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(
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<figureCitation box="[878,952,1302,1327]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="14.[163,243,1109,1131]" captionTargetBox="[163,1443,196,1069]" captionTargetId="figure-329@14.[163,1443,195,1069]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figure 5. Representatives of each of the seven revised genera, not to scale: (A) Lobulia huonensis (BPBM 40322); (B) Prasinohaema flavipes (BPBM 40369); (C) Nubeoscincus glacialis (BPBM 14712); (D) Papuascincus lineage VII (BPBM 44749); (E) Palaia pulchra (BPBM 38789); (F) Alpinoscincus alpinus (BPBM 44218); (G) Ornithuroscincus pterophilus (BPBM 45705). Images by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530705" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530705/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="241">FIGS 5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation box="[965,1036,1302,1327]" captionStart-0="Figure 16" captionStart-1="Figure 17" captionStart-2="Figure 18" captionStart-3="Figure 19" captionStart-4="Figure 20" captionStart-5="Figure 21" captionStart-6="Figure 22" captionStart-7="Figure 23" captionStart-8="Figure 24" captionStartId-0="25.[144,224,1538,1560]" captionStartId-1="26.[163,241,1603,1625]" captionStartId-2="27.[146,226,1544,1566]" captionStartId-3="28.[164,244,669,691]" captionStartId-4="29.[146,225,1414,1436]" captionStartId-5="30.[163,242,812,834]" captionStartId-6="31.[145,225,1391,1413]" captionStartId-7="32.[163,242,1426,1448]" captionStartId-8="33.[145,228,850,872]" captionTargetBox-0="[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetBox-1="[421,1187,195,1563]" captionTargetBox-2="[404,1165,198,1501]" captionTargetBox-3="[167,787,198,624]" captionTargetBox-4="[401,1162,195,1374]" captionTargetBox-5="[166,778,198,769]" captionTargetBox-6="[401,1169,196,1351]" captionTargetBox-7="[419,1187,195,1386]" captionTargetBox-8="[150,764,195,804]" captionTargetId-0="figure-145@25.[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetId-1="figure-117@26.[419,1187,195,1563]" captionTargetId-2="figure-177@27.[401,1169,195,1504]" captionTargetId-3="figure-819@28.[163,787,195,629]" captionTargetId-4="figure-217@29.[401,1169,195,1374]" captionTargetId-5="figure-707@30.[163,787,195,772]" captionTargetId-6="figure-236@31.[401,1169,195,1351]" captionTargetId-7="figure-234@32.[419,1187,195,1386]" captionTargetId-8="figure-760@33.[145,769,195,810]" captionTargetPageId-0="25" captionTargetPageId-1="26" captionTargetPageId-2="27" captionTargetPageId-3="28" captionTargetPageId-4="29" captionTargetPageId-5="30" captionTargetPageId-6="31" captionTargetPageId-7="32" captionTargetPageId-8="33" captionText-0="Figure 16. Pictures in life of (A) Ornithuroscincus bengaun (holotype; BPBM 37741); (B) Ornithuroscincus pterophilus (holotype; BPBM 45705); (C) Ornithuroscincus sabini (BPBM 16761); (D) Ornithuroscincus shearmani (holotype; BPBM 47951); (E) Ornithuroscincus viridis (holotype; BPBM 44744). Images A, C by Fred Kraus, images B, D, E by Allen Allison." captionText-1="Figure 17. Ornithuroscincus bengaun holotype (BPBM 37741), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko." captionText-2="Figure 18. Ornithuroscincus inornatus holotype (BPBM 41226), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko." captionText-3="Figure 19. Ornithuroscincus inornatus holotype (BPBM 41226) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison." captionText-4="Figure 20. Ornithuroscincus pterophilus holotype (BPBM 45705), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko." captionText-5="Figure 21. Ornithuroscincus pterophilus holotype (BPBM 45705) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison." captionText-6="Figure 22. Ornithuroscincus shearmani holotype (BPBM 47915), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko." captionText-7="Figure 23. Ornithuroscincus viridis holotype (BPBM 44744), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko." captionText-8="Figure 24. Ornithuroscincus viridis holotype (BPBM 44744) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530735" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530737" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530739" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530741" figureDoi-4="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530743" figureDoi-5="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530745" figureDoi-6="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530747" figureDoi-7="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530749" figureDoi-8="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530751" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/6530735/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/6530737/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/6530739/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/6530741/files/figure.png" httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/6530743/files/figure.png" httpUri-5="https://zenodo.org/record/6530745/files/figure.png" httpUri-6="https://zenodo.org/record/6530747/files/figure.png" httpUri-7="https://zenodo.org/record/6530749/files/figure.png" httpUri-8="https://zenodo.org/record/6530751/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="241">16–24</figureCitation>
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; SUPPORTING INFORMATION,
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, S
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<emphasis box="[809,1146,1371,1395]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="241">Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n:</emphasis>
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u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act:
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<emphasis box="[978,1156,1442,1463]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="241">Lobulia sabini</emphasis>
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.
