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The specific epithet is derived from the Luganda word,
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE471E665EB0B7EFF2C" box="[929,1041,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">nalubaale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which means a spirit of feminine qualities (i.e., goddess), and is also the name for Lake Victoria (
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).
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.
</emphasis>
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(field no.
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), adult female,
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,
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,
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sub-region,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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elevation,
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, W. Lukwago, and
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at night from forest vegetation about
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above the ground (
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).
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<paragraph id="CB2985571E74FFE4728064130E8AFE30" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
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(
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)
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. Same collection details as holotype,
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females,
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.
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.
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,
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,
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,
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and
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at night from forest vegetation about
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.
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE47280673B0EC9FDFD" box="[199,422,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Referred specimens</emphasis>
.
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(field nos.
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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(
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,
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,
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elevation) (
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Diagnosis.
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</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE477C366AF0F91FB8D" baseAuthorityName="Buchholz" baseAuthorityYear="1874" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spectrum">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE477C366AF0F91FB8D" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. spectrum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4734A668B0EE2FB8D" baseAuthorityName="Matschie" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[269,397,1015,1040]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinosus">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4734A668B0EE2FB8D" box="[269,397,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. spinosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE473DA668B0D59FB8C" baseAuthorityName="Matschie" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[413,566,1015,1041]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="temporalis">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE473DA668B0D59FB8C" box="[413,566,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. temporalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE47032668B0DB1FB8C" authorityName="Mariaux &amp; Tilbury" authorityYear="2006" box="[629,734,1015,1041]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE47032668B0DB1FB8C" box="[629,734,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. viridis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE470AB668A0B01FB8C" bold="true" box="[748,1134,1014,1041]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE470AB668A0B64FB8C" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[748,1035,1014,1041]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nalubaale" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE470AB668A0B64FB8C" bold="true" box="[748,1035,1014,1041]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Rhampholeon nalubaale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2D1E43E1E74FFE47654668B0B01FB8C" box="[1043,1134,1015,1041]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from all other
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE472B861670E9AFBA8" box="[255,501,1051,1077]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE472B861670EF4FBA8" box="[255,411,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Rhampholeon</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
by the following combination of traits: (1) lack of prominent mite pockets in the inguinal region distinguishes it from
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4700461430DB3FBC4" authorityName="Mariaux &amp; Tilbury" authorityYear="2006" box="[579,732,1087,1113]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beraduccii">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4700461430DB3FBC4" box="[579,732,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. beraduccii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE470AA61430E2CFBE0" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE470AA61430C13FBC4" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1893" box="[749,892,1087,1113]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">R. platyceps</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE471CE61430B3FFBC4" authorityName="Tilbury" authorityYear="1992" box="[905,1104,1087,1113]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapmanorum">R. chapmanorum</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4761A61430B9DFBC5" authorityName="Branch, Bayliss &amp; Tolley" authorityYear="2014" box="[1117,1266,1087,1112]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maspictus">R. maspictus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE476B861430A19FBC4" authorityName="Branch, Bayliss &amp; Tolley" authorityYear="2014" box="[1279,1398,1087,1113]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tilburyi">R. tilburyi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE477C361430E50FBE0" authorityName="Branch, Bayliss &amp; Tolley" authorityYear="2014" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bruessoworum">R. bruessoworum</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4733B611F0D4BFBE0" authorityName="Branch, Bayliss &amp; Tolley" authorityYear="2014" box="[380,548,1123,1149]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nebulauctor">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4733B611F0D4BFBE0" box="[380,548,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. nebulauctor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (2) presence of prominent mite pockets in the axillary region distinguishes it from
