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NMK-254L/2 (
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MBT4) adult males, same data as holotype (
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<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF94FFE1244BFE22FC8FDF88" box="[768,837,440,466]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1170,1194]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetId="figure-215@6.[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Agama wachirai sp. nov., paratypes in life: NMK-254L/4 male A) dorsum daytime in the field, B) dorsum at night, C) venter at dusk in the field; NMK-254L/2 female D) dorsum and E), dorsum at dusk in the field, F), venter day-time in the field. Photos by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491243" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491243/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31F14CBFF94FFE1278CFE41FAACDDFC" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="diagnosis">
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||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF94FFE1278CFE41FAACDDFC" blockId="3.[151,1437,295,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF94FFE1278CFE41FE88DFAF" bold="true" box="[199,322,475,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
A small sized rock agama of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF94FFE12588FE46FCBFDFAC" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[707,885,476,502]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF94FFE12588FE46FCBFDFAC" box="[707,885,476,502]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Agama lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex that can be identified by the following combination of characters: nasal scale pear-shaped, in contact with the first canthal scale; nuchal crest small, consisting of few indistinctly raised scales; ear opening surrounded by five tufts of spiny scales, with two additional tufts on the neck; vertebral scales feebly keeled, dorsal and lateral scales keeled, ventral and gular scales smooth; dorsal and lateral caudal scales keeled, ventral caudal scales smooth; and males with one discontinuous row of ten precloacal pores. Males in nuptial coloration exhibit an orange-red throat, occasionally with some faded chevrons on the edge, a vertebral stripe, and a narrowly annulated blue and white color pattern on the tail. Head dorsum orange-red in color but variable, body purple-bluish. During the day the color is dull and traces of blue can only be seen on the shoulders. Female, brownish with two pairs of orange marks, one on the dorsolateral margins of the abdomen and the other on the axilla; scattered bluish spots on the head. Along the vertebrae from the neck to the tail base are 6–8 pairs of dark/black spots that extend along the tail as dark spots or bands. In addition, other dark or black marks or spots are present on the flanks. Non-displaying males have the same color as the females except that they lack the orange pair of marks and the bluish spots on the head. All have dark marks on the limbs (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF94FFE12258FC16FA92DDFC" box="[1299,1368,908,934]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1170,1194]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetId="figure-215@6.[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Agama wachirai sp. nov., paratypes in life: NMK-254L/4 male A) dorsum daytime in the field, B) dorsum at night, C) venter at dusk in the field; NMK-254L/2 female D) dorsum and E), dorsum at dusk in the field, F), venter day-time in the field. Photos by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491243" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491243/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31F14CBFF94FFE4278CFC35FE44D825" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="549" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="description">
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||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF94FFE1278CFC35FCA0DB20" blockId="3.[151,1437,295,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF94FFE1278CFC35FE2FDD90" bold="true" box="[199,485,943,970]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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||
Description of
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||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE1263CFC2AFE2ADD90" box="[375,480,944,970]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
NMK-254L/1 is an adult male and was the largest individual collected, with a maximum total length of
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF94FFE1263CFC49FE21DDB4" box="[375,491,979,1006]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3649999999999998" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" unit="mm" value="236.5">236.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
. Head round to moderately convex, body scarcely depressed, hind limbs robust. Head scales moderately large, smooth, with a medium-sized occipital scale as large as the largest head scale, with a visible pineal window at its centre. Gular fold is present. Tail about 1.7 times longer than SVL (SVL
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF94FFE123F3FB81FAD5DA6C" box="[1208,1311,1051,1078]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.75" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" unit="mm" value="87.5">87.5 mm</quantity>
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||
, Tail 149.0 mm). Nasal scale pear-shaped, keeled and strongly convex, situated on the canthus rostralis. A minute nuchal crest is present in males, comprising 12 small erect scales. Five tufts of spinose scales around the ear and an additional two on the sides of the neck. Supralabials nine, infralabials seven. Body scales of medium size, imbricate and homogeneous; vertebral scales feebly keeled, dorsal and lateral scales keeled, ventral and gular scales smooth, both smaller than the dorsal scales, and gular scales smaller than ventral scales. Body scales in 64 rows around midbody, 52 vertebral scales and 76 scales down the length of the belly. Fourth toe and finger equal in length and are the longest with 18 and 15 sub-digital lamellae, respectively. Tail slightly compressed, covered dorsally and laterally with strongly keeled scales that are larger than the body scales, subcaudal scales keeled, becoming smaller towards the tail tip. One discontinuous row of ten precloacal pores (
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||
<tableCitation id="C68772FBFF94FFE1244EFAFAFC93DB20" box="[773,857,1376,1402]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,239,151,175]" captionText="TABLE 1. Metric and meristic characters of adult Agama wachirai sp. nov. material. Measurements are in millimeters and sex in parentheses (F = female, M= male)." pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Table 1</tableCitation>
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||
).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF94FFE1278CFA19FBD1D874" blockId="3.[151,1437,295,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF94FFE1278CFA19FDD6DBC7" bold="true" box="[199,540,1411,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Coloration (in preservative).</emphasis>
|
||
The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE1251CFA1EFD73DBC4" box="[599,697,1412,1438]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
was recently preserved and the dorsum is brownish with pairs of faded dark dorsal spots along the vertebrae and some on the lateral surfaces. Some pale or whitish transverse lines are visible within the pairs of dark spots. There is also a pale vertebral line running from the level of the shoulder to the tail base. The throat is reddish with some pale chevrons. Limbs are brown with some dark marks. The body venter is bluish. Tail grey-brown with dark bands along its entire length (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF94FFE12483F98EFBC7D874" box="[968,1037,1556,1582]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[216,1385,192,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-24@4.[203,1385,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Preserved holotype (NMK-254L/1, B) of Agama wachirai sp. nov. A) body dorsum, B) body venter, C) head dorsum, D) head lateral and E) throat. Photos bt Patrick K. Malonza. Scale bar for A and B = 25 mm, scale bars for C, D and E = 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491241" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491241/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF94FFE1278CF9ADFAB1D8C0" blockId="3.[151,1437,295,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF94FFE1278CF9ADFE65D80B" bold="true" box="[199,431,1591,1617]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Coloration (in life).</emphasis>
|
||
In life the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE12565F9A2FD5AD808" box="[558,656,1592,1618]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
during the day was brownish with dark regular spots like the female (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF94FFE127EBF9C6FF32D82C" box="[160,248,1628,1654]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1170,1194]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetId="figure-215@6.[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Agama wachirai sp. nov., paratypes in life: NMK-254L/4 male A) dorsum daytime in the field, B) dorsum at night, C) venter at dusk in the field; NMK-254L/2 female D) dorsum and E), dorsum at dusk in the field, F), venter day-time in the field. Photos by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491243" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491243/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Fig. 3D</figureCitation>
|
||
