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(Appendixes I, III;
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by Pierre-André Crochet and Raphaël Leblois (
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Nine individuals, BEV.11791 to 11793, 11795 to 11800 (tissue sample codes T57685770, 5772 5777), collected at the type locality at the same date by the same collectors.
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Eight specimens from El Azib n-Iriri, Jbel Siroua,
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by José C. Brito: BEV.1045910460 (field number JCB.A544 &amp; A547, tissue samples T11829 &amp; T11834) and tissue samples + photos T11826 (JCB.A541),
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We identified the following specimens as
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on the basis of morphology, distribution and ecology: BEV.4973 from
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south of Askaoun, Jbel Siroua,
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,
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, collected on
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October 9
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1974
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by Gérard Délye; BEV.4974 from
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west of Askaoun, Jbel Siroua,
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,
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, collected on
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October 8
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by Gérard Délye; BEV.4975 from Tisfaldat mountain, Jbel Siroua,
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,
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,
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a.s.l., collected on
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March 13
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1994
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by Tahar Slimani.
</paragraph>
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Lastly, a series of specimens exhibit morphological features of
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1961B262D8F772FC64" box="[910,1050,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">A. montanus</emphasis>
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but were apparently collected at a lower elevation than other specimens (around
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a.s.l.) and slightly south of the main massif of the Jbel Siroua. They are tentatively identified as
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1960336510F1F3FBBC" box="[527,667,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">A. montanus</emphasis>
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here (white square in
<figureCitation id="130F42C85F590C1961A86510F08CFBBC" box="[916,996,1053,1079]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1622,1647]" captionTargetBox="[206,1380,802,1609]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[200,1387,798,1614]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Distribution of Acanthodactylus montanus (squares) and Acanthodactylus lacrymae (diamonds) based on specimens examined in this study. Coloured dots represent specimens of the three main phenotypes (none is monophyletic in the mtDNA or nDNA trees) in Morocco based on Bons and Geniez 1995. Specimens with the “bellii” phenotype in the High Atlas are almost certainly montanus and lacrymae. White symbols represent specimens tentatively identified as A. montanus (square) or A. lacrymae (diamond, see text). The continuous white lines represent the currently known distribution of the new species while dotted white lines represent possible extensions of the distribution if tentative identifications are correct. The dotted dark blue line represents the southernmost extension of confirmed IM clade specimens based on our field sampling." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3694848" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3694848/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
) but this identification will require further data and possibly genetic confirmation before it can be firmly established: BEV.49324941 and 14898 from
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past Tazenakht along road to Taroudant, approx.
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,
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, around
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a.s.l., collected on
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April 5
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1960
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by Jacques Bons, Georges Pasteur and Bernard Girot.
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1962FB65A0F226FB4C" bold="true" box="[199,334,1197,1223]" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C19607E65A3F1C7FB4C" box="[578,687,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">montanus</emphasis>
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is a Latin adjective meaning “of mountains, belonging to mountains”, the high mountains of the Western High Atlas being the unique habitat where this species has been found until now.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C32E0DC65F590C0662FB6415F278FE7C" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="319" pageId="14" pageNumber="316" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1962FB6415F22AFAB8" bold="true" box="[199,322,1304,1331]" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A new species of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1960116414F00BFAB8" box="[557,867,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">Acanthodactylus erythrurus</emphasis>
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species-group (small flat or carinated dorsal scales; three series of scales around the fingers; three entire supraoculars; 810, sometimes 12 straight longitudinal row of ventrals; slightly pectinate toes; undertail and underside of the hind limbs red or reddish in juveniles, subadults and young adults) from the south-western part of the High Atlas and from the Jbel Siroua above
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a.s.l., characterized by the combination of the following characters: (1) head scalation usually of the
<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C19664E64A4F7A3FA48" box="[1138,1227,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">