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4729461FB0E03FB3C" baseAuthorityName="Loveridge" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[211,364,1159,1185]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nchisiensis">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4729461FB0E03FB3C" box="[211,364,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. nchisiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE473D861FB0D51FB3D" authorityName="Mariaux &amp; Tilbury" authorityYear="2006" box="[415,574,1159,1184]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acuminatus">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE473D861FB0D51FB3D" box="[415,574,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. acuminatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (3) distinct supra-orbital and canthal crests distinguishes it from
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4775561FB0AFBFB3C" authorityName="Tilbury &amp; Tolley" authorityYear="2015" box="[1298,1428,1159,1185]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hattinghi">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4775561FB0AFBFB3C" box="[1298,1428,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. hattinghi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (4) geographic restriction in the Albertine Rift distinguishes it from
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE471EE61D70B34FB58" authorityName="Tilbury &amp; Emmrich" authorityYear="1996" box="[937,1115,1195,1221]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uluguruensis">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE471EE61D70B34FB58" box="[937,1115,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. uluguruensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4762B61D70BB4FB59" authorityName="Menegon, Salvidio &amp; Tilbury" authorityYear="2002" box="[1132,1243,1195,1220]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moyeri">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4762B61D70BB4FB59" box="[1132,1243,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. moyeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE476AC61D70A1BFB58" box="[1259,1396,1195,1221]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colemani">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE476AC61D70A1BFB58" box="[1259,1396,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. colemani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE477C361D70FB4FB74" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sabini">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE477C361D70FB4FB74" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. sabini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE472AA61B30E31FB74" box="[237,350,1231,1257]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubeho">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE472AA61B30E31FB74" box="[237,350,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. rubeho</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4733761B30E8EFB74" box="[368,481,1231,1257]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nicolai">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4733761B30E8EFB74" box="[368,481,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. nicolai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE473B561B30DCFFB74" box="[498,672,1231,1257]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="waynelotteri">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE473B561B30DCFFB74" box="[498,672,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. waynelotteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE470A361B30C1EFB75" box="[740,881,1231,1256]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="princeeai">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE470A361B30C1EFB75" box="[740,881,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. princeeai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (5) larger inter-limb length in females, genetic divergence, and non-overlapping elevational range at parapatric sites distinguishes it from
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE476CA618F0A4AFA90" authorityName=", Steindachner" authorityYear="1911" box="[1165,1317,1267,1293]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boulengeri">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE476CA618F0A4AFA90" box="[1165,1317,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. boulengeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (6) larger mean body size, larger eye diameters, longer mouth, snout, inter-limb, and hind limb lengths in females distinguishes it from
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE472AD60470E92FAC8" bold="true" box="[234,509,1338,1365]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE472AD60470EF1FAC8" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[234,414,1338,1365]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monteslunae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE472AD60470EF1FAC8" bold="true" box="[234,414,1338,1365]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. monteslunae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2D1E43E1E74FFE473E360470E92FAC8" box="[420,509,1339,1365]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; (7) slightly longer head, snout, and mouth lengths, and shorter inter-limb length in females distinguishes it from
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE473A160230DB5FAE4" bold="true" box="[486,730,1374,1401]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE473A160230D17FAE4" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[486,632,1374,1401]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plumptrei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE473A160230D17FAE4" bold="true" box="[486,632,1374,1401]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. plumptrei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2D1E43E1E74FFE470C760230DB5FAE4" box="[640,730,1375,1401]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; (8) slightly longer head, snout, and mouth lengths, larger eye diameters, and longer inter-limb and hind limb lengths in females distinguishes it from
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE476C560FF0A04FA00" bold="true" box="[1154,1387,1410,1437]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE476C560FF0A68FA00" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[1154,1287,1410,1437]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bombayi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE476C560FF0A68FA00" bold="true" box="[1154,1287,1410,1437]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. bombayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2D1E43E1E74FFE4774860FF0A04FA00" box="[1295,1387,1411,1437]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; (9) longer inter-limb, hind limb, and head lengths in females distinguishes it from
