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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BECB1C6EFDBBB331" bold="true" box="[151,514,1052,1078]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus continentalis</emphasis>
Werner
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<paragraph id="C64036B3FFB1FF91BECB1C4CFF52B351" blockId="7.[151,618,1051,1110]" box="[151,235,1086,1110]" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">
(
<figureCitation id="5EC42A36FFB1FF91BEC31C4CFF5BB351" box="[159,226,1086,1110]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,684,707]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,267,663]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,267,663]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Adult male (USNM 570166) of Sphaerodactylus continentalis (SVL 28.2 mm) from Estación Forestal CURLA, Atlántida, Honduras. Photograph by J. R. McCranie." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/212162/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
)
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<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BECB1CF5FEC6B39A" box="[151,383,1159,1181]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="argus">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BECB1CF5FEC6B39A" box="[151,383,1159,1181]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus argus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BFD91CF5FD4EB39B" authority="Werner 1896: 345" authorityName="Werner" authorityPageNumber="345" authorityYear="1896" box="[389,759,1158,1181]" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" rank="variety" variety="continentalis">
var.
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BFEE1CF5FD8DB39A" box="[434,564,1159,1181]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">continentalis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="A26E4B42FFB1FF91BC601CF5FD7AB39B" author="Werner" box="[572,707,1158,1180]" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" refString="Werner, F. (1896) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Reptilien und Batrachier von Centralamerika und Chile, sowie einiger seltenerer Schlangenarten. Verhandlungen der k. k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 46, 344 - 365." type="journal article" year="1896">Werner 1896</bibRefCitation>
: 345
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.
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ZIN 8880 (see
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<bibRefCitation id="A26E4B42FFB1FF91BA5D1CF4FB64B39B" author="Harris" box="[1025,1245,1158,1180]" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" refString="Harris, D. M. &amp; Kluge, A. G. (1984) The Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Middle America. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 706, 1 - 59." type="journal article" year="1984">Harris &amp; Kluge 1984</bibRefCitation>
: 25
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).
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locality “
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” (see Discussion).
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BE991C90FE54B3FC" bold="true" box="[197,493,1250,1275]" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Geographic distribution.</emphasis>
Low and moderate elevations from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in northern Oaxaca,
<collectingCountry id="BEE87623FFB1FF91BEC51D74FF4BB219" box="[153,242,1286,1310]" name="Mexico" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Mexico</collectingCountry>
, to about the Catacamas, Olancho, region of east-central
<collectingCountry id="BEE87623FFB1FF91BDCD1D74FBBBB219" box="[913,1026,1286,1310]" name="Honduras" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Honduras</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BA531D74FADCB219" box="[1039,1381,1286,1310]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus continentalis</emphasis>
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also occurs on Utila Island in the
<collectingCountry id="BEE87623FFB1FF91BFB81D58FDEDB245" box="[484,596,1322,1346]" name="Honduras" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Honduran</collectingCountry>
Bay Islands and possibly on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo,
<collectingCountry id="BEE87623FFB1FF91BB4D1D58FADEB245" box="[1297,1383,1322,1346]" name="Mexico" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Mexico</collectingCountry>
(see Discussion; see
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for
<collectingCountry id="BEE87623FFB1FF91BFE11D3CFD94B261" box="[445,557,1358,1382]" name="Honduras" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Honduran</collectingCountry>
localities).
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BE991D00FE86B28C" bold="true" box="[197,319,1394,1419]" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BF1A1D01FD21B28C" box="[326,664,1395,1419]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF1A1D01FD21B28C" box="[326,664,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus continentalis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BD9A1D01FB3EB28C" box="[966,1159,1395,1419]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="millepunctatus">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BD9A1D01FB3EB28C" box="[966,1159,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. millepunctatus</emphasis>
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(sensu stricto) in having smaller and more numerous dorsal scales (5970,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BC951DEAFD6CB2A8" box="[713,725,1432,1455]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">x</emphasis>
= 63.5 ±
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20
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BDF71DE5FBE1B2A9" box="[939,1112,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
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versus 4257,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BB5D1DEAFAB4B2A8" box="[1281,1293,1432,1455]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">x</emphasis>
= 51.7 ± 5.0 in 15
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BE8B1DC9FE21B2D4" box="[215,408,1467,1491]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="millepunctatus">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BE8B1DC9FE21B2D4" box="[215,408,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. millepunctatus</emphasis>
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examined for this study; but see Discussion and Appendix I).
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BA171DC9FA25B2D4" box="[1099,1436,1467,1491]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BA171DC9FA25B2D4" box="[1099,1436,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus continentalis</emphasis>
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differs from both
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF3C1DADFE5CB2F1" box="[352,485,1503,1526]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. guanajae</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BC411DADFD54B2F1" box="[541,749,1502,1526]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leonardovaldesi">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BC411DADFD54B2F1" box="[541,749,1502,1526]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. leonardovaldesi</emphasis>
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in lacking a short thin pale yellow line above each pelvis, in usually having distinct dorsal spots that are larger than one scale, and in usually having distinct dark stripes on the posterior end of the head and anterior portion of the body (versus short pale pelvic lines almost always present, only scattered dark spots on body that are confined to one scale, and indistinct dark stripes on head and body in those two species).