<taxonomicName id="4C3425CE5F590C19664264A4F7A8FA48" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1845" box="[1150,1216,1449,1475]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Acanthodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="14" pageNumber="316" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bellii">bellii</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="548FE0EF5F590C1966EE64A4F66AFA48" box="[1234,1282,1449,1475]" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">type</typeStatus>
(subocular in large contact with the upper lip, wedged between the 4
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and 5
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supralabials), one internasal plate, no scales inserted between the prefrontals, but BEV.T11828 has no contact between the left supralabial and the lip; (2) a low number of dorsal scales (4759 longitudinal rows around the body, mean 54.0), femoral pores (1723, mean 19.9) on each side and subdigital lamellae (1922, mean 19.9) on the 4
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toe; (3) one or one and a half row of supraciliary granules on each side with a very reduced number (1546, mean 25.7) of scales and granules around the 2
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and 3
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supraoculars on each side; (4) temporals smooth or slightly keeled; (5) dorsal scales smooth or slightly keeled on the neck and progressively turning to distinctly tectiform or sometimes keeled on the back; (6) stocky proportions, especially in adults, with a relatively short tail (57.965.9% of the total length, mean 60.8%, almost always longer for all the other
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1962E467E0F2FBF88C" box="[216,403,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">Acanthodactylus</emphasis>
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of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1963D867E0F132F88C" box="[484,602,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">erythrurus</emphasis>
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group except
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F590C1960C067E0F00CF88C" box="[764,868,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="316">lacrymae</emphasis>
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); (7) base of the tail of adult males very thick; (8) in juveniles, underparts of the tail orange red to intense coral red, slightly paler under the base of the tail, even paler under the rear of the thighs, this colour usually not reaching the rows of femoral pores; (9) some marginal ventral plates yellow of yellowish in adult and subadult males and females, sometimes in juveniles; (10) a series of small round ocelli on the flanks (each one containing 49 brightly coloured scales), usually yellow greenish in adults, which tend to disappear completely in adult females.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C1862AB6774F27EF919" bold="true" box="[151,278,1657,1682]" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Phenotypic variation in
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C1860206777F059F919" box="[540,817,1658,1682]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">Acanthodactylus montanus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C1861FA6777F72BF919" box="[966,1091,1658,1682]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2733F245F580C1866706777F7C8F919" box="[1100,1184,1658,1682]" pageId="15" pageNumber="317" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(compare with figure 6 showing the phenotypic variation in the rest of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C1860A06793F0DEF93D" box="[668,950,1694,1718]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">Acanthodactylus erythrurus</emphasis>
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group): (A) BEV.11795*, (B) BEV.11793*, (C) MNHN-RA-2018.0026 (holotype of
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C18603667CFF073F951" box="[522,795,1730,1754]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">Acanthodactylus montanus</emphasis>
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), (D) BEV.11797, (E) BEV.11988, (F) BEV.11989, (G) MNHN- RA- 2018.0027 (holotype of
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C1863F867EBF157F975" box="[452,575,1766,1790]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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), (H) BEV.11992, (I) BEV.11998, (J) BEV.12000, (K) BEV.11997, (L) BEV.12006. Asterisks indicate symmetrically reversed pictures. Photo credits: A to D (PAC), E to L (PG).
</paragraph>
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Body coloration similar to the other members of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F580C186133665DF72EF8E1" box="[783,1094,1872,1898]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="317">Acanthodactylus erythrurus</emphasis>
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group. Juveniles are very dark (black or blackish) with three pale continuous lines on each side of the body (one on lower flanks, one at the junction between the dorsum and the flanks and one on the dorsum joining with the opposite one on the tail base) and a dark vertebral area dissected by a paler narrow vertebral area, frequently split on the nape by dark spots or a dark line and disappearing before the base of the tail; one or two series of pale ocelli are found in the dark interspaces between these stripes (juveniles of the other lineages are usually paler and lack the bifurcation of the pale central vertebral area on the nape). Adults are medium brown with faint pale lines on the dorsum and upper flanks (corresponding to the juvenile pattern) and a better marked line on the lower flanks; irregular dark marks are present on the back between the pale lines, sometimes invading the area on the centre of the dorsum. The flanks typically appear darker due to the large dark areas surrounding each pale ocellus. The pileus presents a complex pattern of pale and dark reticulations in juvenile; in adults it is of the same colour as the back with isolated irregular dark spots.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F470C0762AB6624F27BF8C9" bold="true" box="[151,275,1833,1858]" pageId="16" pageNumber="318">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Phenotypic variation in the rest of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F470C0760A66627F0DCF8C9" box="[666,948,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="318">Acanthodactylus erythrurus</emphasis>
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group (IM, CA and AT clades). (A) BEV.11830, (B) BEV.11833, (C) BEV.11619*, (D) BEV.11615, (E) BEV.11968, (F) BEV.11972, (G) BEV.11845*, (H) BEV.11849*, (I) BEV.11826*, (J) BEV.11825*, (K) PGe.1539, (L) PGe.1538, (M) BEV.T4232* from Senalba, and (N) uncatalogued specimen* from Theniet.Asterisks indicate symmetrically reversed pictures. Photo credits: A to D (PAC), E to F (PG), G to J (AM), K to L (Jean-Michel Bompar), M (Vincent Rivière) and N (MB).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Very similar to the allopatric