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4779(2): 201–214.
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<emphasis box="[809,929,1536,1557]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="241">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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Small to medium-sized (adult SVL
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) terrestrial to semi-arboreal skinks with short limbs (forelimbs 25.7–36.3% of SVL, hindlimbs 29–47.3% of SVL); lobules absent from anterior edge of ear opening; a single pair of chin shields in medial contact; two supralabials posterior to subocular supralabial; chin shields abutting infralabials; lower eyelid with semitransparent window; standard three-scale temporal region; nasal scale undivided; frontoparietals either fused or unfused; viviparous; litter size 1–3.
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<emphasis box="[833,1049,1842,1863]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="241">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
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only occurs in one species,
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<emphasis box="[430,561,1699,1721]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">N. stellaris</emphasis>
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. It further differs from
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and
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<emphasis box="[163,333,1761,1782]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Prasinohaema</emphasis>
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by having one pair of chin shields in medial contact (vs. two pairs). It further differs from
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<emphasis box="[163,321,1822,1843]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Alpinoscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[332,486,1822,1843]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Nubeoscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[332,486,1822,1843]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Nubeoscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="GREER" authorityYear="1974" box="[540,704,1822,1843]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Prasinohaema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[540,704,1822,1843]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Prasinohaema</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the chin shields abutting the infralabials (vs. chin shields separated from infralabials by a row of genials) and by having the standard three-scale temporal region (vs. fragmented temporal region). It further differs from
|
||
<emphasis box="[827,989,1699,1720]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Alpinsocincus</emphasis>
|
||
by having two (vs. three) supralabials posterior to the subocular supralabial. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="GREER" authorityYear="1974" box="[887,1051,1761,1782]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Prasinohaema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[887,1051,1761,1782]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Prasinohaema</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by lacking green blood serum and tissues, a prehensile tail with a glandular tip and basally expanded subdigital lamellae. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[890,966,1853,1874]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Palaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[890,966,1853,1874]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Palaia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Allison & Greer" authorityYear="1986" box="[1028,1188,1853,1874]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Papuascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1028,1188,1853,1874]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Papuascincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its viviparous (vs. oviparous) reproductive mode. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[145,219,641,662]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Palaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,219,641,662]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Palaia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by lacking basally slightly expanded subidigtal lamellae. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Allison & Greer" authorityYear="1986" box="[555,721,672,693]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Papuascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[555,721,672,693]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Papuascincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having an undivided (vs. divided) nasal scale. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[288,448,733,754]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Alpinoscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[288,448,733,754]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Alpinoscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having the lower eyelid with a semi-transparent window (vs. scaly).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530729" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6530729" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530729/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" startId="22.[163,242,1550,1572]" targetBox="[420,1187,196,1511]" targetPageId="22">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="22.[163,1442,1550,1602]" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[163,282,1550,1572]" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Figure 13.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[293,501,1551,1573]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marmorata">
|
||
<emphasis box="[293,501,1551,1573]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="242">Lobulia marmorata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
