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) and since then considered a mangrove endemic species.
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Fig. 17. Specimens identified by the genetic analyses (unpublished data by S. Carranza) were found in SW Diksam Plateau, Central Noged, Qa'arah area, Meyhah area, Neet, Shu'ab area.
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF5A5F9F61483F911" bold="true" box="[197,427,1649,1674]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Bibliographic data.</emphasis>
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,
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF5A5F91214E9F935" bold="true" box="[197,449,1685,1710]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">General distribution.</emphasis>
Endemic to
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Island.
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF5A5F93D1411F949" bold="true" box="[197,313,1722,1746]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Remarks.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF45FF93D14A5F94A" box="[319,397,1721,1745]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. o bs t i</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF4A6F93D1764F94A" box="[454,588,1721,1745]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. guichardi</emphasis>
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are morphologically very similar. High altitude populations of
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF06EF93D10BDF94A" box="[1294,1429,1721,1745]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. guichardi</emphasis>
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, living in higher wooded covers and therefore in cooler and moister habitats, are usually darker, while the populations of
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF594F8851463F882" box="[244,331,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. o b s t i,</emphasis>
living on mangroves or at lower altitudes in areas with more sparse vegetation and drier climate, are usually lighter. Moreover, the differences in the orange flank patterns in males of
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF11FF8A111FDF8A6" box="[1151,1237,1829,1853]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. obsti</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF071F8A110B0F8A6" box="[1297,1432,1829,1853]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. g u i c h a rd i</emphasis>
reported by
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seem to be subtle in many of the observed individuals. These species have been so far considered differentiated both in habitat and in distribution (coastal mangrove endemic vs. mountain endemic), but our findings show a much more continuous distribution of
<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF6A3F8151130F832" box="[963,1048,1937,1961]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. o b s t i.</emphasis>
This is the reason why we lumped the data in a single distribution map (Fig. 16b) and indicated as
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF60CF83116DCF856" box="[876,1012,1973,1997]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">P. guichardi</emphasis>
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vel
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<emphasis id="BFD69845CE77FFCAF146F8321174F856" box="[1062,1116,1973,1997]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">obsti</emphasis>
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all specimens not identified genetically.
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