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C0660316194F05FFF38" box="[525,823,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">Acanthodactylus lacrymae</emphasis>
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and single individuals are not always possible to separate but differs on average by the following characters: (1) in juveniles, parietals are less clearly striped but exhibit a more reticulated pattern; (2) orange red coloration on the undertail fading less toward tail base and more extensive around the cloacal slit; (3) supralabials usually with diffuse dark vertical stripes (uniformly pale creamy, even in juveniles, in
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C0663766024F2BBFEC8" box="[330,467,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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); (4) contrast between the lower border of the flanks and tail side and under surface of the belly and tail usually less marked in adults, especially along the sides of the tail; (5) temporal less flat and dorsal scales slightly killed in adults (smooth in
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C066081607CF02DFE00" box="[701,837,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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except sometimes on the rear of the back); (6) some specimens have one and a half row of supraciliary granules on each side (always one row in
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C06669F6098F643FE24" box="[1187,1323,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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) and with a larger number of scales and granules around the 2
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and 3
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supraoculars (maximum 46 against maximum
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C0667B860B4F397FE7C" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C0662AB6682F27AF823" bold="true" box="[151,274,1935,1960]" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Holotypes of
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C06639C669DF1D9F82C" box="[416,689,1936,1960]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">Acanthodactylus montanus</emphasis>
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(MNHN-RA-2018.0026, Tizi nTichka) and (B)
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F460C0666CF669DF39DF847" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="319">Acanthodactylus lacrymae</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
(MNHN-RA-2018.0027, Tislit) with a picture of the habitat of this species (Isli lake). Photo credits: A (PAC), B (PG).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C0562AB664EF27DF8D7" bold="true" box="[151,277,1859,1884]" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Phenotypic variation in juveniles. Pileus of juveniles in
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C05615D6648F0BEF8D7" box="[865,982,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">A lacrymae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C0561E36649F759F8D7" bold="true" box="[991,1073,1860,1884]" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">
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(A, BEV.11981 &amp; B, BEV. 11990, both from Tislit) and
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C05634B6664F290F80B" box="[375,504,1897,1920]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">A. montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(C, JCB.A546, Jbel Siroua &amp; D, BEV.11792, Tizi nTichka). Caudal and cloacal colour patterns in juveniles of
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C0563F56680F12BF82F" box="[457,579,1932,1956]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C0560756681F1F1F82F" bold="true" box="[585,665,1932,1956]" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2733F245F450C0560756681F1F1F82F" box="[585,665,1932,1956]" pageId="18" pageNumber="320" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(E, BEV.11986 &amp; F, BEV.11990, both from Tislit),
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C05669D6680F648F82F" box="[1185,1312,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">A. montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C0567196681F61DF82F" bold="true" box="[1317,1397,1932,1956]" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2733F245F450C0567196681F61DF82F" box="[1317,1397,1932,1956]" pageId="18" pageNumber="320" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(G, BEV.11798, Tizi nTichka &amp; H, JCB.A546, Jbel Siroua) and
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F450C05613666BCF0FAF843" box="[778,914,1968,1992]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="320">A. erythrurus</emphasis>
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(I, BEV.11926, Dayet Ifrah &amp; J, BEV.11595, Marrakech). Photo credits: A, B, E, F, I (PG), D, G, J (PAC), C, H (JCB).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C0462FB6195F17DFF38" bold="true" box="[199,533,152,179]" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">
Description of the
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.
</emphasis>
An adult male (
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) measuring 60.0 mm of snout-vent length,
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of pileus length,
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of pileus width,
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of head height,
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of forelimb length, 31.0 mm of hindlimb length, with missing tail tip, and having the following scalation features: 57 longitudinal rows of dorsal scales at mid-body which are smooth on the neck but carinated on the back, 25 gular scales along a line from the contact between the fourth pair of maxillary scales to the collar, 26 transversal rows of ventral plates from the collar to the anal plate, 21 and 20 femoral pores on the left and right sides respectively, 20 subdigital lamellae beneath the fourth toe, one and a half row of supraciliary granules on each side, with 41 (left) and 46 (right) scales and granules around the 2
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and 3
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supraoculars, one entire internasal, no scale inserted between the two prefrontals, two supralabials in contact with the subocular, the latter one in large contact with the upper lip on each side. Base of the tail very thick.