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4764F60DB0A57FA5C" bold="true" box="[1032,1336,1446,1473]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4764F60DB0BB8FA5C" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[1032,1239,1446,1473]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="msitugrabensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4764F60DB0BB8FA5C" bold="true" box="[1032,1239,1446,1473]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. msitugrabensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2D1E43E1E74FFE4769960DB0A57FA5C" box="[1246,1336,1447,1473]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CB2985571E74FFE4728060B70EACF9B0" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4728060B70D1AFA79" box="[199,629,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Genetic differentiation and variation.</emphasis>
A summary of pairwise sequence divergence for three DNA markers (
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE472E660920FA5F995" box="[161,202,1518,1544]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">16S</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4729F60930E62F994" box="[216,269,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">ND2</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4730E60930EF8F994" box="[329,407,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">RAG-1</emphasis>
) among individuals of
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE470DD60930CE2F994" bold="true" box="[666,909,1518,1545]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE470DD60930C42F994" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" box="[666,813,1518,1545]" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nalubaale" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE470DD60930C42F994" bold="true" box="[666,813,1518,1545]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">R. nalubaale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2D1E43E1E74FFE4717360930CE2F994" box="[820,909,1519,1545]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and other
<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E74FFE4764560930B9AF994" box="[1026,1269,1519,1545]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE4764560930BF1F994" box="[1026,1182,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Rhampholeon</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
is presented in Supplementary Material 1.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CB2985571E74FFE47280634B0DCFF8EC" blockId="19.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE47280634B0D1AF9CD" box="[199,629,1590,1617]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">
Description of
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(UTEP 22673)
</emphasis>
. Adult female, SVL
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and TL
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. Gravid (see
<emphasis id="F9E259451E74FFE47742634B0AF3F9CC" box="[1285,1436,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Reproduction</emphasis>
below). Body shape leaf-like. Casque flattened, with short head. Neck indistinct from head. Supra-orbital crests distinct with cluster of tubercles connected by a ridge with 14 tubercles across casque and 19 tubercles from peak-to-peak of crests. Rostral process
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, composed of elongated tubercles. Temporal crest discrete with several enlarged tubercles extending posteriorly from mid-eye. Nares open in a posterior orientation. Canthal ridge consists of raised tubercles, one raised higher than others near snout. Ninety-eight upper and 94 lower labial tubercles present along tip of snout to rictus of mouth. Body covered in nearly homogenous, flattened tubercles. Crenulated dorsal crest, more prominent from mid-body to nape. Many enlarged conical tubercles present on limbs, tail, and lower dorsal flanks. Claws markedly bicuspid.
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Coloration of
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(in life).
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A photograph of the
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is presented in
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. Background color tan with a yellow-orange hue. Top of head a whitish coloration. Head generally light tan and indistinct from body. Gular region white, which extends onto ventral area. One diagonal dark red line extends from near dorsal crest posteriorly to lateral flank with second line posterior, but faint. Tail a similar tan color as body. Several large tubercles on body and limbs white, especially towards ventral area. Largest body tubercle near neck dark brown. Limbs slightly darker brown color than body. Several light orange and yellow patches on body, especially along dorsal crest and near forelimb-nape region.
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E73FFE372D0626C0E4CF8B5" bold="true" box="[151,291,1808,1832]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Photographs of various individuals of
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E73FFE370FA626C0CADF8B5" bold="true" box="[701,962,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Rhampholeon nalubaale</emphasis>
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in life. (A)—Adult female holotype (UTEP 22673) from Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda; (B)—Adult female paratopotype (UTEP 22671) with recently laid eggs from Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda; (C)—Adult female paratopotype (UTEP 22672) from Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda; (D)—Adult female paratype (UTEP 21694) from Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda; (E)—Adult female (UTEP 21700) from Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda; (F)—Adult female (UTEP 21695) from Bizombo, DRC; (G)—Habitat view of the forest at Bizombo, DRC; (H)—Another habitat view of the forest at Bizombo, DRC.
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272DF65EB0E61FF32" bold="true" box="[152,270,151,175]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">TABLE 4.</emphasis>
Summary of meristic and mensural characters in specimens of
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE271E965EB0B99FF32" bold="true" box="[942,1270,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Rhampholeon msitugrabensis</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="0C96FED41E72FFE277C365E40E4BFF4E" authority="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum, 2024" authorityName="Hughes &amp; Behangana &amp; Lukwago &amp; Menegon &amp; Dehling &amp; Wagner &amp; Tilbury &amp; South &amp; Kusamba &amp; Greenbaum" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monteslunae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE277C365E40E4BFF4E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">R. monteslunae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
Linear measurements (in mm) and scale counts are given as mean ± standard deviation, followed by range in parentheses; see Materials and Methods for explanation of character abbreviations.