) but lacking the orange marks on the dorsolateral margins of the abdomen and shoulders. Later at night, while captive in a cloth bag, it turned dull bluish-purple with the dark marks faintly visible and a reddish throat.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF94FFE1278CF93EFC40D9CC" blockId="3.[151,1437,295,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF94FFE1278CF93EFE7BD8E7" bold="true" box="[199,433,1699,1726]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE1278CF93EFEFED8E4" box="[199,308,1700,1726]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
variation.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Mensural and meristic data for the type series are given in
|
||
<tableCitation id="C68772FBFF94FFE12311F93EFB7AD8E4" box="[1114,1200,1700,1726]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,239,151,175]" captionText="TABLE 1. Metric and meristic characters of adult Agama wachirai sp. nov. material. Measurements are in millimeters and sex in parentheses (F = female, M= male)." pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
. The male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE1227AF93EFA56D8E4" box="[1329,1436,1700,1726]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
are all similar to the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE12637F952FE14D8B8" box="[380,478,1736,1762]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
in most characters although their tails were broken during handling in the field and in terms of color they are bluish, with
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE1256BF976FD4AD95C" box="[544,640,1772,1798]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
NMK-254L/3 having very faded, mostly regular, paired dark marks but with some pale transverse spots in a line.
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE12527F88AFD04D970" box="[620,718,1808,1834]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
NMK-254L/4 has distinct pairs of dark marks like the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE12271F88AFA56D970" box="[1338,1436,1808,1834]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
but has white annulated marks on the tail. The female
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE125B0F8AEFC91D914" box="[763,859,1844,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
NMK-254L/2 with tail cut during handling is light brownish to cream with the clear pairs of dark marks along the vertebra and on the lateral. It is almost the same size as the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF94FFE12794F8E6FE8BD9CC" box="[223,321,1916,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
but with well-marked sexual dichromatism (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF94FFE12473F8E6FCB6D9CC" box="[824,892,1916,1942]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1170,1194]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetId="figure-215@6.[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Agama wachirai sp. nov., paratypes in life: NMK-254L/4 male A) dorsum daytime in the field, B) dorsum at night, C) venter at dusk in the field; NMK-254L/2 female D) dorsum and E), dorsum at dusk in the field, F), venter day-time in the field. Photos by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491243" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491243/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF7A17C8FF93FFE627DCF80DFF2CD9AD" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491241" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4491241" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491241/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" startId="4.[151,250,1943,1967]" targetBox="[216,1385,192,1920]" targetPageId="4">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF93FFE627DCF80DFF2CD9AD" blockId="4.[151,1436,1943,2040]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF93FFE627DCF80DFED9D9F5" bold="true" box="[151,275,1943,1967]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
|
||
Preserved holotype (NMK-254L/1, B) of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF93FFE6258BF802FCA2D9EA" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[704,872,1944,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF93FFE6258BF802FCA2D9EA" box="[704,872,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF93FFE62424F802FC75D9EA" bold="true" box="[879,959,1944,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF93FFE62424F802FC75D9EA" box="[879,959,1944,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
A) body dorsum, B) body venter, C) head dorsum, D) head lateral and E) throat. Photos bt Patrick K. Malonza. Scale bar for A and B = 25 mm, scale bars for C, D and E = 10 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF7A17C8FF92FFE727DCFF0DFD43DE89" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF92FFE727DCFF0DFD43DE89" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,212]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE727DCFF0DFEC1DEF5" bold="true" box="[151,267,151,175]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
|
||
Metric and meristic characters of adult
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF92FFE725F6FF02FCA5DEF5" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[701,879,151,175]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE725F6FF02FCA5DEF5" box="[701,879,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE7243CFF02FC07DEEA" bold="true" box="[887,973,152,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF92FFE7243CFF02FC07DEEA" box="[887,973,152,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
material. Measurements are in millimeters and sex in parentheses (F = female, M= male).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF92FFE727EDFF7EFAFADBF5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<table id="F905B5E0FF92001D27EDFF79FA4FDBF5" box="[166,1413,227,1455]" gridcols="5" gridrows="30" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
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||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFF79FA4FDF45" box="[166,1413,227,287]" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFF79FE01DF45" box="[166,459,227,287]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Character</th>
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FF79FD1FDF45" box="[541,725,227,287]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE72503FF79FD1FDF45" bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Holotype NMK 254L/1(M)</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFF79FC79DF45" box="[772,947,227,287]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE72461FF79FC79DF45" bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Paratype NMK 254L/2(F)</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFF79FB55DF45" box="[993,1183,227,287]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE72344FF79FB55DF45" bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Paratype NMK 254L/3 (M)</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FF79FA4FDF45" box="[1229,1413,227,287]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE723B3FF79FA4FDF45" bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Paratype NMK 254L/4(M)</emphasis>
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFEB5FA4FDF12" box="[166,1413,303,328]" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFEB5FE01DF12" box="[166,459,303,328]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Snout-vent-length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FEB5FD1FDF12" box="[541,725,303,328]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">87.5</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFEB5FC79DF12" box="[772,947,303,328]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">84.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFEB5FB55DF12" box="[993,1183,303,328]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">78.8</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FEB5FA4FDF12" box="[1229,1413,303,328]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">76.3</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFEC2FA4FDF2A" box="[166,1413,344,368]" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFEC2FE01DF2A" box="[166,459,344,368]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Tail length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FEC2FD1FDF2A" box="[541,725,344,368]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">149.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFEC2FC79DF2A" box="[772,947,344,368]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">—</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFEC2FB55DF2A" box="[993,1183,344,368]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">—</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FEC2FA4FDF2A" box="[1229,1413,344,368]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">—</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFE1AFA4FDFC2" box="[166,1413,384,408]" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFE1AFE01DFC2" box="[166,459,384,408]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Trunk length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FE1AFD1FDFC2" box="[541,725,384,408]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">44.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFE1AFC79DFC2" box="[772,947,384,408]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">40.8</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFE1AFB55DFC2" box="[993,1183,384,408]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">35.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FE1AFA4FDFC2" box="[1229,1413,384,408]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">36.5</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFE32FA4FDF9A" box="[166,1413,424,448]" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