holotype (BPBM 34150), in (A) dorsal view, (B) ventral view, (C) lateral view of head, (D) dorsal view of head and (E) ventral view of head. Images by Alex Slavenko.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530731" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6530731" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530731/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" startId="23.[145,225,545,567]" targetBox="[145,769,201,506]" targetPageId="23">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="23.[145,761,545,597]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[145,266,545,567]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Figure 14.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[278,490,546,568]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lobulia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marmorata">
|
||
<emphasis box="[278,490,546,568]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Lobulia marmorata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
holotype (BPBM 34150), ventral view in life. Image by Fred Kraus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="23" pageNumber="243" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="23.[145,760,826,1032]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,287,826,847]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Etymology:</emphasis>
|
||
A combined noun formed from the Latinized Greek nouns
|
||
<emphasis box="[438,499,858,879]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">ornis</emphasis>
|
||
, bird, and
|
||
<emphasis box="[639,694,858,879]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">oura</emphasis>
|
||
, tail, appended to the Latin noun
|
||
<emphasis box="[479,563,888,909]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">scincus</emphasis>
|
||
, a
|
||
<typeStatus box="[600,650,888,909]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">type</typeStatus>
|
||
of lizard, referring to the centre of distribution of the genus, as most species occur in the Papuan Peninsula, also known as the Bird’s Tail in reference to the general shape of New
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[304,387,1010,1032]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
resembling a bird-of-paradise.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="23.[145,762,1073,1248]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,346,1073,1094]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Species included:</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Vogt, 1932)" authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[360,761,1073,1095]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Vogt T" box="[153,273,1104,1125]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="281 - 294" refId="ref46787" refString="Vogt T. 1932. Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der ehemaligen Kolonie Deutsch-Neuguinea. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1932: 281 - 294." type="journal article" year="1932">Vogt, 1932</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[289,424,1104,1125]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[289,424,1104,1125]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
;
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Lesson, 1830)" authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lesson" baseAuthorityYear="1830" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[438,760,1103,1125]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus noctua</emphasis>
|
||
(Lesson, 1830)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[343,493,1134,1155]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[343,493,1134,1155]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
;
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Boulenger, 1914)" authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia" status="comb . nov.">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus nototaenia</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Boulenger GA" box="[336,561,1165,1187]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="247 - 275" refId="ref43836" refString="Boulenger GA. 1914. An annotated list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 247 - 275." type="journal article" year="1914">Boulenger, 1914</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[588,752,1165,1186]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[588,752,1165,1186]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
;
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Kraus, 2020)" authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Kraus" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[145,615,1195,1217]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sabini" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[145,454,1195,1217]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus sabini</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kraus F" box="[470,607,1196,1217]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="201 - 214" refId="ref45028" refString="Kraus F. 2020. A new species of Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4779: 201 - 214." type="journal article" year="2020">Kraus, 2020</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[622,755,1196,1217]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[622,755,1196,1217]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
; and new species described below.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="23" pageNumber="243" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="23.[145,762,1284,1735]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,394,1284,1305]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Species incertae sedis:</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Brongersma, 1953 a)" baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lipinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[414,600,1284,1305]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Lipinia venemai</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brongersma LD" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="137 - 142" refId="ref43878" refString="Brongersma LD. 1953 a. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. I. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C) 56: 137 - 142." type="journal article" year="1953">Brongersma, 1953a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
