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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF82FFD5FF7CF985FE097040" bold="true" box="[151,483,1628,1654]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="601">Eremiascincus phantasmus</emphasis>
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&
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)
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(
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.) Storr, 1974 Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3 (1): 68–70 (‘Ghost Skink’ = p. 69)
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(
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.) Greer, 1979; Rec. Aust. Mus. (32) 7: 323
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. (‘Ghost Skink’ = p. 325)
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF82FFD5FF7CF8B2FE7571B6" box="[151,415,1898,1920]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="601">Eremiascincus fasciolatus</emphasis>
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(
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.) Cogger, 2000; Rept. Amphib. Aust.: 477
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material of the species herein described as new has been deposited in the SAMA, QM and AMS collections.
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Holophoront of
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(SAMA R49358) Photograph—C. Stevenson.
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(unvouchered specimen) in life from Mootwingee, NSW. Note the pale dorsum and the perfectly transverse very faded narrow bands on the tail (partly regenerated in the illustrated specimen), the slender build, and the small ear aperture. Photograph—P. Tremul.
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):
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,
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; R50888 (F)—
|
||
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|
||
NNW Murda Hill, Simpson Desert Regional Reserve, SA,
|
||
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,
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||
; R51482 (M)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FE35FF06FDD676CE" box="[478,572,223,248]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.51" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="25.1">25.1 km</quantity>
|
||
NW Atna Hill, Simpson Desert CP, SA,
|
||
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,
|
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<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FB4EFF39FADF76CE" box="[1189,1333,224,248]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="137.32695">137°19'37''E</geoCoordinate>
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; R51436 (M)—
|
||
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|
||
SSE Approdinna Attora Knolls, SA,
|
||
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|
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,
|
||
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; R54137 (M)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FB2DFEDAFACC772A" box="[1222,1318,259,284]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.71" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="37.1">37.1 km</quantity>
|
||
WNW of Muloorina Homestead, SA,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FE38FEFFFDB97709" box="[467,595,294,319]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-29.1625">29°09'45''S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FDB5FEFEFD057709" box="[606,751,295,319]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="137.53362">137°32'01''E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; R54255 (unsexed juvenile)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FBA1FEFFFB497709" box="[1098,1187,294,319]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.53" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="15.3">15.3 km</quantity>
|
||
WNW Kannakaninna Waterhole, Kalamurina, SA,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FE00FE93FD817755" box="[491,619,330,355]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-27.885834">27°53'09''S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FD97FE92FCE67755" box="[636,780,331,355]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="137.82028">137°49'13''E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; R55437 (F)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FC29FE92FBE77755" box="[962,1037,330,355]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="17.0">17 km</quantity>
|
||
NW Karrathunka Waterhole, SA,
|
||
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FEC3FEB7FE5377B1" box="[296,441,366,391]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="139.14583">139°08'45''E</geoCoordinate>
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||
; R55447 (M)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FD9CFEB6FD3277B1" box="[631,728,366,391]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.24" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="12.4">12.4 km</quantity>
|
||
NW Karrathunka Waterhole, SA,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FB9EFEB7FB1C77B1" box="[1141,1270,366,391]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-26.140833">26°08'27''S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FAECFEB7FA7D77B1" box="[1287,1431,366,391]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="139.165">139°09'54''E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; R55507 (M)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FED6FE4BFE70779D" box="[317,410,402,427]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.02" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="30.2">30.2 km</quantity>
|
||
ESE Mulka Hill, SA,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FD7CFE4BFCFD779D" box="[663,791,402,427]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-28.447498">28°26'51''S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FCC8FE4BFC5E779D" box="[803,948,402,427]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="138.86833">138°52'06''E</geoCoordinate>
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;
|
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FC54FE4BFC17779D" bold="true" box="[959,1021,402,427]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">AMS</emphasis>
|
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R
|
||
<date id="FFB4101AFF80FFD7FBFCFE4BFB80779D" box="[1047,1130,402,427]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" value="64-11-31">113164</date>
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(M)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FB51FE4BFAEA779D" box="[1210,1280,402,427]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="25.0">25 km</quantity>
|
||
N of Poeppel Corner, Simpson Desert, NT,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FE02FE6CFDA177F8" box="[489,587,437,462]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="925" value="-25.766666">25°46' S</geoCoordinate>
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FDB2FE6FFD2977F8" box="[601,707,438,462]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="925" value="138.0">138°00'E</geoCoordinate>
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||
; R155329 (M)—Sturt National Park,
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FB9AFE6FFB2B77F8" box="[1137,1217,437,462]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="1.8">1.8 km</quantity>