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27320647A0D8EFE81" bold="true" box="[359,737,262,284]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27320647A0DE1FE81" bold="true" box="[359,654,262,284]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Rhampholeon msitugrabensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE271FB647A0A4FFE81" bold="true" box="[956,1312,262,284]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE271FB647A0BA2FE81" bold="true" box="[956,1229,262,284]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Rhampholeon monteslunae</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E720008736E64560D63FEDD" box="[297,524,298,320]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Males</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700664560C4AFEDD" box="[577,805,298,320]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Females</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A64560B2FFEDD" box="[861,1088,298,320]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Males</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD64560A01FEDD" box="[1162,1390,298,320]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Females</td>
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<td id="3677EE691E720008736E64320D63FEFE" box="[297,524,334,355]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">n = 3</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700664320C4AFEFE" box="[577,805,334,355]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">n = 4</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A64320B2FFEFE" box="[861,1088,334,355]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">n = 8</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD64320A01FEFE" box="[1162,1390,334,355]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">n = 10</td>
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<th id="3677EE691E72000872E0640C0F93FE1A" box="[167,252,368,391]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272FC640C0F85FE1B" bold="true" box="[187,234,368,390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">SVL</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E720008736E640C0D63FE1A" box="[297,524,368,391]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">41.7 ± 7.1 (33.646.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E7200087006640C0C4AFE1A" box="[577,805,368,391]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">47.8 ± 1.8 (45.749.4)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A640C0B2FFE1A" box="[861,1088,368,391]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">41.1 ± 5.5 (33.450.9)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD640C0A01FE1A" box="[1162,1390,368,391]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">40.4 ± 9.2 (30.454.4)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E064EF0A01FE34" box="[167,1390,403,425]" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E064EF0F93FE34" box="[167,252,403,425]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728564EF0F8DFE35" bold="true" box="[194,226,403,424]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">TL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E64EF0D63FE34" box="[297,524,403,425]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">12.4 ± 1.1 (11.513.7)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700664EF0C4AFE34" box="[577,805,403,425]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">10.9 ± 0.4 (10.511.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A64EF0B2FFE34" box="[861,1088,403,425]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">13.4 ± 1.5 (11.215.6)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD64EF0A01FE34" box="[1162,1390,403,425]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">10.9 ± 1.6 (8.213.7)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E064CA0A01FE51" box="[167,1390,438,460]" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E064CA0F93FE51" box="[167,252,438,460]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272FA64CA0F88FE56" bold="true" box="[189,231,438,459]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">TaL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E64CA0D63FE51" box="[297,524,438,460]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">54.0 ± 7.9 (45.160.5)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700664CA0C4AFE51" box="[577,805,438,460]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">58.8 ± 2.2 (56.160.6)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A64CA0B2FFE51" box="[861,1088,438,460]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">54.4 ± 6.6 (44.766.5)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD64CA0A01FE51" box="[1162,1390,438,460]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">51.4 ± 10.3 (38.768.1)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E064A50A01FE72" box="[167,1390,473,495]" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E064A50F93FE72" box="[167,252,473,495]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728664A50F8BFE73" bold="true" box="[193,228,473,494]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">HL</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E720008736E64A50D63FE72" box="[297,524,473,495]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">13.8 ± 1.5 (12.114.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700664A50C4AFE72" box="[577,805,473,495]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">14.3 ± 0.3 (14.014.5)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A64A50B2FFE72" box="[861,1088,473,495]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">13.8 ± 1.3 (11.915.7)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD64A50A01FE72" box="[1162,1390,473,495]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">13.6 ± 1.9 (11.116.5)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E064870A01FD8F" box="[167,1390,507,530]" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E064870F93FD8F" box="[167,252,507,530]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272FB64870F88FD8D" bold="true" box="[188,231,507,528]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">HW</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E64870D63FD8F" box="[297,524,507,530]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.1 ± 0.8 (7.18.6)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700664870C4AFD8F" box="[577,805,507,530]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.3 ± 0.3 (7.98.7)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A64870B2FFD8F" box="[861,1088,507,530]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.9 ± 0.7 (7.29.1)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD64870A01FD8F" box="[1162,1390,507,530]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.7 ± 1.4 (5.69.5)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E067620A01FDA9" box="[167,1390,542,564]" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E067620F93FDA9" box="[167,252,542,564]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272F867620F8BFDAE" bold="true" box="[191,228,542,563]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">HH</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E720008736E67620D63FDA9" box="[297,524,542,564]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.4 ± 0.8 (6.88.