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<paragraph id="8B8B5E4D5F440C0462FB60D0F186FC9C" blockId="19.[151,1437,152,791]" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">Coloration in life: general ground colour light rufous brown with 3 longitudinal light grey stripes on each side; a series of irregular transverse black marks on the sides of the dorsum between the dorsolateral and dorsal pale lines and dark marks on the edge of the vertebral area between the two dorsal pale lines; a series of 78 small pale greenish-yellow ocelli, each surrounded a large black spot that are connected by black coloration, are present along the flanks; pileus roughly of the same colour as the dorsum but more intensely rufous, with very few dark marks; underparts pure white except for the tail and thighs (whitish with pale cream/salmon tinge) and some grey marks on the outer ventrals, 5 spots of yellow-green scales on the outer ventrals/lower dorsals; a poorly contrasted and fragmented dark longitudinal stripe runs along each side of the tail; tail base invaded by yellow-green spots of the same colour as the ones on the flanks and outer belly.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C0462AB675BF249F9E4" bold="true" box="[151,289,1622,1647]" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
Distribution of
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C0463F9675AF1B0F9E4" box="[453,728,1623,1647]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">Acanthodactylus montanus</emphasis>
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(squares) and
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(diamonds) based on specimens examined in this study. Coloured dots represent specimens of the three main phenotypes (none is monophyletic in the mtDNA or nDNA trees) in Morocco based on
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. Specimens with the “bellii” phenotype in the High Atlas are almost certainly
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C04635867B5F2AFF944" box="[356,455,1720,1743]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">montanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C0463CB67BAF13DF944" box="[503,597,1719,1743]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">lacrymae</emphasis>
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. White symbols represent specimens tentatively identified as
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C0466F967BAF62CF944" box="[1221,1348,1719,1743]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">A. montanus</emphasis>
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(square) or
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C04628867DAF247F964" box="[180,303,1751,1775]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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(diamond, see text). The continuous white lines represent the currently known distribution of the new species while dotted white lines represent possible extensions of the distribution if tentative identifications are correct. The dotted dark blue line represents the southernmost extension of confirmed IM clade specimens based on our field sampling.
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C0462FB666CF209F8F7" bold="true" box="[199,353,1889,1916]" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from high altitudes (between
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and
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a.s.l. but precise elevation known for a very small number of localities only) in the southwestern High Atlas (Tizi nTichka) and in the Jbel Siroua massif,
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southwest of the Tzin-n-Tichka area (
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). Based on observations of animals with a
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F440C04671366A4F601F848" box="[1327,1385,1961,1987]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="321">bellii</emphasis>
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-like subocular scalation in the western High Atlas (
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) and on habitat availability, the distribution probably extends rather continuously from just east of Tizi nTichka to Jbel Siroua but maybe not much further east. For example, no member of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F430C0363C561B0F047FF5C" box="[505,815,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="322">Acanthodactylus erythrurus</emphasis>
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complex has ever been found at Oukaimeden in spite of the availability of similar habitats and of numerous visits by many herpetologists. If specimens of doubtful identity from between Tazenakht and Taroundant prove to be
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F430C0360CD6008F016FE94" box="[753,894,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="322">A. montanus</emphasis>
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(white square in
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) the distribution would extend to the northernmost parts of the eastern Anti-Atlas.
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F430C0362FB6040F2EDFEEC" bold="true" box="[199,389,332,359]" pageId="20" pageNumber="322">Natural history.</emphasis>
At the Tizi nTichka locality, the habitat was very similar to the habitats occupied by
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F430C0367076040F3AEFE00" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="322">A. lacrymae</emphasis>
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further east: earthy slopes with bare gravel ground or short grass interspaced with dense low bushes and some stones. Population density was rather high and the animals were relatively easy to catch (compared to many populations of the IM clade) due to their more confident behaviour and slower escape. The animals were active in sunny and calm weather and their behaviour was typical of the
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<emphasis id="B940825F5F430C03612660D0F0D8FE7C" box="[794,944,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="322">A. erythrurus</emphasis>
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complex, actively foraging in the open and retreating to the shelter of bushes when disturbed.
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