|
||
W (by road) along Whitecatch Gate Road, NSW,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FE10FE00FD9177C4" box="[507,635,473,498]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-29.114166">29°06'51''S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FD60FE00FCF177C4" box="[651,795,473,498]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="141.18167">141°10'54''E</geoCoordinate>
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;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FCC1FE00FCB077C4" bold="true" box="[810,858,473,498]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">QM</emphasis>
|
||
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|
||
(F),
|
||
<accessionNumber id="9459AB39FF80FFD7FC1EFE00FBAF77C4" box="[1013,1093,473,498]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J41602" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" type="EnaNcbi">J41602</accessionNumber>
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(F)—Durrie Station, Glennie Well, QLD,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FEF4FE24FE4A7420" box="[287,416,509,534]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-25.93">25°55'48''S</geoCoordinate>
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FE40FE24FDD17420" box="[427,571,509,534]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="139.93028">139°55'49''E</geoCoordinate>
|
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;
|
||
<accessionNumber id="9459AB39FF80FFD7FDADFE27FD7D7420" box="[582,663,510,534]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J44070" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" type="EnaNcbi">J44070</accessionNumber>
|
||
(F)—Simpson Desert, QLD,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FC0AFE24FB887420" box="[993,1122,509,534]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-25.68">25°40'48''S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FB86FE27FB177420" box="[1133,1277,510,534]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="138.53">138°31'48''E</geoCoordinate>
|
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; 48473 (M)— Chookoo,
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FEE6FDF8FEBC740C" box="[269,342,545,570]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="30.0">30 km</quantity>
|
||
WSW Jackson, QLD,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FDB6FDF8FD34740F" box="[605,734,545,569]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-27.580002">27°34'48''S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FD00FDF8FC96740C" box="[747,892,545,570]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="141.9">141°54'00''E</geoCoordinate>
|
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;
|
||
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|
||
–57 (M),
|
||
<accessionNumber id="9459AB39FF80FFD7FBA3FDF8FB73740C" box="[1096,1177,545,570]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J75060" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" type="EnaNcbi">J75060</accessionNumber>
|
||
(M),
|
||
<accessionNumber id="9459AB39FF80FFD7FB36FDF8FAC4740C" box="[1245,1326,545,570]" httpUri="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/embl/J75067" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" type="EnaNcbi">J75067</accessionNumber>
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||
(unsexed juvenile)—
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FEFCFD9DFEA5746B" box="[279,335,580,605]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="km" value="2.0">2 km</quantity>
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W of Birdsville (behind Airstrip), QLD,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FCF5FD9DFC74746B" box="[798,926,580,605]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="-24.9">24°53'60''S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
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||
<geoCoordinate id="EE3E501DFF80FFD7FC41FD9CFBD0746B" box="[938,1082,581,605]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" precision="15" value="139.3">139°18'00''E</geoCoordinate>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF80FFD7FF2CFDB1FEC17493" blockId="30.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">
|
||
Diagnosis and Description based on material cited in the Appendix and color photographs by P. Tremul (see also
|
||
<figureCitation id="13312A5FFF80FFD7FF20FD55FEF77493" box="[203,285,652,677]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1808,1830]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,944,1783]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,944,1784]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 14. Eremiascincus phantasmus sp. nov. (unvouchered specimen) in life from Mootwingee, NSW. Note the pale dorsum and the perfectly transverse very faded narrow bands on the tail (partly regenerated in the illustrated specimen), the slender build, and the small ear aperture. Photograph—P. Tremul." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248367/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
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||
).
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||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF80FFD7FF2CFD76FA927243" blockId="30.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF2CFD76FE4574FE" bold="true" box="[199,431,687,712]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Taxonomic history.</emphasis>
|
||
Whereas Waite’s (1929) concept of
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FC89FD76FBDB74FE" box="[866,1073,687,712]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Hinulia fasciolata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
in southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31D764AFF80FFD7FB21FD76FADB74FE" box="[1226,1329,687,712]" name="Australia" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Australia</collectingCountry>
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||
is rather unsatisfactory and misleading as the morphology for the SA populations seems to be largely based on the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54B18878FF80FFD7FA87FD0DFA7674DA" box="[1388,1436,724,748]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">type</typeStatus>
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description in Boulenger (1887) (see also Greer [1979] for a discussion on data of reproduction for
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FAADFD2EFEEF7502" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Hinulia fasciolata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
presented by Waite [1929]), Worrell (1963) was probably the first author who used the colloquial name ‘Ghost Skink’ for a pale, undescribed species of desert-dwelling skink and attributed the scientific name
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FAC1FC99FA767561" box="[1322,1436,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Lygosoma</emphasis>
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||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF4BFCBBFEBE754D" box="[160,340,866,891]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Sphenomorphus</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FE87FCBDFE00754D" box="[364,490,868,891]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">monotropis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to that species.