possesses many traits the combination of which is uniquely found among New Guinean skinks in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[145,342,1376,1397]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,342,1376,1397]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, including viviparity, lacking lobules on the anterior edge of the ear opening, two supralabials posterior to the subocular supralabial, lower eyelid with a semi-transparent window, separated frontoparietals, chin shields abutting the infralabials, a standard three-scale temporal region, and an undivided nasal scale. However, the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[185,278,1560,1582]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[306,430,1560,1581]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lipinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[306,430,1560,1581]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Li. venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from all other members of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[170,358,1590,1611]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[170,358,1590,1611]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having two pairs of chin shields in medial contact (vs. one). Since genetic data for this species are unavailable, we tentatively place it as
|
||
<emphasis box="[590,734,1652,1673]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">incertae sedis</emphasis>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[145,333,1682,1703]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,333,1682,1703]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but stress that more work is required to fully ascertain its generic affiliation.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="23" pageNumber="243" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="23.[145,761,1776,1920]" lastBlockId="23.[809,1425,197,648]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,309,1776,1797]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Distribution:</emphasis>
|
||
Most species in the genus have a montane distribution in the Papuan Peninsula, and appear to have narrow distributions restricted to one or a few adjacent mountains. The lowland species appear to be far more widespread, both in New
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[623,708,1898,1920]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
and elsewhere.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" box="[943,1306,197,218]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[943,1306,197,218]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known from
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[865,1091,228,250]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="West Sepik" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">West Sepik Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1104,1321,228,250]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
), north of the Central Cordillera;
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1069,1216,259,280]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1069,1216,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O. nototaenia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known from the Setakwa River in
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1009,1184,289,311]" country="Indonesia" name="Papua Barat" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Papua Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1198,1309,289,311]" name="Indonesia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
|
||
) and from the Palmer River in the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1071,1266,320,342]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Western" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Western Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
of
|
||
<collectingCountry name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Shea G" box="[904,1025,350,372]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="69 - 70" refId="ref46238" refString="Shea G. 2008. A range extension for Lipinia nototaenia (Boulenger, 1914) (Squamata: Scincidae) and the reproductive mode of the species. Hamadryad 32: 69 - 70" type="journal article" year="2008">Shea, 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), both localities south of the Central Cordillera of New
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1010,1094,381,403]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[1103,1425,381,403]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1103,1297,381,402]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1332,1425,382,403]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known from Ajamaroe in the Vogelkop Peninsula,
|
||
<collectingRegion country="Indonesia" name="Papua Barat" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">West Papua Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[998,1111,442,464]" name="Indonesia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lesson" baseAuthorityYear="1830" box="[1121,1399,442,464]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1121,1399,442,464]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus noctua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is widespread throughout the northern versant of New
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[809,895,504,526]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
, as well as across many islands in the Pacific Ocean, but it is clearly a species complex in need of taxonomic resolution [see also
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Zweifel RG" box="[1194,1369,565,587]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="1 - 21" refId="ref46980" refString="Zweifel RG. 1979. Variation in the scincid lizard Lipinia noctua and notes on other Lipinia from the New Guinea region. American Museum Novitates 2676: 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="1979">Zweifel (1979)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation author="Austin CC" box="[809,973,596,618]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="113 - 114" refId="ref43690" refString="Austin CC. 1999. Lizards took the express train to Polynesia. Nature 397: 113 - 114." type="journal article" year="1999">Austin (1999)</bibRefCitation>
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for discussions of morphological and genetic variation in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lesson" baseAuthorityYear="1830" box="[1032,1137,627,648]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua">
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<emphasis box="[1032,1137,627,648]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O. noctua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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].