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700667620C4AFDA9" box="[577,805,542,564]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.4 ± 0.6 (6.87.9)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A67620B2FFDA9" box="[861,1088,542,564]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.5 ± 0.6 (6.88.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD67620A01FDA9" box="[1162,1390,542,564]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.2 ± 0.9 (5.89.2)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E0673D0A01FDCA" box="[167,1390,577,599]" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E0673D0F93FDCA" box="[167,252,577,599]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272F8673D0F89FDCB" bold="true" box="[191,230,577,598]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">ML</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E720008736E673D0D63FDCA" box="[297,524,577,599]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.9 ± 0.6 (8.29.4)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E7200087006673D0C4AFDCA" box="[577,805,577,599]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">9.6 ± 0.2 (9.39.7)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A673D0B2FFDCA" box="[861,1088,577,599]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.7 ± 0.7 (7.89.7)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD673D0A01FDCA" box="[1162,1390,577,599]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.6 ± 0.9 (6.910.3)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E0671F0A01FDE7" box="[167,1390,611,634]" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E0671F0F93FDE7" box="[167,252,611,634]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27286671F0F8DFDE4" bold="true" box="[193,226,611,633]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">CE</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E671F0D63FDE7" box="[297,524,611,634]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.1 ± 0.9 (6.17.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E7200087006671F0C4AFDE7" box="[577,805,611,634]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">6.9 ± 0.2 (6.77.2)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A671F0B2FFDE7" box="[861,1088,611,634]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">6.9 ± 0.9 (5.98.4)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD671F0A01FDE7" box="[1162,1390,611,634]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">7.1 ± 1.3 (5.89.9)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E067FA0A01FD00" box="[167,1390,646,669]" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E067FA0F93FD00" box="[167,252,646,669]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728467FA0F8FFD01" bold="true" box="[195,224,646,668]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">SL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E67FA0D63FD00" box="[297,524,646,669]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">4.7 ± 0.7 (4.15.4)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700667FA0C4AFD00" box="[577,805,646,669]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">4.8 ± 0.3 (4.55.1)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A67FA0B2FFD00" box="[861,1088,646,669]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">4.4 ± 0.5 (3.74.9)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD67FA0A01FD00" box="[1162,1390,646,669]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">4.6 ± 0.6 (3.95.4)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E067D50A01FD5D" box="[167,1390,681,704]" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E067D50F93FD5D" box="[167,252,681,704]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728667D50F8DFD23" bold="true" box="[193,226,681,702]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">ED</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E67D50D63FD5D" box="[297,524,681,704]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">3.9 ± 0.3 (3.84.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700667D50C4AFD5D" box="[577,805,681,704]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">3.9 ± 0.3 (3.54.2)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A67D50B2FFD5D" box="[861,1088,681,704]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">3.9 ± 0.4 (3.54.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD67D50A01FD5D" box="[1162,1390,681,704]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">3.8 ± 0.6 (3.14.8)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="75A687151E72000872E067B00A01FD7F" box="[167,1390,716,738]" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E067B00F93FD7F" box="[167,252,716,738]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728767B00F8CFD7F" bold="true" box="[192,227,716,738]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">CC</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E67B00D63FD7F" box="[297,524,716,738]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">6.1 ± 0.7 (5.46.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700667B00C4AFD7F" box="[577,805,716,738]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">5.5 ± 0.3 (5.25.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A67B00B2FFD7F" box="[861,1088,716,738]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">5.7 ± 0.8 (4.67.1)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD67B00A01FD7F" box="[1162,1390,716,738]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">5.8 ± 1.1 (4.17.5)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E067930A01FC98" box="[167,1390,751,773]" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E067930F93FC98" box="[167,252,751,773]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728267930FB1FC99" bold="true" box="[197,222,751,772]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">IL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E67930D63FC98" box="[297,524,751,773]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">21.5 ± 4.2 (16.824.