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FD56FCBDFCC5754D" box="[701,815,868,891]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Lygosoma</emphasis>
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||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FCACFCBBFC11754D" box="[839,1019,866,891]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Sphenomorphus</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FBFFFCBDFB79754D" box="[1044,1171,868,891]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">monotropis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, however, is a junior synonym of the heavily banded
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FF80FFD7FDE3FC5EFBD875A9" authority="Cogger et al. 1983" authorityName="Cogger et al." authorityYear="1983" box="[520,1074,902,927]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="richardsonii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FDE3FC5EFCD575A9" box="[520,831,902,927]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Eremiascincus richardsonii</emphasis>
|
||
(Cogger
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FC46FC5EFC0B75A9" box="[941,993,902,927]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 1983)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and is clearly distinct from the form Worrell described. The area of distribution Worrell suggested includes the central parts of SA and the arid parts of WA. Because Worrell did not include ‘
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FD47FC14FD1175D0" box="[684,763,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">pallidu</emphasis>
|
||
s’ in his
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FCB6FC14FBAF75D0" box="[861,1093,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">
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||
Reptiles of
|
||
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</emphasis>
|
||
it may be that he believed the ‘Ghost Skink’ and ‘
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FE6DFC28FE3F723C" box="[390,469,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">pallidu</emphasis>
|
||
s’ to be conspecific. Although Worrell’s species concept remains mysterious, and
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF7CFBCFFEE3721B" box="[151,265,1046,1069]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Lygosoma</emphasis>
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||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FEF1FBCCFE247218" box="[282,462,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Sphenomorphus</emphasis>
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||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FE34FBCFFD4E721B" box="[479,676,1046,1069]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">monotropis sensu</emphasis>
|
||
Worrell (1963)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
might be better regarded a
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FB61FBCFFAB87218" box="[1162,1362,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">nomen ambiguum</emphasis>
|
||
rather than a synonym, the name ‘Ghost Skink’ was generally used by subsequent authors (e.g., Storr 1974; Greer 1979) to refer to the patternless, extreme pale form of "
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FD52FB87FD207243" box="[697,714,1118,1141]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">E</emphasis>
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.
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FD33FB85FCBB7243" box="[728,849,1116,1141]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">fasciolatus</emphasis>
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|
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" from the Lake Eyre region of north-eastern SA.
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF2CFB59FEAB72AF" bold="true" box="[199,321,1152,1177]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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A medium to large-sized (snout-vent length up to
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), slender narrow-banded
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FB13FB58FA7672AE" box="[1272,1436,1153,1176]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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having 8–9 undivided supralabials (usually 8); 2 infralabials usually in broad contact with the postmental scale; 20–30 subdigital lamellae, at least basally in two rows and at least basally keeled; plantar scales 12–18, smooth; 28–33 scale rows at mid-body; head small, snout depressed, and ear opening small and circular; dorsum with keels posteriorly and tail often with strong ridges; coloration pattern usually comprises 29–39 perfectly transverse narrow, often very pale bands on the tail (
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||
<typeStatus id="54B18878FF80FFD7FD99FAEAFD4E737D" box="[626,676,1331,1355]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">type</typeStatus>
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a, b); body without bands or with indication of light narrow bands (
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<typeStatus id="54B18878FF80FFD7FF75FA8EFF3A7359" box="[158,208,1367,1391]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">type</typeStatus>
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a, b) dorsally or more frequently on sides of body, usually pale, without any indication of banding visible.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
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<subSubSection id="C3106551FF80FFD6FF2CFAA3FB4B71B1" lastPageId="31" lastPageNumber="604" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" type="description">
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF2CFAA3FEB373A5" bold="true" box="[199,345,1402,1427]" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Description.</emphasis>
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FE88FAA5FCC673A5" box="[355,812,1402,1427]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Dimensions and general characteristics</emphasis>
|
||
. A medium to large-sized (snout-vent length of adult specimens
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FEF9FA47FE5D7380" box="[274,439,1438,1463]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.755" metricValueMax="9.25" metricValueMin="6.26" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="mm" value="77.55" valueMax="92.5" valueMin="62.6">62.6–92.5 mm</quantity>
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, mean 81.2,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FDAEFA46FDB97380" box="[581,595,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">n</emphasis>
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= 117), slender
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FCE3FA46FC467380" box="[776,940,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
; head small (HeadL1/SVL 0.17–0.20, mean 0.18,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF33FA1AFF0C73EC" box="[216,230,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">n</emphasis>