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="23" pageNumber="243" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="23.[809,1426,689,1661]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
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<emphasis box="[809,915,689,710]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Remarks:</emphasis>
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Several of the species assigned to this genus have been previously assigned to a different genus by Raymond Hoser, an act which would give Hoser’s generic name priority. However, we follow Kaiser
|
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<emphasis box="[1356,1404,781,803]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">et al</emphasis>
|
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.’s recommendation and completely disregard Hoser’s nomenclature due to his broad acts of taxonomic vandalism, which do not stand up to even the slightest level of scientific standard or scrutiny (
|
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<bibRefCitation author="Kaiser H & Crother BI & Kelly CMR & Luiselli L & O'Shea M & Ota H & Passos P & Schleip WD & Wuster W" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="8 - 23" refId="ref44931" refString="Kaiser H, Crother BI, Kelly CMR, Luiselli L, O'Shea M, Ota H, Passos P, Schleip WD, Wuster W. 2013. Best practices: in the 21 st century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review. Herpetological Review 44: 8 - 23." type="journal article" year="2013">
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Kaiser
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<emphasis box="[1360,1419,904,925]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">et al.</emphasis>
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, 2013
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</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="23.[809,1426,689,1661]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" box="[833,1183,965,986]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[833,1183,965,986]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
had been previously sampled genetically and found to be phylogenetically closest to
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Rodriguez et al., 2018)" baseAuthorityName="Rodriguez" baseAuthorityYear="2018" box="[923,1308,1026,1048]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua">
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||
<emphasis box="[923,1032,1027,1048]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O. noctua</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Rodriguez ZB & Perkins SL & Austin CC" box="[1047,1297,1026,1048]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="5017" refId="ref46100" refString="Rodriguez ZB, Perkins SL, Austin CC. 2018. Multiple origins of green blood in New Guinea lizards. Science Advances 4: eaao 5017." type="journal article" year="2018">
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||
Rodriguez
|
||
<emphasis box="[1171,1229,1026,1048]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">et al.</emphasis>
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||
, 2018
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, no other members of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1056,1256,1057,1078]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1056,1256,1057,1078]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were sampled in that study. Furthermore,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1118,1264,1088,1109]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1118,1264,1088,1109]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O. nototaenia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is only known from the Setakwa River and the Palmer River, south of the Central Cordillera and far from all other recognized species in the genus (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Boulenger GA" box="[1049,1229,1179,1201]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="247 - 275" refId="ref43836" refString="Boulenger GA. 1914. An annotated list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 247 - 275." type="journal article" year="1914">Boulenger, 1914</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wollaston AFR" box="[1241,1419,1179,1201]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="248 - 268" refId="ref46813" refString="Wollaston AFR. 1914. An expedition to Dutch New Guinea. The Geographical Journal 43: 248 - 268." type="journal article" year="1914">Wollaston, 1914</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Shea G" box="[809,938,1210,1232]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="69 - 70" refId="ref46238" refString="Shea G. 2008. A range extension for Lipinia nototaenia (Boulenger, 1914) (Squamata: Scincidae) and the reproductive mode of the species. Hamadryad 32: 69 - 70" type="journal article" year="2008">Shea, 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Similarly,
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[1085,1251,1210,1232]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1085,1111,1210,1231]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1154,1251,1211,1232]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has only been recorded from the Vogelkop Peninsula (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brongersma LD" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" pagination="137 - 142" refId="ref43878" refString="Brongersma LD. 1953 a. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. I. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C) 56: 137 - 142." type="journal article" year="1953">Brongersma, 1953a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and has never been collected since. Therefore, the relationships between
|
||
<emphasis box="[1062,1387,1302,1324]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" box="[1062,1229,1302,1323]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis">O. albodorsalis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1240,1387,1302,1324]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia">O. nototaenia</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1400,1425,1302,1323]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[839,932,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and other members of the genus, remain to be resolved.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="23.[809,1426,689,1661]" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">
|
||
Molecular evidence suggests that a further undescribed species not treated herein occurs in Vori Vori, a foothills site in proximity to the Kokoda Track in the Papuan Peninsula, but the voucher (BPBM 48589) was unavailable for morphological examination at the time of writing, and so we refrain from formally describing it. Furthermore,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1121,1228,1578,1600]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="23" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1121,1140,1578,1599]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">O</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1152,1228,1579,1600]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="243">noctua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
likely represents a species complex, but revising it is beyond the scope of the current work.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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