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700667930C4AFC98" box="[577,805,751,773]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">25.8 ± 0.3 (25.526.2)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A67930B2FFC98" box="[861,1088,751,773]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">20.6 ± 3.1 (16.525.1)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD67930A01FC98" box="[1162,1390,751,773]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">21.3 ± 7.5 (13.233.4)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E0666E0A01FCB5" box="[167,1390,786,808]" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E0666E0F93FCB5" box="[167,252,786,808]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272FC666E0F85FCBA" bold="true" box="[187,234,786,807]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">FLL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E666E0D63FCB5" box="[297,524,786,808]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.8 ± 1.0 (8.09.9)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E7200087006666E0C4AFCB5" box="[577,805,786,808]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">9.9 ± 0.2 (9.810.1)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A666E0B2FFCB5" box="[861,1088,786,808]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">9.6 ± 1.0 (8.311.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD666E0A01FCB5" box="[1162,1390,786,808]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">9.1 ± 1.7 (6.911.7)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="75A687151E72000872E066490A01FCD6" box="[167,1390,821,843]" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E066490F93FCD6" box="[167,252,821,843]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272FE66490F83FCD7" bold="true" box="[185,236,821,842]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">HLL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E66490D63FCD6" box="[297,524,821,843]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.4 ± 1.2 (7.09.4)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700666490C4AFCD6" box="[577,805,821,843]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">9.2 ± 0.5 (8.89.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A66490B2FFCD6" box="[861,1088,821,843]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.9 ± 0.9 (7.610.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD66490A01FCD6" box="[1162,1390,821,843]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">8.2 ± 1.9 (5.810.9)</td>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E0662B0A01FCF0" box="[167,1390,855,877]" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E0662B0F93FCF0" box="[167,252,855,877]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27286662B0F8DFCF1" bold="true" box="[193,226,855,876]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E662B0D63FCF0" box="[297,524,855,877]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">88.7 ± 6.4 (8496)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E7200087006662B0C4AFCF0" box="[577,805,855,877]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">93 ± 3.5 (8896)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A662B0B2FFCF0" box="[861,1088,855,877]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">88.5 ± 7.1 (76100)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD662B0A01FCF0" box="[1162,1390,855,877]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">93.8 ± 10.2 (80108)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="75A687151E72000872E066060A01FC0D" box="[167,1390,890,912]" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E066060F93FC0D" box="[167,252,890,912]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728566060F8DFC12" bold="true" box="[194,226,890,911]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">LL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E66060D63FC0D" box="[297,524,890,912]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">86 ± 3.5 (8288)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700666060C4AFC0D" box="[577,805,890,912]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">89.5 ± 4.4 (8696)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A66060B2FFC0D" box="[861,1088,890,912]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">84 ± 5.3 (7490)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD66060A01FC0D" box="[1162,1390,890,912]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">89.2 ± 7.7 (76100)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="75A687151E72000872E066E10A01FC2E" box="[167,1390,925,947]" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E066E10F93FC2E" box="[167,252,925,947]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2728566E10F8DFC2F" bold="true" box="[194,226,925,946]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">RP</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E66E10D63FC2E" box="[297,524,925,947]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">1.3 ± 0.3 (1.01.6)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700666E10C4AFC2E" box="[577,805,925,947]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">1.0 ± 0.2 (0.81.3)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A66E10B2FFC2E" box="[861,1088,925,947]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">1.3 ± 0.4 (0.81.8)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD66E10A01FC2E" box="[1162,1390,925,947]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">1.3 ± 0.5 (0.72.4)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="75A687151E72000872E066C30A01FC4B" box="[167,1390,959,982]" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E066C30F93FC4B" box="[167,252,959,982]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272E066BC0F93FC48" bold="true" box="[167,252,959,981]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">TL/SVL</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="3677EE691E720008736E66C30D63FC4B" box="[297,524,959,982]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">0.30 ± 0.04 (0.260.34)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700666C30C4AFC4B" box="[577,805,959,982]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">0.22 ± 0.00 (0.220.23)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008711A66C30B2FFC4B" box="[861,1088,959,982]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">0.32 ± 0.03 (0.290.38)</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD66C30A01FC4B" box="[1162,1390,959,982]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">0.27 ± 0.04 (0.190.33)</td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE272DF617A0E62FB83" bold="true" box="[152,269,1030,1054]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">TABLE 5.</emphasis>
Meristic and mensural characters in type specimens of
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Linear measurements (in mm) and scale counts are given. See Materials and Methods for explanation of character abbreviations.