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<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFE32FE01DF9A" box="[166,459,424,448]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Head length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FE32FD1FDF9A" box="[541,725,424,448]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">23.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFE32FC79DF9A" box="[772,947,424,448]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">23.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFE32FB55DF9A" box="[993,1183,424,448]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FE32FA4FDF9A" box="[1229,1413,424,448]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.5</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFE4AFA4FDFB3" box="[166,1413,464,489]" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFE4AFE01DFB3" box="[166,459,464,489]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Head width</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FE4AFD1FDFB3" box="[541,725,464,489]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">19.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFE4AFC79DFB3" box="[772,947,464,489]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">17.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFE4AFB55DFB3" box="[993,1183,464,489]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FE4AFA4FDFB3" box="[1229,1413,464,489]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15.7</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFE63FA4FDC4B" box="[166,1413,505,529]" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFE63FE01DC4B" box="[166,459,505,529]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Head height</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FE63FD1FDC4B" box="[541,725,505,529]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">12.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFE63FC79DC4B" box="[772,947,505,529]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10.8</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFE63FB55DC4B" box="[993,1183,505,529]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FE63FA4FDC4B" box="[1229,1413,505,529]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10.3</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFDBBFA4FDC63" box="[166,1413,545,569]" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFDBBFE01DC63" box="[166,459,545,569]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Orbit diameter</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FDBBFD1FDC63" box="[541,725,545,569]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFDBBFC79DC63" box="[772,947,545,569]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFDBBFB55DC63" box="[993,1183,545,569]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FDBBFA4FDC63" box="[1229,1413,545,569]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.0</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFDD3FA4FDC3B" box="[166,1413,585,609]" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFDD3FE01DC3B" box="[166,459,585,609]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Inter-orbital distance</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FDD3FD1FDC3B" box="[541,725,585,609]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">13.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFDD3FC79DC3B" box="[772,947,585,609]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">12.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFDD3FB55DC3B" box="[993,1183,585,609]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">12.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FDD3FA4FDC3B" box="[1229,1413,585,609]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">12.0</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFDEBFA4FDCD0" box="[166,1413,625,650]" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFDEBFE01DCD0" box="[166,459,625,650]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Snout-eye length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FDEBFD1FDCD0" box="[541,725,625,650]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFDEBFC79DCD0" box="[772,947,625,650]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">8.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFDEBFB55DCD0" box="[993,1183,625,650]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FDEBFA4FDCD0" box="[1229,1413,625,650]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7.5</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFD00FA4FDCE8" box="[166,1413,666,690]" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFD00FE01DCE8" box="[166,459,666,690]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Eye-ear distance</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FD00FD1FDCE8" box="[541,725,666,690]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFD00FC79DCE8" box="[772,947,666,690]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFD00FB55DCE8" box="[993,1183,666,690]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.8</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FD00FA4FDCE8" box="[1229,1413,666,690]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.9</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFD58FA4FDC80" box="[166,1413,706,730]" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFD58FE01DC80" box="[166,459,706,730]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Nostril-eye distance</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FD58FD1FDC80" box="[541,725,706,730]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFD58FC79DC80" box="[772,947,706,730]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFD58FB55DC80" box="[993,1183,706,730]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FD58FA4FDC80" box="[1229,1413,706,730]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">3.6</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFD70FA4FDD58" box="[166,1413,746,770]" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFD70FE01DD58" box="[166,459,746,770]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Inter-nares distance</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FD70FD1FDD58" box="[541,725,746,770]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFD70FC79DD58" box="[772,947,746,770]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFD70FB55DD58" box="[993,1183,746,770]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">5.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FD70FA4FDD58" box="[1229,1413,746,770]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">5.7</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFC88FA4FDD71" box="[166,1413,786,811]" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFC88FE01DD71" box="[166,459,786,811]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Nuchal crest length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FC88FD1FDD71" box="[541,725,786,811]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">8.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFC88FC79DD71" box="[772,947,786,811]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFC88FB55DD71" box="[993,1183,786,811]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FC88FA4FDD71" box="[1229,1413,786,811]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7.7</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFCA1FA4FDD09" box="[166,1413,827,851]" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFCA1FE01DD09" box="[166,459,827,851]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Humerus length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FCA1FD1FDD09" box="[541,725,827,851]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFCA1FC79DD09" box="[772,947,827,851]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15.5</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFCA1FB55DD09" box="[993,1183,827,851]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">14.4</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FCA1FA4FDD09" box="[1229,1413,827,851]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">14.3</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFCF9FA4FDD21" box="[166,1413,867,891]" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFCF9FE01DD21" box="[166,459,867,891]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Fore-arm length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FCF9FD1FDD21" box="[541,725,867,891]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">33.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFCF9FC79DD21" box="[772,947,867,891]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">31.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFCF9FB55DD21" box="[993,1183,867,891]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">28.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FCF9FA4FDD21" box="[1229,1413,867,891]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">27.0</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFC11FA4FDDF9" box="[166,1413,907,931]" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFC11FE01DDF9" box="[166,459,907,931]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Foot length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FC11FD1FDDF9" box="[541,725,907,931]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">24.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFC11FC79DDF9" box="[772,947,907,931]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFC11FB55DDF9" box="[993,1183,907,931]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FC11FA4FDDF9" box="[1229,1413,907,931]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.5</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFC29FA4FDD96" box="[166,1413,947,972]" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFC29FE01DD96" box="[166,459,947,972]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Femur length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FC29FD1FDD96" box="[541,725,947,972]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">23.5</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFC29FC79DD96" box="[772,947,947,972]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">22.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFC29FB55DD96" box="[993,1183,947,972]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FC29FA4FDD96" box="[1229,1413,947,972]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">21.3</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFC46FA4FDDAE" box="[166,1413,988,1012]" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFC46FE01DDAE" box="[166,459,988,1012]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Tibia-fibula length</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FC46FD1FDDAE" box="[541,725,988,1012]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">29.