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= 113); snout long (SnoutL/HeadL1 0.39–0.46, mean 0.42,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FC71FA1AFC4273EC" box="[922,936,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">n</emphasis>
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= 113) top of snout depressed, tip of snout obtusely pointed; canthus rostralis rounded; lower eyelid movable, scaly; ear opening circular in shape and small (maximum length
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||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FE9BF9D3FE277017" box="[368,461,1546,1570]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="mm" value="1.8">1.8 mm</quantity>
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, maximum height
|
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<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF80FFD7FD46F9D3FCE67014" box="[685,780,1546,1570]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="30" pageNumber="603" unit="mm" value="1.8">1.8 mm</quantity>
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), about a quarter the area of eye aperture, with minute granules at anterior border; ear opening followed by a depression of the integument; tympanum sunk; limbs pentadactyl, overlapping when adpressed, moderately long (hind legs ~40% length of snout-vent length); fingers and toes moderately long, circular in section; third and fourth finger length similar; fourth toe longer than third; tail up to ~138% of SVL (range 122.7–137.8%, mean 129.1%,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FCA1F940FCB27086" box="[842,856,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 15), with strong ridges or keels, round in cross section; hemipenis deeply bifurcated, not columnar.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FF2CF906FEDB70CE" box="[199,305,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">Scalation</emphasis>
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. Nasals widely separated; frontal arrowhead-shaped, ~70% longer than interparietal, much larger than prefrontals; width of rostral-frontonasal suture less than half width of frontonasal; prefrontals narrowly separated; frontal contacting frontonasal; frontoparietals free (paired); interparietal normally free, almost as large as a frontoparietal; parietals large, in contact behind interparietal; each parietal bordered posteriorly by upper secondary temporal and (if present) enlarged nuchal scales; nuchals 0–1; supraoculars 4, normal in shape and orientation; medial 2 much longer than wide, 2 or
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contact with frontal; loreals 2, second usually wider than tall, squarish or rectangular; supranasal scale absent; preoculars 2, lower larger; presuboculars usually 2; supraciliaries 7–10 (mostly 8, mean 8.4,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FE28F802FE3B71C4" box="[451,465,2011,2034]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">n</emphasis>
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= 117), first largest; supralabials 7–9 (usually 8, mean 8.0,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF80FFD7FB80F802FB9371C4" box="[1131,1145,2011,2034]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="603">n</emphasis>
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= 117), supralabial scales undivided, last supralabial scale overlaps lower secondary temporal; infralabials 6–9; postmental in contact with first and second infralabial (
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||
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||
B); no trace of subinfralabial scales; 1 primary and 2 secondary temporals; 28– 33 (mostly 30–32) scales at mid-body (mean 30.3,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD0FFF39FD1876C1" box="[740,754,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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= 113), laterals smallest; 60–71 paravertebral scales (mean 65.9,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF33FEDDFF0C772D" box="[216,230,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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= 114); 20–30 subdigital lamellae under fourth toe (mean 25.2,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FC3BFEDDFC34772D" box="[976,990,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 114), scale under fourth toe divided medially, at least basally but often grooved for more than half of digit; weakly keeled or callose (with a single keel per side of a grooved scale); scales on top of toes variable, usually with multiple series covering base or up to half of the length of the digits, sometimes only single scale rows present; scales on soles of hands and feet granular and smooth; body and head shiny-scaled; scales on body smooth; trailing edges of dorsal and lateral scales angularly three-sided rather than smoothly rounded; subcaudals larger than ventrals; tail above usually strongly keeled (keels forming ridges); 2 median precloacal scales distinctly enlarged.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF2CFE24FD927423" box="[199,632,509,534]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Coloration and pattern in preservative</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD63FE24FD367420" box="[648,732,509,534]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">ethanol</emphasis>
|
||
). Upper surface (head, dorsum, tail, and limbs) whitish to pale gray, rarely with a fine banding discernible laterally or dorsolaterally (never forming conspicuous dark bands across the dorsum); bands usually absent altogether or only evident on the tail as pale brown cross-bands of a single scale row or less and separated by 2 rows of paler scales (if discernible 29–39 bands on tail) (
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||
<typeStatus id="54B18878FF81FFD6FB49FDB0FB3E74B7" box="[1186,1236,617,641]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">type</typeStatus>
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||
a, b), regenerated tails usually display no banding; subocular region appears to be dark bluish because of the underlying eye socket; labials pale; underneath immaculate ivory or silvery white, sometimes displaying a strong contrast between the pale dorsal and the ivory or white lateroventral side; scales on chin and gular region, palmar and plantar scales not colored differently; iris as dark as pupil; tongue pale. Hatchlings are similar in most respects to adults but with more intense bands on the tail, which become more faded with age.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF81FFD6FF2CFCE7FE5875D0" blockId="31.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF2CFCE7FDCF7561" box="[199,549,830,855]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Coloration and pattern in life</emphasis>
|
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. Ground color pale yellowish, brownish or whitish with very faded caudal striping; sometimes with obscure indication of bands laterally or dorsolaterally, rarely with a fine very light banding on dorsum; sides are usually paler than dorsum; belly cream to pinkish; all body scales glossy. Juveniles sometimes display a maculated dorsum. The coloration has resulted in the common name ‘Ghost Skink’.