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BF281E1CFD7CB181" box="[372,709,1646,1670]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF281E1CFD7CB181" box="[372,709,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus continentalis</emphasis>
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also differs from
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BDD01E1DFBA9B181" box="[908,1040,1647,1670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. guanajae</emphasis>
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in having more subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe (912,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BFF21EE6FE03B1AC" box="[430,442,1684,1707]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">x</emphasis>
= 10.0 ± 0.8 on 40 sides versus 89,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BD3B1EE6FCCAB1AC" box="[871,883,1684,1707]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">x</emphasis>
= 8.6 ± 0.5 on 12 sides in
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BAFB1EE1FA95B1AC" box="[1191,1324,1683,1707]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. guanajae</emphasis>
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) and also differs from
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF6D1EC5FDBCB1C9" box="[305,517,1718,1742]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. leonardovaldesi</emphasis>
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in having more scales around the midbody (6480,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BA221ECAFB33B1C8" box="[1150,1162,1720,1743]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">x</emphasis>
= 71.9 ±
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20
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BBDB1EC5FE93B1F4" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
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versus 4867,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF801EAEFE51B1F4" box="[476,488,1756,1779]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">x</emphasis>
= 59.8 ± 6.0 in 13
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<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BC8E1EA9FC1DB1F4" box="[722,932,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. leonardovaldesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BDE21EA9FAAAB1F4" box="[958,1299,1755,1779]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BDE21EA9FAAAB1F4" box="[958,1299,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus continentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also differs from
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BE841E8DFEE7B011" box="[216,350,1791,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guanajae">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BE841E8DFEE7B011" box="[216,350,1791,1814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. guanajae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF321E8DFD81B011" box="[366,568,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BF321E8DFD8DB011" box="[366,564,1790,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="millepunctatus">S. millepunctatus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BC2F1E8DFCFDB011" box="[627,836,1790,1814]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leonardovaldesi">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BC2F1E8DFCFDB011" box="[627,836,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. leonardovaldesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in molecular data (
<figureCitation id="5EC42A36FFB1FF91BA791E8CFBD1B011" box="[1061,1128,1790,1814]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1920,1943]" captionTargetBox="[205,1380,1370,1901]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[205,1381,1367,1908]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Phylogenetic tree of four species of Middle American Sphaerodactylus from a maximum-likelihood analysis of DNA sequences of two mitochondrial genes (12 S rRNA and cytochrome b). A scale bar is indicated below. The numbers at nodes are bootstrap (left) and Bayesian (right) support values. The tree is rooted with the Middle American species S. dunni (not shown, for better visualization of ingroup)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/212158/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BADE1E8CFF6DB03D" authority="Cope" authorityName="Cope" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="glaucus">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BADE1E8CFA25B011" box="[1154,1436,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus glaucus</emphasis>
Cope
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BF4C1F51FE6CB03D" authority="Schmidt" authorityName="Schmidt" box="[272,469,1826,1851]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunni">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF4C1F51FED7B03C" box="[272,366,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. dunni</emphasis>
Schmidt
</taxonomicName>
can occur sympatrically with
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BD691F51FC5CB03C" box="[821,997,1827,1851]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BD691F51FC5CB03C" box="[821,997,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The former has smooth dorsal scales (versus keeled in
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BF351F35FDA3B059" box="[361,538,1862,1886]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF351F35FDA3B059" box="[361,538,1862,1886]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BC3D1F35FD78B059" box="[609,705,1862,1886]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunni">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BC3D1F35FD78B059" box="[609,705,1862,1886]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. dunni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the superciliary spine located posterior to the level of the mideye, the third supralabial lying below the anterior half of the eye, and the medium subcaudal scales alternating (versus superciliary spine at mideye or anterior to that point, fourth supralabial below anterior half of eye, and median subcaudal scales aligned in a single row in
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BD641FC1FC56B0CC" box="[824,1007,1971,1995]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BD641FC1FC56B0CC" box="[824,1007,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BA4D1FC1FAF8B0CC" box="[1041,1345,1971,1995]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rosaurae">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BA4D1FC1FAF8B0CC" box="[1041,1345,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Sphaerodactylus rosaurae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs sympatrically with
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BF241FA5FD90B0E9" box="[376,553,2006,2030]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BF241FA5FD90B0E9" box="[376,553,2006,2030]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on
<collectingCountry id="BEE87623FFB1FF91BC061FA4FD3AB0E9" box="[602,643,2006,2030]" name="Iceland" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">Isla</collectingCountry>
de Utila, but
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFB1FF91BD771FA5FC62B0E9" box="[811,987,2006,2030]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="72" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="continentalis">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFB1FF91BD771FA5FC62B0E9" box="[811,987,2006,2030]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="72">S. continentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most easily distinguished from that species in having all dorsal body scales of a similar size (versus middorsal row of granular scales sharply and distinctly differentiated from much larger surrounding dorsal scales in
<taxonomicName id="01FF4D30FFBEFF9EBDEC18CFFB89B7D3" box="[944,1072,189,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Sphaerodactylidae" genus="Sphaerodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="73" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rosaurae">
<emphasis id="F48BEAA1FFBEFF9EBDEC18CFFB89B7D3" box="[944,1072,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="73">S. rosaurae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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