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFC46FC79DDAE" box="[772,947,988,1012]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">27.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFC46FB55DDAE" box="[993,1183,988,1012]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">26.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FC46FA4FDDAE" box="[1229,1413,988,1012]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">25.2</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFB9EFA4FDA46" box="[166,1413,1028,1052]" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFB9EFE01DA46" box="[166,459,1028,1052]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Precloacal pores</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FB9EFD1FDA46" box="[541,725,1028,1052]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFB9EFC79DA46" box="[772,947,1028,1052]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">—</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFB9EFB55DA46" box="[993,1183,1028,1052]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FB9EFA4FDA46" box="[1229,1413,1028,1052]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFBB6FA4FDA1E" box="[166,1413,1068,1092]" gridrow="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFBB6FE01DA1E" box="[166,459,1068,1092]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Supralabials</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FBB6FD1FDA1E" box="[541,725,1068,1092]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFBB6FC79DA1E" box="[772,947,1068,1092]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFBB6FB55DA1E" box="[993,1183,1068,1092]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">9</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FBB6FA4FDA1E" box="[1229,1413,1068,1092]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">9</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFBCEFA4FDA36" box="[166,1413,1108,1132]" gridrow="21" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFBCEFE01DA36" box="[166,459,1108,1132]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Infralabials</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FBCEFD1FDA36" box="[541,725,1108,1132]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFBCEFC79DA36" box="[772,947,1108,1132]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFBCEFB55DA36" box="[993,1183,1108,1132]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FBCEFA4FDA36" box="[1229,1413,1108,1132]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">7</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFBE7FA4FDACF" box="[166,1413,1149,1173]" gridrow="22" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFBE7FE01DACF" box="[166,459,1149,1173]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Nuchal crest scales</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FBE7FD1FDACF" box="[541,725,1149,1173]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">12</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFBE7FC79DACF" box="[772,947,1149,1173]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">6</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFBE7FB55DACF" box="[993,1183,1149,1173]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">10</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FBE7FA4FDACF" box="[1229,1413,1149,1173]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">11</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFB3FFA4FDAE7" box="[166,1413,1189,1213]" gridrow="23" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFB3FFE01DAE7" box="[166,459,1189,1213]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Midbody scales</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FB3FFD1FDAE7" box="[541,725,1189,1213]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">64</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFB3FFC79DAE7" box="[772,947,1189,1213]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">64</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFB3FFB55DAE7" box="[993,1183,1189,1213]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">60</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FB3FFA4FDAE7" box="[1229,1413,1189,1213]" gridcol="4" gridrow="23" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">64</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFB57FA4FDABF" box="[166,1413,1229,1253]" gridrow="24" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFB57FE01DABF" box="[166,459,1229,1253]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Dorsal scales</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FB57FD1FDABF" box="[541,725,1229,1253]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">52</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFB57FC79DABF" box="[772,947,1229,1253]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">50</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFB57FB55DABF" box="[993,1183,1229,1253]" gridcol="3" gridrow="24" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">51</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FB57FA4FDABF" box="[1229,1413,1229,1253]" gridcol="4" gridrow="24" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">52</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFB6FFA4FDB54" box="[166,1413,1269,1294]" gridrow="25" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFB6FFE01DB54" box="[166,459,1269,1294]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Ventral scales</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FB6FFD1FDB54" box="[541,725,1269,1294]" gridcol="1" gridrow="25" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">76</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFB6FFC79DB54" box="[772,947,1269,1294]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">77</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFB6FFB55DB54" box="[993,1183,1269,1294]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">72</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FB6FFA4FDB54" box="[1229,1413,1269,1294]" gridcol="4" gridrow="25" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">75</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFA84FA4FDB6C" box="[166,1413,1310,1334]" gridrow="26" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFA84FE01DB6C" box="[166,459,1310,1334]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Subdigital lamellae 4th toe</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FA84FD1FDB6C" box="[541,725,1310,1334]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">18</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFA84FC79DB6C" box="[772,947,1310,1334]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">16</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFA84FB55DB6C" box="[993,1183,1310,1334]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">19</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FA84FA4FDB6C" box="[1229,1413,1310,1334]" gridcol="4" gridrow="26" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">16</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFADCFA4FDB04" box="[166,1413,1350,1374]" gridrow="27" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFADCFE01DB04" box="[166,459,1350,1374]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Subdigital lamellae 4th finger</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FADCFD1FDB04" box="[541,725,1350,1374]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFADCFC79DB04" box="[772,947,1350,1374]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">14</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFADCFB55DB04" box="[993,1183,1350,1374]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FADCFA4FDB04" box="[1229,1413,1350,1374]" gridcol="4" gridrow="27" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">15</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFAF4FA4FDBDC" box="[166,1413,1390,1414]" gridrow="28" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFAF4FE01DBDC" box="[166,459,1390,1414]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Scale tufts around the ear</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FAF4FD1FDBDC" box="[541,725,1390,1414]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">5</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFAF4FC79DBDC" box="[772,947,1390,1414]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">5</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFAF4FB55DBDC" box="[993,1183,1390,1414]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">5</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FAF4FA4FDBDC" box="[1229,1413,1390,1414]" gridcol="4" gridrow="28" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">5</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35354502FF92001D27EDFA0CFA4FDBF5" box="[166,1413,1430,1455]" gridrow="29" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<th id="76E42C7EFF92001D27EDFA0CFE01DBF5" box="[166,459,1430,1455]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Scale tufts on the neck</th>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2556FA0CFD1FDBF5" box="[541,725,1430,1455]" gridcol="1" gridrow="29" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D244FFA0CFC79DBF5" box="[772,947,1430,1455]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D24AAFA0CFB55DBF5" box="[993,1183,1430,1455]" gridcol="3" gridrow="29" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76E42C7EFF92001D2386FA0CFA4FDBF5" box="[1229,1413,1430,1455]" gridcol="4" gridrow="29" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">2</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF92FFE7278CFA44FB46D942" blockId="5.[151,1437,1502,2032]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
In life the color of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF92FFE72699FA44FDF7DBA2" box="[466,573,1502,1528]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
