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species of the subgenus
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, the species has been considered as dubious by Blommers-Schl̂sser &amp; Blanc (1991) and not further discussed in subsequent publications. In fact,
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were in very poor condition when he erected
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Upon examination in 2020, the three
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of
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF94FFF7FD6B73F3FC21FA7C" box="[765,971,1508,1534]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="405">Hemisus obscurus</emphasis>
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were in an extremely poor state of preservation. The largest of the specimens (
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; see
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) bears the label 1895.280; two additional labels 1895.280A and 280B are included in the same jar and probably refer to the other two specimens, which bear no labels and which measure
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and
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in
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, respectively. Because these specimens are smaller, probably not adults, bear no labels, and are in an even worse state of preservation, the largest specimen with the label 1895.280 is here designated as
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to stabilize this nomen
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.
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF94FFF7FF5170AAFE8BF954" bold="true" box="[199,353,1724,1750]" pageId="13" pageNumber="405">Morphology.</emphasis>
Only a few measurements could be taken due to the bad state of preservation; these are included in
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. The enlarged inner metatarsal tubercle typical for
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF94FFF7FCD570F6FC01F978" box="[835,1003,1760,1786]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="405">Scaphiophryne</emphasis>
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, and the size and shape of subarticular tubercles, is not recognizable in the
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, probably because most of the skin around the feet is destroyed (
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). However, it is just possible recognize a tarsal tubercle in the
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, which is typical for
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF94FFF7FB28713EFA8CF8C0" box="[1214,1382,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="405">Scaphiophryne</emphasis>
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, and the enlarged inner metatarsal tubercle is still faintly visible in one of the
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. Furthermore, the triangular shape of the head, becoming distinctly narrower towards the snout, which is rather truncate in dorsal and ventral views, and the absence of vomerine and maxillary teeth, indicate that the
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and the two
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indeed are
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF94FFF7FF6971AEFE4DF850" box="[255,423,1976,2002]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="405">Scaphiophryne</emphasis>
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. The head of the
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bears what might be the remains of a light vertebral line as is typical for most specimens of the
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF94FFF7FD8571CAFD70F874" box="[531,666,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="405">S. calcarata</emphasis>
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complex (e.g.,
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).
</paragraph>
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The designated
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also agrees osteologically with traits of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FBC37681FAE8FF33" box="[1109,1282,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Pseudohemisus</emphasis>
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based on the deepened septomaxilla, T-shaped squamosal, ossified and anteriorly extended sphenethmoid, maxillary and vomerine teeth absent, non-divided vomer (divided in
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), sacral diapophysis flattened and broadened (as diagnostic for microhylids), vertebral column diplasiocoelous, terminal phalanges of fingers and toes knobbed and not T-shaped as in species in subgenus
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FDD07731FD04FEC3" box="[582,750,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Scaphiophryne</emphasis>
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with expanded finger and toe tips, and pectoral girdle without ossified sternum and omosternum but with ossified clavicles (
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, Supplementary
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<figureCitation id="0CEE2F8BFF97FFF4FB47775DFB34FEE7" box="[1233,1246,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1878]" captionTargetBox="[174,1405,181,1831]" captionTargetId="figure-17@8.[174,1413,181,1831]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Individuals in life of the three species of Scaphiophryne in the subgenus Pseudohemisus according to the classification proposed in the present paper: Scaphiophryne brevis from Ifaty (AE), Kirindy (FG) and Isalo (H); S. calcarata from Pic St. Louis near Tolagnaro (IK), Ambalavao (L), Isalo (Ilakaka) (MN), Sakaviro (O) and near Anja (P); S. obscura from Isalo (Q), Kirindy (RV), Ankarafantsika (W), and Bongolava Plateau (X). Photos by F. Glaw, J. Lobon-Rovira, A. Miralles, G. M. Rosa, and M. Vences." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4574877" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4574877/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">3</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="946A330EFF97FFF4FF517778FAFBFD9B" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,537]" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">
<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FF517778FEB0FE0A" bold="true" box="[199,346,366,392]" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Assignment.</emphasis>
The
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locality of
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FDD47779FCE4FE0B" box="[578,782,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Hemisus obscurus</emphasis>
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is, rather imprecisely, the north-west coast of
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. In this region, no frogs of the lineage assigned to
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FD547785FCCBFE2F" box="[706,801,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">S. brevis</emphasis>
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(see below) occur, and therefore it is clear that the name
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FF0177A1FF16FE53" box="[151,252,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">obscurus</emphasis>
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should be assigned to a lineage of the
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FD2A77A1FCAEFE53" box="[700,836,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">S. calcarata</emphasis>
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complex. Hence, we apply the name
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FB6277A1FF1BFE77" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Scaphiophryne obscura</emphasis>
(
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)
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to the north-western/western lineage of the
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FC3977CDFBDFFE77" box="[943,1077,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">S. calcarata</emphasis>
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complex, i.e., to the form called
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FF0177E9FE5BFD9B" box="[151,433,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Scaphiophryne calcarata</emphasis>
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A in
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and
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<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FCB377E9FC27FD9B" box="[805,973,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">Scaphiophryne</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
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<bibRefCitation id="F0444EFFFF97FFF4FBBA77E9FAE7FD9B" author="Vieites, D. R. &amp; Wollenberg, K. C. &amp; Andreone, F. &amp; Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M." box="[1068,1293,511,537]" pageId="14" pageNumber="406" pagination="8267 - 8272" refId="ref19847" refString="Vieites, D. R., Wollenberg, K. C., Andreone, F., K ˆ hler, J., Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M. (2009) Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, 8267 - 8272. https: // doi. org / 10.1073 / pnas. 0810821106" type="journal article" year="2009">
Vieites
<emphasis id="A6A1EF1CFF97FFF4FB1677E9FB53FD9B" box="[1152,1209,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="406">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
</bibRefCitation>
.
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