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27362612F0E0BFBF5" bold="true" box="[293,356,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
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<th id="3677EE691E72000873DF612F0D4CFBF5" box="[408,547,1107,1128]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE273F9612F0E92FBF5" bold="true" box="[446,509,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
</th>
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2701C612F0DF5FBF5" bold="true" box="[603,666,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
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<th id="3677EE691E720008709C612F0C57FBF5" box="[731,824,1107,1128]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE270AD612F0C46FBF5" bold="true" box="[746,809,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="3677EE691E720008712D612F0CA8FBF5" box="[874,967,1107,1128]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2713E612F0CD7FBF5" bold="true" box="[889,952,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
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<th id="3677EE691E72000871BF612F0B3AFBF5" box="[1016,1109,1107,1128]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2764F612F0B28FBF5" bold="true" box="[1032,1095,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
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<th id="3677EE691E72000876CD612F0B88FBF5" box="[1162,1255,1107,1128]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE276DE612F0BB7FBF5" bold="true" box="[1177,1240,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="3677EE691E7200087766612F0A11FBF5" box="[1313,1406,1107,1128]" gridcol="8" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27777612F0A00FBF5" bold="true" box="[1328,1391,1107,1128]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">UTEP</emphasis>
</th>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E4610B0A11FB11" box="[163,1406,1143,1164]" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="3677EE691E7200087351610B0E1CFB11" box="[278,371,1143,1164]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27360610B0E0CFB11" bold="true" box="[295,355,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">22668</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E72000873DF610B0D4CFB11" box="[408,547,1143,1164]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE273F8610B0E94FB11" bold="true" box="[447,507,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">22669</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008700B610B0DC6FB11" box="[588,681,1143,1164]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2701A610B0DF6FB11" bold="true" box="[605,665,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">22667</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008709C610B0C57FB11" box="[731,824,1143,1164]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE270AC610B0C48FB11" bold="true" box="[747,807,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">21685</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="3677EE691E720008712D610B0CA8FB11" box="[874,967,1143,1164]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2713D610B0CD9FB11" bold="true" box="[890,950,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">22757</emphasis>
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<td id="3677EE691E72000871BF610B0B3AFB11" box="[1016,1109,1143,1164]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE2764E610B0B2AFB11" bold="true" box="[1033,1093,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">22758</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="3677EE691E72000876CD610B0B88FB11" box="[1162,1255,1143,1164]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE276D3610B0BB2FB11" bold="true" box="[1172,1245,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">22666*</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="3677EE691E7200087766610B0A11FB11" box="[1313,1406,1143,1164]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE27762610B0A16FB11" bold="true" box="[1317,1401,1143,1164]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">21386**</emphasis>
</td>
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E72FFE271BF61C30B3AFB49" bold="true" box="[1016,1109,1215,1236]" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">Paratype</emphasis>
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E460AE0A11FA75" box="[163,1406,1490,1512]" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
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<tr id="75A687151E72000872E4635C0A11F9AA" box="[163,1406,1568,1591]" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
<th id="3677EE691E72000872E4635C0F97F9AA" box="[163,248,1568,1591]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">
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*Specimen was a recently hatched juvenile. **Specimen measured using a standard ruler because it was used in the neuroanatomical study of
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A summary of descriptive morphometrics for
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is presented in
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, comparative boxplots in
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, and measurements of the type specimens in
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. Photographs displaying color variation in life are presented in
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. Morphological proportions are generally consistent with those of the
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. Only females have been found. Relatively large species (mean SVL
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, range
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, n = 19) with a prominent rostral process (mean
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, range 1.0
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, n = 19). Body coloration is consistently brown to tan, usually with red-orange hues. Most exhibited one, sometimes two, dark brown to red lines on the lateral flanks that extended diagonally from the dorsal crest toward the hind limbs, resembling veins of a leaf.
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were gravid (
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,
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,
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, and
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[
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]).
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females had a mean SVL of
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(
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) and a mean TL of
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(
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).
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females were collected in
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(n = 2) and
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(n = 3).
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had a clutch size of
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(
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). The smallest specimen examined (
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) was collected on
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with SVL
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and TL
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from
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Distribution, natural history, and conservation.
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is found in sub-montane forests at an elevation range from
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. Specimens have been collected from
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National Park and Budongo Central Forest Reserve in
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, and Kahuzi-Biega National Park and Itombwe Natural Reserve in
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recorded this species from Kibale National Park, where he found it to be the most commonly observed chameleon species relative to
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and
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, and was most often found on low shrubs. Extensive mark-recapture chameleon surveys in
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by one of us (DFH) in Kibale National Park near Kanyawara Research Station across seven nights found just
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sleeping at a mean perch height of
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(range
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) and a mean perch diameter of
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(range
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).
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was gravid, and no individuals were recaptured across the seven consecutive survey nights. In fact,
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was found to be much more common than
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during those surveys with 33 individuals captured 42 times compared to the four individuals captured each once for the pygmy chameleon. We examined a specimen (UTEP 22673) under ultraviolet light and found that its facial tubercles fluoresced blue (
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), indicating that they are of bony origin.