was quite variable, though generally well camouflaged with the dark lava. Females are light to dark brown with slightly darker spots clearly visible and on close inspection the crown of the head has bluish-green spots. During the day nuptial coloration of the male head and neck is dull with only traces of orange and the body has only traces of purplish blue on the shoulders, although some individuals may exhibit a much brighter diurnal patterning (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF92FFE72559F9F4FDA0D8D2" box="[530,618,1646,1672]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1589,1613]" captionTargetBox="[177,1410,181,1563]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[177,1410,181,1565]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Agama hulbertorum A) Male from Olorgesaille. Photo by Brian Finch, B) Female from Leshuta-Ngong. Photo by Jacinta Muriithi; Agama wachirai sp. nov. C) Male and D) Female from Forolle Conservancy. Photo by Darcy Ogada." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491245" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491245/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
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||
). At night the captive male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF92FFE724D7F9F4FBCDD8D2" box="[924,1031,1646,1672]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
kept in cloth bags, changed to show distinct orange heads, a bluish body, and alternating blue and white annulated tails. The throat is reddish or orangered like the top of the head, whereas the remainder of the ventral surfaces, including that of the limbs, is bluish and the tail venter is whitish. The female
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BEF9E2FF92FFE7257DF940FD5CD8AE" box="[566,662,1754,1780]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
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(NMK-254L/2 during the day was brownish with dark regular markings but turned light brown at night, with the body dark spots more clearly visible (
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||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF92FFE72371F964FBB4D942" box="[1082,1150,1790,1816]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1170,1194]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetId="figure-215@6.[154,1434,489,1147]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Agama wachirai sp. nov., paratypes in life: NMK-254L/4 male A) dorsum daytime in the field, B) dorsum at night, C) venter at dusk in the field; NMK-254L/2 female D) dorsum and E), dorsum at dusk in the field, F), venter day-time in the field. Photos by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491243" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491243/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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||
).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF92FFE7278CF8B8FB86D966" blockId="5.[151,1437,1502,2032]" box="[199,1100,1825,1852]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE7278CF8B8FB86D966" bold="true" box="[199,1100,1825,1852]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
Comparison with East African rock agamas of the
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE7246FF8B8FC10D966" bold="true" box="[804,986,1825,1852]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Agama lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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||
In a general PCA of mensural and ratio data, the first two axes explain 77.40 % and 31.97% of the variance in the dataset, respectively. For the mensural characters
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF92FFE725BDF8F0FC7BD9DE" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[758,945,1898,1924]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE725BDF8F0FC7BD9DE" box="[758,945,1898,1924]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE724F2F8F0FBDED9DE" bold="true" box="[953,1044,1898,1924]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF92FFE724F2F8F0FBDED9DE" box="[953,1044,1898,1924]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
loads strongly negatively on PC1, separating it from all other taxa except.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF92FFE7251DF814FCCBD9F2" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[598,769,1934,1960]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE7251DF814FCCBD9F2" box="[598,769,1934,1960]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">A. hulbertorum</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from which it is strongly distinguished along PC2. For the ratios,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF92FFE727A8F828FEACD996" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[227,358,1970,1996]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE727A8F828FEACD996" box="[227,358,1970,1996]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">A. wachirai</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE72627F828FE0FD996" bold="true" box="[364,453,1970,1996]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF92FFE72627F828FE0FD996" box="[364,453,1970,1996]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
is the only taxon considered that loads strongly negatively on both PC1 and PC2. Based on comparative data taken from
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||
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||
and used in his description of
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF92FFE724BEF84CFA57D9AA" box="[1013,1437,2006,2032]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF92FFE724BEF84CFB13D9AA" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[1013,1241,2006,2032]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">Agama hulbertorum</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF92FFE723A8F84CFA57D9AA" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[1251,1437,2006,2032]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="548" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">Agama wachirai</taxonomicName>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE427DCFF0DFF3BDEEB" bold="true" box="[151,241,151,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF91FFE427DCFF0DFF3BDEEB" box="[151,241,151,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
may be distinguished from most members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42455FF0DFC5DDEEB" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[798,919,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42455FF0DFC5DDEEB" box="[798,919,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. lionotus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex on the basis of its much smaller size (maximum SVL
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4268BFF21FDC2DE8E" box="[448,520,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
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||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE425EEFF21FCD5DE8F" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[677,799,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE425EEFF21FCD5DE8F" box="[677,799,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. lionotus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE42465FF20FC41DE8F" box="[814,907,186,213]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.65" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="165.0">165 mm</quantity>
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||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE424E4FF21FBA3DE8F" authorityName="Meek" authorityYear="1910" box="[943,1129,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudospinosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE424E4FF21FBA3DE8F" box="[943,1129,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. caudospinosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE4233CFF21FB23DE8F" box="[1143,1257,187,213]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.278" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="127.8">127.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42245FF21FA5FDE8E" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1923" box="[1294,1429,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mwanzae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42245FF21FA5FDE8E" box="[1294,1429,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. mwanzae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE427DCFF45FEC8DEA3" box="[151,258,223,249]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.439" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="143.9">143.9mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE4266EFF45FE67DEA3" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1935" box="[293,429,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kaimosae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4266EFF45FE67DEA3" box="[293,429,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. kaimosae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE426F0FF44FDDCDEA3" box="[443,534,222,249]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.15" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="115.0">115 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42572FF45FD6ADEA3" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1885" box="[569,672,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="doriae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42572FF45FD6ADEA3" box="[569,672,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. doriae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE425E5FF45FCEADEA3" box="[686,800,223,249]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3669999999999998" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="136.7">136.