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||
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||
shows a specimen in life.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF81FFD6FF2CFC28FE487264" blockId="31.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF2CFC28FEAF723C" box="[199,325,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Craniology</emphasis>
|
||
. According to the data presented in Greer (1979), this species has 9 premaxillary teeth, the surface exposure of the postorbital bone in the supratemporal arch is short, and an ectopterygoid process is not evident or only weakly developed.
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</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF81FFD6FF2CFB84FE087087" blockId="31.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF2CFB84FE077243" box="[199,493,1116,1141]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Sex ratio and dimorphism</emphasis>
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. The sex ratio of specimens favored males (67:50). All meristic and morphometric variables were tested for sexual dimorphism, with significant differences found for
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBBEFB59FB4A72AF" bold="true" box="[1109,1184,1152,1177]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">ArmL</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 21.4, SD = 1.3, median = 21.6,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE2BFB7CFE24728A" box="[448,462,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 66; females: mean = 20.5, SD = 1.2, median = 20.6,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBACFB7CFBBF728A" box="[1095,1109,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FB4AFB7CFB5A728A" box="[1185,1200,1189,1212]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
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||
= -3.718***),
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FAB7FB7DFA76728B" bold="true" box="[1372,1436,1188,1213]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">LegL</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 30.3, SD = 2.0, median = 30.3,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD41FB10FD5272D6" box="[682,696,1225,1248]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 66; females: mean = 28.8, SD = 1.7, median = 28.8,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FAF4FB10FAC772D6" box="[1311,1325,1225,1248]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FA9DFB10FA6F72D6" box="[1398,1413,1225,1248]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
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||
= -4.215***),
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FECBFB32FE837332" bold="true" box="[288,361,1259,1284]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">FootL</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 12.1, SD = 0.9, median = 12.2,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FC6FFB34FC787332" box="[900,914,1261,1284]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 66; females: mean = 11.6, SD = 0.7, median = 11.5,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF05FAC9FF167311" box="[238,252,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FEA3FAC9FEBD7311" box="[328,343,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
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||
= -3.357***),
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FDE8FAD6FDA6731E" bold="true" box="[515,588,1295,1320]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">ToeL3</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 6.2, SD = 0.5, median =
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6.3
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBBFFAC9FB887311" box="[1108,1122,1296,1319]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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= 65; females: mean = 5.9, SD = 0.5, median =
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5.9
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE4FFAEDFE58737D" box="[420,434,1332,1355]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 48;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE11FAEDFDE3737D" box="[506,521,1332,1355]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
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||
= -3.177**),
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD48FAEAFD04737A" bold="true" box="[675,750,1331,1356]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">ToeL4</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 8.4, SD = 0.6 median = 8.4,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FB0DFAEDFB1E737D" box="[1254,1268,1332,1355]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 66; females: mean = 8.1, SD = 0.6, median = 8.0,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FDDAFA81FDD57359" box="[561,575,1368,1391]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD6EFA81FD7E7359" box="[645,660,1368,1391]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
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||
= -2.883**),
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FCC6FA8FFC677359" bold="true" box="[813,909,1366,1391]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">HeadL1</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 15.4, SD = 1.1, median = 15.7,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF7CFAA5FF4F73A5" box="[151,165,1404,1427]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 64; females: mean = 14.3, SD = 1.0, median = 14.4,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FCC3FAA5FCDC73A5" box="[808,822,1404,1427]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FC6FFAA5FC7973A5" box="[900,915,1404,1427]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
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||
= -4.588***),
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBAAFAA3FB4B73A5" bold="true" box="[1089,1185,1402,1427]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">HeadL2</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 14.1, SD = 1.0, median =14.4,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE5FFA46FE287380" box="[436,450,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 65; females: mean = 13.3, SD = 1.0, median = 13.5,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBDBFA46FBD47380" box="[1072,1086,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 50;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FB63FA46FB7D7380" box="[1160,1175,1439,1462]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
|
||
= -4.203***),
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FAABFA47FA767381" bold="true" box="[1344,1436,1438,1463]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">HeadW</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 9.5, SD = 0.8, median = 9.6,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD4EFA1AFD5E73EC" box="[677,692,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
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||
= 64; females: mean = 8.8, SD = 0.8, median = 8.8,
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FAF1FA1AFAC273EC" box="[1306,1320,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FA9FFA1AFA6E73EC" box="[1396,1412,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