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Prötzel
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(2018)
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found that this phenomenon of bone fluorescence is actually widespread in
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, especially in species that live in forested habitats with relatively higher levels of ambient ultraviolet light. It is currently thought that chameleons that possess this trait have co-opted bone fluorescence for signaling between individuals (
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Prötzel
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2018
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). We note that this is the first published account of fluorescence in the genus
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, and while we did not examine other species under ultraviolet light, this has been observed in several other species of
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(K.A. Tolley, pers. comm.); thus, we anticipate that most species in the genus will also exhibit this trait. The current range of
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falls within the boundaries of at least two national parks and we suspect it may be present in other protected areas with suitable lowland forest habitat across the region. Budongo Central Forest Reserve and Itombwe Natural Reserve are also protected, but subjected to greater anthropogenic pressure relative to the national parks because they both allow some level of human use of the forests (Kujirakwinja
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. 2018;
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Lukwago
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. 2020
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) and law enforcement in the latter reserve is weak (
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; EG, pers. obs.).
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inspected a large collection of
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from the Ituri Forest,
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, housed at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, which he noted were “all, curiously, females.” The collection included
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from Medje (Haut-Uele Province) and
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from Poko (Bas-Uele Province), both low-elevation villages in
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. Based on
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collection,
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speculated that
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(
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) was a possible case of parthenogenesis in
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, and to corroborate, he examined specimens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard.
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examined at least
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(MCZ Herp R-5398353986) from a different site in the Ituri Forest (Mayala [
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elevation]) collected by C.J.P. Ionides and, by exposing their gonads, he found that these specimens were all females. We also concluded that these
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were females based recent photographs taken by the current collections manager at the MCZ, who likewise indicated that they are all females based on visual inspections of the specimens (S. Kennedy-Gold, pers. comm.).
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also discussed other specimens in the MCZ collected from Central Africa that included males, such as those from Ja River and Kribi,
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, and also from Idjwi Island,
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. The Cameroonian specimens cannot be
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because it is now restricted to the Albertine Rift, and thus they would be
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. The three Idjwi Island specimens (MCZ Herp R-4729747299) were collected by Arthur Loveridge in 1939 and included at least
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SVL and
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TL with
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). A photograph of one of these specimens is provided by
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: Plate 5,
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), which is clearly a male based on its long tail with an obvious hemipenal bulge. According to
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, the specimens collected on Idjwi Island were taken from near the Upper Mulinga River around
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elevation. Based on the elevation at the collecting site and body sizes presented in
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, these Idjwi Island specimens would likely represent a different member of the
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complex, probably
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E70FFE0761064EF0BB3FE30" bold="true" box="[1111,1244,402,429]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">R. bombayi</emphasis>
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, as this species occurs in the region at other high-elevation sites where numerous males have been collected. Ultimately,
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did not rule out parthenogenesis in
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E70FFE070E764A70C59FE68" box="[672,822,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">R. boulengeri</emphasis>
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(
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) because males possessed “greatly enlarged hemipenal swellings and much longer tails,” and thus he deemed sex-determination errors by
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highly unlikely. Later,
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Kearney
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. (2009)
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dismissed the possibility of parthenogenesis in
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E70FFE07636675F0A63FDA0" box="[1137,1292,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">R. boulengeri</emphasis>
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(
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) because the evidence of a sex-ratio bias was considered too weak, and no further evidence had come to light since
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.
</paragraph>
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Our findings for
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, where only females have been in collections from numerous lowland sites across the region (see
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;
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), nonetheless, extends
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observation from the villages of Medje (
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elevation) and Poko (
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elevation). In contrast, at least
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have been found for all other species of the complex (see
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), and for some species, just as many males have been collected as females, such as
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Moreover, the level of intraspecific genetic divergence among samples of
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was negligible to non-existent, even across vast geographic scales (some samples are separated by&gt;
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straight-line distance), and was much lower than the ranges among samples of any other member of the
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complex (excluding
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[
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] with only four samples that have been sequenced from the same time and place). For example, using the most variable locus of
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Hughes
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(2018)
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,
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, the range of intraspecific variation for
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was 0.10.3% (n = 10), whereas the ranges for the other new species were much larger, especially for those species with comparably large geographic ranges:
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(0.13.4%, n = 14),
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(0.14.4%, n = 12),
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(2%, n = 2), and
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<emphasis id="F9E259451E70FFE077C461670E44FBC4" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="474">R. monteslunae</emphasis>
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(0.11.1%, n = 7).
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