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42409FF45FC02DEA3" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1923" box="[834,968,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dodomae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42409FF45FC02DEA3" box="[834,968,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. dodomae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE424B6FF45FBA5DEA3" box="[1021,1135,223,249]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.348" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="134.8">134.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE423DAFF45FADDDEA2" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1932" box="[1169,1303,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="turuensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423DAFF45FADDDEA2" box="[1169,1303,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. turuensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. It may further be distinguished on the basis of its smaller number of dorsal scales (50–52) from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE4231BFE99FB64DF47" authorityName="Bohme, Wagner, Malonza, Lotters & Kohler" authorityYear="2005" box="[1104,1198,259,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="finchi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4231BFE99FB64DF47" box="[1104,1198,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. finchi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(77-80),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE4225DFE99FA56DF46" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1923" box="[1302,1436,259,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mwanzae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4225DFE99FA56DF46" box="[1302,1436,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. mwanzae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(60–73),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE427B5FEBDFE4CDF1B" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1935" box="[254,390,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kaimosae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE427B5FEBDFE4CDF1B" box="[254,390,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. kaimosae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(59–68),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE426B8FEBDFDB3DF1B" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1923" box="[499,633,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dodomae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE426B8FEBDFDB3DF1B" box="[499,633,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. dodomae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(66–75) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42445FEBDFC5BDF1A" box="[782,913,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tutuensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42445FEBDFC5BDF1A" box="[782,913,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. tutuensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(66–70).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE424B6FEBDFB7DDF1B" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[1021,1207,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE424B6FEBDFB7DDF1B" box="[1021,1207,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423F5FEBDFADADF1B" bold="true" box="[1214,1296,295,321]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">sp nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE427DCFED1FED0DF3F" authorityName="Vaillant" authorityYear="1882" box="[151,282,331,357]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rueppelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE427DCFED1FED0DF3F" box="[151,282,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. rueppelli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its pronounced sexual dichromatism (
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE425AEFED1FCE7DF3E" box="[741,813,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
|
||
not strongly dichromatic) and from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE423F4FED1FA8FDF3E" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1923" box="[1215,1349,331,357]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mwanzae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423F4FED1FA8FDF3E" box="[1215,1349,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. mwanzae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42219FED1FF15DFD2" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1935" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kaimosae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42219FED1FF15DFD2" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. kaimosae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE427A0FEF5FEBADFD2" authorityName="Loveridge" authorityYear="1932" box="[235,368,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="turuensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE427A0FEF5FEBADFD2" box="[235,368,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. turuensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42637FEF5FDFEDFD3" authorityName="Meek" authorityYear="1910" box="[380,564,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudospinosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42637FEF5FDFEDFD3" box="[380,564,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. caudospinosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4250AFEF5FC7CDFD3" box="[577,950,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE4250AFEF5FD75DFD3" authorityName="Vaillant" authorityYear="1882" box="[577,703,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rueppelli">A rueppelli</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42583FEF5FCE8DFD3" authorityName="Bohme, Wagner, Malonza, Lotters & Kohler" authorityYear="2005" box="[712,802,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="finchi">A finchi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42460FEF5FC7CDFD3" authorityName="Parker" authorityYear="1942" box="[811,950,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="persimilis">A. persimilis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE424A1FEF5FB9BDFD3" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1885" box="[1002,1105,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="doriae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE424A1FEF5FB9BDFD3" box="[1002,1105,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. doriae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having a partly bright blue body and a blue and white banded tail in adult displaying males. It also differs from all members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42268FE09FA56DFF7" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[1315,1436,403,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42268FE09FA56DFF7" box="[1315,1436,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex except
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42604FE2DFE02DF8B" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[335,456,439,465]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42604FE2DFE02DF8B" box="[335,456,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE426B5FE2DFD60DF8B" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[510,682,439,465]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE426B5FE2DFD60DF8B" box="[510,682,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. hulbertorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having the throat of breeding males suffused with bright red.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF7A17C8FF91FFE427DCFB08FDC0DAA8" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491243" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4491243" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491243/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" startId="6.[151,250,1170,1194]" targetBox="[154,1434,489,1147]" targetPageId="6">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF91FFE427DCFB08FDC0DAA8" blockId="6.[151,1436,1170,1266]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE427DCFB08FED8DAF0" bold="true" box="[151,274,1170,1194]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42653FB09FE75DAF0" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[280,447,1170,1194]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42653FB09FE75DAF0" box="[280,447,1170,1194]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4268EFB09FDD6DAF1" bold="true" box="[453,540,1171,1195]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF91FFE4268EFB09FDDDDAF1" box="[453,535,1171,1195]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
paratypes in life: NMK-254L/4 male A) dorsum daytime in the field, B) dorsum at night, C) venter at dusk in the field; NMK-254L/2 female D) dorsum and E), dorsum at dusk in the field, F), venter day-time in the field. Photos by Patrick K. Malonza.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF91FFE4278CFABBFE44D825" blockId="6.[151,1437,1313,1951]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
Displaying males of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE426FEFABBFDBBDB61" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[437,625,1313,1339]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE426FEFABBFDBBDB61" box="[437,625,1313,1339]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42532FABBFD1FDB61" bold="true" box="[633,725,1313,1339]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF91FFE42532FABBFD1FDB61" box="[633,725,1313,1339]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
share with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42417FABBFBC3DB61" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[860,1033,1313,1339]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42417FABBFBC3DB61" box="[860,1033,1313,1339]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. hulbertorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42308FABBFB77DB61" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[1091,1213,1313,1339]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42308FABBFB77DB61" box="[1091,1213,1313,1339]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A. lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
