC83F8A0" box="[667,782,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and I hereby remove it from the synonymy of that species and recognize it as the distinct species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D5EF8C1FD4DF8C4" box="[593,704,1845,1871]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lobulus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D5EF8C1FD4DF8C4" box="[593,704,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. lobulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4E4336F69375FFEA0FC8F8AEFE94FEC8" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,152,323]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="205" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0FC8F8AEFECEF8F8" author="Ahl, E." box="[199,323,1880,1907]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="18 - 20" refId="ref9322" refString="Ahl, E. (1925) Herpetologische Notizen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 65, 18 - 20." type="journal article" year="1925">Ahl (1925)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
proposed the replacement name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0DBBF8ADFC36F8F8" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[692,955,1881,1907]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegantoides">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0DBBF8ADFC36F8F8" box="[692,955,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Lygosoma elegantoides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for Boulenger’s
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0B77F8ADFACAF8F8" authorityName=", Smith" authorityYear="1937" box="[1144,1351,1881,1907]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0B77F8ADFACAF8F8" box="[1144,1351,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Lygosoma elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, claiming that the name was preoccupied by both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0D97F88AFC02F81C" authority="Gray" authorityName="Gray" box="[664,911,1917,1943]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Hinulia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0D97F88AFCC0F81C" box="[664,845,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Hinulia elegans</emphasis>
|
||
Gray
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0CC3F889FAD0F81C" authority="Fischer" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1883" box="[972,1373,1917,1943]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Euprepes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans" subGenus="Tiliqua">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0CC3F889FBB8F81C" box="[972,1077,1918,1943]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Euprepes</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0B47F88AFB1AF81C" box="[1096,1175,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Tiliqua</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0BA4F88AFA8CF81C" box="[1195,1281,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">elegans</emphasis>
|
||
Fischer
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
once
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0F98F856FED3F830" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[151,350,1953,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" refId="ref9466" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1887) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. 2 nd Edition. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 575 pp." type="book" year="1887">Boulenger (1887)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
placed 43% of global skink diversity in the single genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0CE7F855FBD7F830" box="[1000,1114,1954,1979]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0CE7F855FBD7F830" box="[1000,1114,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">Lygosoma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. This replacement name has been little used in taxonomic works since then, with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759375FFED0DD0F831FCDFF854" authorityName="Fischer" authorityYear="1883" box="[735,850,1989,2015]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Euprepes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49375FFED0DD0F831FCDFF854" box="[735,850,1989,2015]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="204">L. elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
being used by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0CF7F832FB06F854" author="Greer, A. E. Jr." box="[1016,1163,1989,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="1 - 67" refId="ref9643" refString="Greer, A. E. Jr. (1974) The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplement Series, 31, 1 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 031" type="journal article" year="1974">Greer (1974)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFED0B99F832FACDF854" author="Zweifel, R. G." box="[1174,1344,1989,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="390 - 434" refId="ref10382" refString="Zweifel, R. G. (1980) Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 103. Frogs and lizards from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 165, 390 - 434." type="journal article" year="1980">Zweifel (1980)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079375FFEA0A45F832FECAFF3F" author="Allison, A. & Greer, A. E." lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="205" pageId="3" pageNumber="204" pagination="116 - 119" refId="ref9411" refString="Allison, A. & Greer, A. E. (1986) Egg shells with pustulate surface structures: basis for a new genus of New Guinea skinks (Lactertilia: Scincidae). Journal of Herpetology, 20, 116 - 119." type="journal article" year="1986">Allison & Greer (1986)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079372FFEA0E5CFF6EFE55FF38" author="Mys, B." box="[339,472,153,179]" pageId="4" pageNumber="205" pagination="127 - 183" refId="ref10058" refString="Mys, B. (1988) The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 58, 127 - 183." type="journal article" year="1988">Mys (1988)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079372FFEA0D1CFF6EFD69FF38" author="Greer, A. E. & Allison, A. & Cogger, H. G." box="[531,740,152,179]" pageId="4" pageNumber="205" pagination="153 - 179" refId="ref9692" refString="Greer, A. E., Allison, A. & Cogger, H. G. (2005) Four new species of Lobulia (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from high altitude in New Guinea. Herpetological Monographs, 19, 153 - 179. https: // doi. org / 10.1655 / 0733 - 1347 (2005) 019 [0153: FNSOLL] 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2005">
|
||
Greer
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49372FFEA0D56FF6DFD1CFF38" box="[601,657,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="205">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
(2005)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759372FFEA0C10FF6DFC47FF38" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1925" box="[799,970,153,179]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegantoides">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49372FFEA0C10FF6DFC47FF38" box="[799,970,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="205">L. elegantoides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
used by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079372FFEA0B22FF6EFB7CFF38" author="Loveridge, A." box="[1069,1265,152,179]" pageId="4" pageNumber="205" pagination="47 - 52" refId="ref9994" refString="Loveridge, A. (1945) New scincid lizards of the genera Tropidophorus and Lygosoma from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 58, 47 - 52." type="journal article" year="1945">Loveridge (1945)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="2A6D4B079372FFEA0A27FF6EFF68FF5C" author="Mittleman, M. B." pageId="4" pageNumber="205" pagination="1 - 35" refId="ref10028" refString="Mittleman, M. B. (1952) A generic synopsis of the lizards of the subfamily Lygosominae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117, 1 - 35." type="journal article" year="1952">Mittleman (1952)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. It is well beyond the scope of the present taxonomic work to wade into the wake of nomenclatural problems created by Boulenger’s reconceived
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759372FFEA0D3EFF15FD2EFF70" box="[561,675,226,251]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49372FFEA0D3EFF15FD2EFF70" box="[561,675,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="205">Lygosoma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and I leave that to skink experts, who can do a more thorough job. Meanwhile I use the name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89FC4D759372FFEA0EC3FEF2FD0CFE94" authorityName="Greer" authorityYear="1974" box="[460,641,261,287]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="205" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C88EAE49372FFEA0EC3FEF2FD0CFE94" box="[460,641,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="205">Lobulia elegans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
herein simply to be consistent with all recent taxonomic literature for the species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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