|
||
= -4.372***),
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FECDFA3CFE9473C8" bold="true" box="[294,382,1509,1534]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">SnoutL</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 6.4, SD = 0.5, median = 6.5,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FC97FA3EFC6073C8" box="[892,906,1511,1534]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 67; females: mean = 6.0, SD = 0.4, median = 6.0,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF21F9D3FF327017" box="[202,216,1546,1569]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 50;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FECDF9D3FEDF7017" box="[294,309,1546,1569]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
|
||
= -4.243***),
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE0FF9D0FDD37014" bold="true" box="[484,569,1545,1570]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">HeadH</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 6.6, SD = 0.6, median = 6.7,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBA4F9D3FBB77017" box="[1103,1117,1546,1569]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 65; females: mean = 6.1, SD = 0.5, median = 6.2,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE28F9F7FE3B7073" box="[451,465,1582,1605]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 47;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FDCDF9F7FDDF7073" box="[550,565,1582,1605]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
|
||
= -4.584***). The following ratio likewise showed significant differences between sexes:
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FEA6F988FE01705C" bold="true" box="[333,491,1617,1642]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">HeadL1/SVL</emphasis>
|
||
(males: mean = 0.19, SD = 0.00, median = 0.19,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FBD2F98BFBAD705F" box="[1081,1095,1618,1641]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 64; females: mean = 0.18, SD = 0.01, median = 0.18,
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE2FF9AFFE3870BB" box="[452,466,1654,1677]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 49;
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FDF2F9AFFDC270BB" box="[537,552,1654,1677]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Z</emphasis>
|
||
= -5.182***).
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD24F9ADFC8670BB" bold="true" box="[719,876,1652,1677]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">TrunkL/SVL</emphasis>
|
||
did not differ between sexes, but probability level was close to the critical level.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF81FFD6FF2CF965FB4B71B1" blockId="31.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF2CF965FE3870E3" bold="true" box="[199,466,1724,1749]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Details of holophoront</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="13312A5FFF81FFD6FE0AF965FDDB70E3" box="[481,561,1724,1749]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="29.[151,250,872,894]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,871]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[138,1467,193,874]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 13. Holophoront of Eremiascincus phantasmus sp. nov. (SAMA R 49358) Photograph—C. Stevenson." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248366/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
|
||
) (SAMA R49358) [adult male]. SVL
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FC37F965FBA870E2" box="[988,1090,1724,1749]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.05" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="90.5">90.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
, TrunkL
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FB42F965FAE470E2" box="[1193,1294,1724,1749]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.06" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="50.6">50.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
, TailL
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FAB6F964FF2970C1" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.091" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="109.1">109.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
(tip regenerated), ArmL
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FE0CF939FDBA70C1" box="[487,592,1760,1784]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.19" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="21.9">21.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, LegL
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FD4FF939FCE670C1" box="[676,780,1760,1784]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9899999999999998" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="29.9">29.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, HeadL1
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FC95F906FC0D70C1" box="[894,999,1759,1784]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.58" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="15.8">15.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
, HeadL2
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FBB2F939FB2870C1" box="[1113,1218,1760,1784]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.49" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="14.9">14.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, HeadW
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FAC4F939FA7D70C1" box="[1327,1431,1760,1784]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.03" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="10.3">10.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
, SnoutL
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FF1AF8DAFEA3712D" box="[241,329,1795,1820]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.7" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="6.7">6.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
, snout depressed, HeadH
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FD86F8DAFD2C712D" box="[621,710,1795,1820]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="6.6">6.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
, AxillaEar
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FCADF8DAFC47712D" box="[838,941,1795,1820]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.69" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="16.9">16.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, ear opening 1.3 x
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFF81FFD6FB6FF8DDFB37712D" box="[1156,1245,1796,1820]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" unit="mm" value="1.3">1.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
, MBSR 28, PVS 65, SupraLab 9 (DividedLab: none/undivided), InfraLab 8, SupraCil 9, prefrontals separated, presuboculars 2, nuchals 1, 4TLam 25, upper surface of fourth toe with scales in single rows with transverse sutures along almost entire digit, plantar scales 13, no bands or pattern noticeable on body, BandsTail (
|
||
<typeStatus id="54B18878FF81FFD6FBCCF8B6FBB371B1" box="[1063,1113,1903,1927]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">type</typeStatus>
|
||