a blue body with a vertebral stripe and a blue and white annulated tail. The new species is distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE423E8FADFFA9FDB05" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[1187,1365,1349,1375]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423E8FADFFA9FDB05" box="[1187,1365,1349,1375]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its much smaller adult size (mean
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE426B9FAF2FD9FDBD9" box="[498,597,1384,1411]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.25" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="82.5">82.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42510FAF3FD69DBD8" box="[603,675,1385,1410]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
|
||
120.0 mm), a lower number of ventral scales (72–77
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423B3FAF3FA8ADBD8" box="[1272,1344,1385,1410]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
|
||
83–97), and fewer scale rows around midbody (60–64
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE425FBFA17FD32DBFC" box="[688,760,1421,1446]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
|
||
67–91). Females of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE424ACFA17FB6EDBFD" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[999,1188,1421,1447]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE424ACFA17FB6EDBFD" box="[999,1188,1421,1447]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423E6FA17FAC3DBFD" bold="true" box="[1197,1289,1421,1447]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF91FFE423E6FA17FAC3DBFD" box="[1197,1289,1421,1447]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
mostly have regular paired black marks along the vertebrae which are absent or irregular in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42361FA2BFB17DB91" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[1066,1245,1457,1483]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42361FA2BFB17DB91" box="[1066,1245,1457,1483]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama lionotus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF91FFE423A4FA2BFAFFDB91" box="[1263,1333,1456,1483]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1457,1481]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1433]" captionTargetId="figure-24@8.[151,1435,181,1433]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Agama wachirai sp. nov. A) Male without nuptial color Forolle Hill. Photo by Yvonne De Jong; B) Gravid female from Forolle Conservancy. Photo by Darcy Ogada. C & D) Agama lionotus male and gravid female, respectively from Garissa photo by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491247" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491247/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42206FA2BFF31DBB5" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42206FA2BFF31DBB5" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42649FA4FFE96DBB5" bold="true" box="[258,348,1493,1519]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF91FFE42649FA4FFE96DBB5" box="[258,348,1493,1519]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42566FA4FFCC5DBB5" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[557,783,1493,1519]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42566FA4FFCC5DBB5" box="[557,783,1493,1519]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama hulbertorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(mean SVL
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE424D4FA4EFBC9DBB5" box="[927,1027,1492,1519]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.25" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="82.5">82.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42341FA4FFB98DBB4" box="[1034,1106,1493,1518]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF91FFE42313FA4EFB0BDBB5" box="[1112,1217,1492,1519]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.05" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" unit="mm" value="80.5">80.5 mm</quantity>
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), with which it also shares overlapping values for midbody scale rows (60–64
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4246DFA63FCA4D848" box="[806,878,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
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58–67), and ventral scales (72–77
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE423BCFA63FAF5D848" box="[1271,1343,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">versus</emphasis>
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76–82). It differs from
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42675F987FDEBD86D" box="[318,545,1565,1591]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama hulbertorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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mainly by its different female coloration;
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<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE424B4F987FB61D86D" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[1023,1195,1565,1591]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE424B4F987FBDAD86D" box="[1023,1040,1565,1591]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">A</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42354F987FB61D86D" box="[1055,1195,1565,1591]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">hulbertorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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lacks the paired dark marks along the dorsolateral flanks and the pair of orange marks on the axilla or shoulders and above the insertion of hind limbs (
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<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF91FFE42677F9FFFE4BD825" box="[316,385,1637,1663]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1589,1613]" captionTargetBox="[177,1410,181,1563]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[177,1410,181,1565]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Agama hulbertorum A) Male from Olorgesaille. Photo by Brian Finch, B) Female from Leshuta-Ngong. Photo by Jacinta Muriithi; Agama wachirai sp. nov. C) Male and D) Female from Forolle Conservancy. Photo by Darcy Ogada." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491245" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491245/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C31F14CBFF91FFE4278CF913FBE2D8B1" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF91FFE4278CF913FBE2D8B1" blockId="6.[151,1437,1313,1951]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4278CF913FE84D8F9" bold="true" box="[199,334,1673,1699]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Etymology.</emphasis>
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||
The species epithet ‘
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42576F913FD6BD8F9" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[573,673,1673,1699]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42576F913FD6BD8F9" box="[573,673,1673,1699]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">wachirai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
’ is a patronym, formed in the masculine genitive singular, honoring of
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49C189A2FF91FFE427FEF937FEF0D89D" box="[181,314,1709,1735]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Washington</collectingRegion>
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||
Wachira, an ornithologist/naturalist who spotted and photographed this species, realized its uniqueness, made efforts to identify it and to obtain voucher specimens for the museum.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C31F14CBFF91FFE5278CF96EFB41D983" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="550" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF91FFE4278CF96EFCD1D9C5" blockId="6.[151,1437,1313,1951]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE4278CF96EFED4D954" bold="true" box="[199,286,1780,1806]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Habits.</emphasis>
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This is a diurnal species that occupies crevices and caves, if present, in rock outcrops. In Bubisa-Marsabit they may occur in small colonies. It is quite agile and when disturbed dashes swiftly into the rock crevices. In Bubisa this lizard was found to co-occur with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE425F5F8A7FC1DD90D" authority="Vaillant" authorityName="Vaillant" authorityYear="1882" box="[702,983,1853,1879]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rueppelli">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE425F5F8A7FCB3D90D" box="[702,889,1853,1879]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Agama rueppelli</emphasis>
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Vaillant
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42344F8A7FF3DD926" authority="(Lichtenstein)" baseAuthorityName="Lichtenstein" baseAuthorityYear="1823" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="quinquetaeniata">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42344F8A7FA85D90C" box="[1039,1359,1853,1879]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Trachylepis quinquetaeniata</emphasis>
|
||
(Lichtenstein)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which were also locally abundant, as well as the recently described
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF91FFE42349F8FBFCD1D9C5" authority="Smid, Mazuch, Novakova, Modry, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec." authorityName="Smid, Mazuch, Novakova, Modry, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec." class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanzai">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF91FFE42349F8FBFB22D921" box="[1026,1256,1889,1915]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Hemidactylus lanzai</emphasis>
|
||
Šmíd, Mazuch, Nováková, Modrý, Malonza, Elmi, Carranza & Moravec.