b) 32.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3106551FF81FFE9FF2CF84BFA7674B7" lastPageId="32" lastPageNumber="605" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFF81FFE9FF2CF84BFC9B740C" blockId="31.[151,1436,151,2035]" lastBlockId="32.[151,1436,151,929]" lastPageId="32" lastPageNumber="605" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FF2CF84BFE8A719D" bold="true" box="[199,352,1938,1963]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FF81FFD6FE81F84DFD74719D" box="[362,670,1938,1963]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FE81F84DFD74719D" box="[362,670,1938,1963]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Eremiascincus phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FF81FFD6FD43F84BFCEF719D" box="[680,773,1938,1963]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FF81FFD6FD43F84BFCEF719D" bold="true" box="[680,773,1938,1963]" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
predominantly occurs in the low elevation deserts of the Lake Eyre Basin with the main distribution area in north-eastern SA (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13312A5FFF81FFD6FC2BF86FFBFC71F9" box="[960,1046,1974,1999]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="37.[151,250,1112,1134]" captionTargetBox="[157,1419,195,1079]" captionTargetId="figure@37.[151,1436,183,1091]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="FIGURE 18. Map of Australia showing distribution of Eremiascincus fasciolatus ʘ, E. intermedius ˔, E. pallidus ˔, and E. phantasmus sp. nov. Δ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248371/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="604">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
|
||
). The area of distribution extends from south of Lake Frome north-west to the mound spring area of Emerald and Strangways Springs and north to Witjiara National Park at the western border of the Simpson Desert, where it predominantly occurs in the Marla- Oodnadatta and the Marree Soil Conservation Districts. In the NT,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FC69FF64FBCD76E2" box="[898,1063,187,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FC69FF64FC7976E2" box="[898,915,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FC4AFF62FBCD76E2" box="[929,1063,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FBC6FF62FB6D76E2" box="[1069,1159,187,212]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FBC6FF62FB6D76E2" bold="true" box="[1069,1159,187,212]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
extends from Andado in the south, north-west to Charlotte Waters with the northernmost records from Illogwa Creek in the south-east central NT and Lake Caroline in the east. In the south-eastern corner of the NT,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FBCCFEDDFB27772A" box="[1063,1229,259,284]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FBCCFEDDFBD2772D" box="[1063,1080,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FBACFEDAFB27772A" box="[1095,1229,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FB3EFEDAFADA772A" box="[1237,1328,259,284]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FB3EFEDAFADA772A" bold="true" box="[1237,1328,259,284]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is poorly collected. The species also occurs in the Central Ranges xeric scrubland in the Curtin Spring and Uluru area, where it may be sympatric with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FE50FE95FDDF7755" box="[443,565,330,355]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FE50FE95FE267755" box="[443,460,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FE30FE93FDDF7755" box="[475,565,330,355]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">pallidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FDAEFE95FC9D7755" box="[581,887,330,355]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FDAEFE95FC9D7755" box="[581,887,330,355]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Eremiascincus phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FC94FE93FC307755" box="[895,986,330,355]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FC94FE93FC307755" bold="true" box="[895,986,330,355]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
has not been collected from the central Finke bioregion. In QLD the species occurs in the Channel Country of the extreme south-west. It occurs from the Mirrica Bore region in the north, south to Mount Leonard. The species is also found in the Baryulah area south to the border of NSW. From Cameron’s Corner, the species extends south-east to Tero Creek. In south-west NSW the distribution extends from the Broken Hill area in the north to Wentworth on the Victorian border and east to Mungo National Park (see also Swan 1990 for a report of an eastern range extension).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FBFFFE27FAD07420" box="[1044,1338,509,534]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FBFFFE27FAD07420" box="[1044,1338,509,534]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Eremiascinus phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FAAAFE24FA767420" box="[1345,1436,509,534]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FAAAFE24FA767420" bold="true" box="[1345,1436,509,534]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
to date has not been recorded from the far north-west of Victoria.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFFBEFFE9FF2CFD9DFA7674B7" blockId="32.[151,1436,151,929]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FF2CFD9DFE24746B" bold="true" box="[199,462,580,605]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Geographic variation.</emphasis>
|
||
Variation in color pattern (e.g., subdued narrow dorsolateral bands) is present in some specimens, but in other respects (e.g., labial scalation) these localized entities are typical of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FB7CFDB3FAD674B7" box="[1175,1340,616,641]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FB7CFDB3FB4274B7" box="[1175,1192,618,641]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FB5DFDB1FAD674B7" box="[1206,1340,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FAA8FDB1FA7674B7" box="[1347,1436,616,641]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FAA8FDB1FA7674B7" bold="true" box="[1347,1436,616,641]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3106551FFBEFFE9FF2CFD55FAAB7597" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFFBEFFE9FF2CFD55FAAB7597" blockId="32.[151,1436,151,929]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FF2CFD55FE577493" bold="true" box="[199,445,652,677]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Habitat and ecology.</emphasis>
|
||
The species inhabits low lying flood-prone areas and sandy rises with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FB36FD54FADD7493" box="[1245,1335,653,677]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Spinifex" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FB36FD54FADD7493" box="[1245,1335,653,677]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Spinifex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
cover or without vegetation (
|
||
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|
||
) and is often found in association with buildings and under rubbish piles. The very glossy, smooth-scaled skink is a sand-swimmer as one would expect from its overall morphology and habitat and occurs on substrates sandy enough to support a range of burrowing species (P. Tremul, pers. comm.).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FF7CFCC7FE207503" box="[151,458,796,821]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FF7CFCC7FE207503" box="[151,458,796,821]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Eremiascincus phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FE38FCC5FDC47503" box="[467,558,796,821]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FE38FCC5FDC47503" bold="true" box="[467,558,796,821]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is crepuscular and nocturnal in its activity, becoming most active in the late afternoon and the first few hours of darkness. Like its congeners, the species feeds on insects, small skinks, and geckos. Clutch size varies from 2–
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D0CFD53FFBEFFE9FDF1FCBCFDCD754B" box="[538,551,869,893]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" type="egg">7</specimenCount>
|
||
eggs, measuring approximately
|
||
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|
||
16–17 x
|
||
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|
||
</date>
|
||
–12 mm. Hatchlings have a SVL of
|
||
<quantity id="4CF29B3FFFBEFFE9FF7CFC51FEFA7596" box="[151,272,904,929]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.2" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" unit="mm" value="34.0" valueMax="36.0" valueMin="32.0">32–36 mm</quantity>
|
||
and a TailL of
|
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<quantity id="4CF29B3FFFBEFFE9FE50FC51FDDE7596" box="[443,564,904,929]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.35" metricValueMax="7.5" metricValueMin="7.2" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" unit="mm" value="73.5" valueMax="75.0" valueMin="72.0">72–75 mm</quantity>
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(D. Brown, pers. obs. of
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<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FCBBFC53FC1F7597" box="[848,1013,904,929]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus">
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FCBBFC53FC8B7597" box="[848,865,906,929]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">E</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FC84FC51FC1F7597" box="[879,1013,904,929]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">phantasmus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from QLD held in captivity).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<caption id="DF756652FFBEFFE9FF7CF89DFCF0714F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/248368/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" targetBox="[151,1436,1240,1838]" targetPageId="32">
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<paragraph id="8BB536DAFFBEFFE9FF7CF89DFCF0714F" blockId="32.[151,1435,1860,1913]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FF7CF89DFEF5716C" bold="true" box="[151,287,1860,1882]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
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Habitat of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FE78F89CFD4C716C" box="[403,678,1860,1882]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FE78F89CFD4C716C" box="[403,678,1860,1882]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Eremiascincus phantasmus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24D57B3FFBEFFE9FD46F89DFD14716C" box="[685,766,1860,1882]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FD46F89DFD14716C" bold="true" box="[685,766,1860,1882]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(Simpson Desert, west of Birdsville, QLD) characterized by sand dunes covered with sparse vegetation. Photograph—S. Fulcher.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
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||
<subSubSection id="C3106551FFBEFFE8FF2CF87CFE377776" lastPageId="33" lastPageNumber="606" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFFBEFFE9FF2CF87CFC9271D4" blockId="32.[151,1436,1957,2018]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">
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||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FF2CF87CFEA47188" bold="true" box="[199,334,1957,1982]" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The specific name ‘
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBEFFE9FDD7F87CFD287188" box="[572,706,1957,1982]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="605" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBEFFE9FDD7F87CFD287188" box="[572,706,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="605">phantasmus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
’ is Latin for ‘ghost’ and used as a noun in apposition. It is the Latin translation for a vernacular name Worrell proposed in 1963.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB536DAFFBFFFE8FF2CFF4EFE377776" blockId="33.[151,1436,151,320]" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FF2CFF4EFDD57686" bold="true" box="[199,575,151,176]" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">Comparison with other species.</emphasis>
|
||
This medium-sized to large
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FC6BFF40FBCE7686" box="[896,1060,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">Eremiascincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is generally distinguishable from all other narrow-banded skinks by its pale dorsal coloration. This character is only shared with the smaller
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBFFFE8FACEFF64FA7676E3" box="[1317,1436,188,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="606" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pallidus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FACEFF64FADC76E2" box="[1317,1334,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FAAFFF65FA7676E3" box="[1348,1436,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">pallidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the western arid zone, which is distinguishable from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D59FFBFFFE8FCDDFF38FC3776CE" box="[822,989,223,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eremiascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="33" pageNumber="606" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="phantasmus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FCDDFF38FCAD76CE" box="[822,839,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">E</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FCBCFF06FC3776CE" box="[855,989,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">phantasmus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in usually having 7 supralabial shields (instead of usually 8) and 1 infralabial in contact with the postmental scale (
|
||
<emphasis id="B97EEAC8FFBFFFE8FBFAFEDCFBC2772A" box="[1041,1064,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="606">vs</emphasis>
|
||
. almost always 2 infralabials in contact with the postmental).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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