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF90FFE527DCF9AFFA82D82B" blockId="7.[151,1436,1589,1650]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF90FFE527DCF9AFFED9D817" bold="true" box="[151,275,1589,1613]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF90FFE52651F9ACFE2DD817" authorityName="Wagner" authorityYear="2014" box="[282,487,1589,1613]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hulbertorum">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF90FFE52651F9ACFE2DD817" box="[282,487,1589,1613]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Agama hulbertorum</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
A) Male from Olorgesaille. Photo by Brian Finch, B) Female from Leshuta-Ngong. Photo by Jacinta Muriithi;
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF90FFE5260DF9C0FE24D82B" authority="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer, 2021" authorityName="Malonza & Spawls & Finch & Bauer" authorityYear="2021" box="[326,494,1625,1649]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wachirai" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B9719B52FF90FFE5260DF9C0FE24D82B" box="[326,494,1625,1649]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Agama wachirai</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF90FFE526BFF9C3FD8FD82B" bold="true" box="[500,581,1625,1649]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2422629FF90FFE526BFF9C3FD8FD82B" box="[500,581,1625,1649]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
C) Male and D) Female from Forolle Conservancy. Photo by Darcy Ogada.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBA4740FF90FFE5278CF905FB41D983" blockId="7.[151,1437,1695,2010]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">
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||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF90FFE5278CF905FD26D8E0" bold="true" box="[199,748,1695,1722]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Habitat, distribution and conservation status.</emphasis>
|
||
This is an arid lands species inhabiting xeric to desert environments. In Marsabit, suitable areas for this species especially those with lava rocks within treeless habitat occur from north of Laisamis sporadically northward through Bubisa and the Dida Galgalu Desert to Forolle Hill and even the Hurri Hills (
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||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF90FFE52605F891FE59D97C" box="[334,403,1803,1830]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="9.[151,250,689,713]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,663]" captionTargetId="figure-19@9.[151,1435,181,665]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 6. Habitat of Agama wachirai sp. nov., in Bubisa-Marsabit © Patrick K. Malonza" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491249" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491249/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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||
). A
|
||
<date id="FFBB6180FF90FFE5268FF891FDB0D97C" box="[452,634,1803,1830]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" value="2013-11">November 2013</date>
|
||
photograph of a male by Yvonne De Jong from Forolle Hill (
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||
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,
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||
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||
;
|
||
<quantity id="4CFDEAA5FF90FFE52644F8AAFE9DD910" box="[271,343,1840,1866]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.49" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" unit="m" value="949.0">949 m</quantity>
|
||
) on the Kenya-Ethiopia border matches the description of this species. At that time PKM told her the species was not
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C053CC3FF90FFE52631F8CEFDE1D937" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[378,555,1875,1902]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lionotus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9719B52FF90FFE52631F8CEFDE1D937" box="[378,555,1875,1902]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Agama lionotus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but we had no specimens for comparison. In
|
||
<date id="FFBB6180FF90FFE52371F8CEFB67D937" box="[1082,1197,1875,1902]" pageId="7" pageNumber="550" value="2016-05">May 2016</date>
|
||
Darcy Ogada photographed males and females within the Forolle Conservancy (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF90FFE5247EF8EDFC49D9C8" box="[821,899,1911,1938]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1589,1613]" captionTargetBox="[177,1410,181,1563]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[177,1410,181,1565]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Agama hulbertorum A) Male from Olorgesaille. Photo by Brian Finch, B) Female from Leshuta-Ngong. Photo by Jacinta Muriithi; Agama wachirai sp. nov. C) Male and D) Female from Forolle Conservancy. Photo by Darcy Ogada." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491245" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491245/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Figs. 4</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="133E5BC5FF90FFE524C5F8EDFC54D9C8" box="[910,926,1911,1938]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1457,1481]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1433]" captionTargetId="figure-24@8.[151,1435,181,1433]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Agama wachirai sp. nov. A) Male without nuptial color Forolle Hill. Photo by Yvonne De Jong; B) Gravid female from Forolle Conservancy. Photo by Darcy Ogada. C & D) Agama lionotus male and gravid female, respectively from Garissa photo by Patrick K. Malonza." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4491247" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4491247/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">5</figureCitation>
|
||
). Another photograph (perhaps taken in 2004) by Tomas Mazuch was of a female from the base of Mt. Nyiru at South Horr. This means the species should occur sporadically in suitable micro-habitats in the northern frontier and even southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31207D0FF90FFE5236FF825FB4DD983" box="[1060,1159,1983,2009]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="7" pageNumber="550">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |