250 lines
30 KiB
XML
250 lines
30 KiB
XML
<document id="596810DD1E1CCAAEEFC7BCC74F6E4AA9" ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.191355" ID-GBIF-Dataset="6169622f-e3a1-413c-9b29-ac9caf1abb2d" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="191355" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1461127964381" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Renoult, Julien P. & Raselimanana, Achille P." docDate="2009" docId="DA0B3E5CFF81F943BABDF8DAFEFBFC0D" docLanguage="en" docName="zt02290p068.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 2290" docStyle="DocumentStyle:890A69B780ED73D6DB8551B71C8AC79E.4:Zootaxa.2009-2012.journal_article" docStyleId="890A69B780ED73D6DB8551B71C8AC79E" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2009-2012.journal_article" docStyleVersion="4" docTitle="Typhlops rajeryi Renoult & Raselimanana, 2009, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="7" lastPageNumber="67" masterDocId="26324624FF81F941BA2AFFE3FF8EFFC1" masterDocTitle="A new species of Malagasy blind snake of the genus Typhlops Oppel (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)" masterLastPageNumber="68" masterPageNumber="65" pageNumber="65" updateTime="1698597099012" updateUser="plazi">
|
||
<mods:mods id="895D6067628CE7A741BA1493EBF3C2D8" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
|
||
<mods:titleInfo id="8FEEE2E037A0FCEA008EF3492FD34972">
|
||
<mods:title id="57918794AF2EC8C7DDD6B5F0DAA83379">A new species of Malagasy blind snake of the genus Typhlops Oppel (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)</mods:title>
|
||
</mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:name id="FE1CD455F50A6783E2C719081F485F60" type="personal">
|
||
<mods:role id="63FA5BE65C9832521B9E4653BFBD23F7">
|
||
<mods:roleTerm id="EE80E6FEFDF4F3C6453E39727453839F">Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
||
</mods:role>
|
||
<mods:namePart id="C16F11CE7BF9CB5799D739375090A68B">Renoult, Julien P.</mods:namePart>
|
||
</mods:name>
|
||
<mods:name id="4F1DBA1DB999DE04E8A2220C9A346727" type="personal">
|
||
<mods:role id="E1F03C72DA32FE32DBECC3DC2F934BF2">
|
||
<mods:roleTerm id="AD0A28D7E5FAC947B014A4542BF1A261">Author</mods:roleTerm>
|
||
</mods:role>
|
||
<mods:namePart id="055ECA28D09B55A8A52E0C64F1A58E95">Raselimanana, Achille P.</mods:namePart>
|
||
</mods:name>
|
||
<mods:typeOfResource id="9F8C95076D8A7011246166592335CC08">text</mods:typeOfResource>
|
||
<mods:relatedItem id="123255D712DB9382E94B980F5DB48B6A" type="host">
|
||
<mods:titleInfo id="67A2BF6B48703B197EEF32E6B7FF5256">
|
||
<mods:title id="3D1CCE37E6DCE9B106F909A323BA01A2">Zootaxa</mods:title>
|
||
</mods:titleInfo>
|
||
<mods:part id="C9024E3B7661470F9167FA59CE232F69">
|
||
<mods:date id="24A1B3F873C6FEF341D580F5880DD215">2009</mods:date>
|
||
<mods:detail id="618E63205E0BA2641F08F5210DABD1FD" type="volume">
|
||
<mods:number id="45A66FD2151AA7FAB0712C8EBFFE7777">2290</mods:number>
|
||
</mods:detail>
|
||
<mods:extent id="043AE1951F16CC147CB998D602FCD35A" unit="page">
|
||
<mods:start id="EDF2816CDED87E1F13A1DE85FCD43050">65</mods:start>
|
||
<mods:end id="DC6A46A2A3B7BC798CC25103E3DC538D">68</mods:end>
|
||
</mods:extent>
|
||
</mods:part>
|
||
</mods:relatedItem>
|
||
<mods:classification id="11A38836BFBEBC8D4BEFB56A6214D3B0">journal article</mods:classification>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="5EBD33077ED7011C6B492C82D64314E9" type="DOI">10.5281/zenodo.191355</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="A899671FEE9B0CFA624E2A64642089B5" type="GBIF-Dataset">6169622f-e3a1-413c-9b29-ac9caf1abb2d</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="4C5608C3E3CFB48D6070F08FD607AFC2" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
|
||
<mods:identifier id="78D1042C8FB52CE358F8156A4C2DE0C8" type="Zenodo-Dep">191355</mods:identifier>
|
||
</mods:mods>
|
||
<treatment id="DA0B3E5CFF81F943BABDF8DAFEFBFC0D" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6214847" ID-GBIF-Taxon="119626619" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6214847" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DA0B3E5CFF81F943BABDF8DAFEFBFC0D" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DA0B3E5CFF81F943BABDF8DAFEFBFC0D" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<subSubSection id="1AB8DCC1FF81F941BABDF8DAFF58F8B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" type="nomenclature">
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF81F941BABDF8DAFE28F890" blockId="0.[151,422,1849,1905]" box="[151,422,1849,1873]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<heading id="09553826FF81F941BABDF8DAFE28F890" bold="true" box="[151,422,1849,1873]" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" reason="2">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF81F941BABDF8DAFE28F890" bold="true" box="[151,422,1849,1873]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF81F941BABDF8DAFEC7F890" box="[151,329,1849,1873]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF81F941BABDF8DAFEC7F890" bold="true" box="[151,329,1849,1873]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Typhlops rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7BE5EE23FF81F941BB7AF8DAFE28F890" box="[336,422,1849,1873]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF81F941BABDF8B9FF58F8B0" blockId="0.[151,422,1849,1905]" box="[151,214,1882,1905]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<figureCitation id="CA9993CFFF81F941BABDF8B9FF58F8B0" box="[151,214,1882,1905]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1821,1845]" captionTargetBox="[437,1154,1095,1796]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[430,1156,1095,1796]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Typhlops rajeryi sp. nov., holotype (ZSM 1589 / 2008). (A) Photograph of the freshly dead specimen. Alive, the individual had a pink head gradually paling toward a whitish caudal end. After several months in alcohol, it turned beige-yellow. Red punctures on the rostral part correspond to petechia, probably of accidental origin. (B) Lateral view of the head. (C) Dorsal view of the head. F: frontal, IP: interparietal, N (N 1 + N 2): nasals, P: parietal, PO: preocular, R: rostral, SL 1 and SL 4: first and fourth supralabial, SO: supraocular. Bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191356/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="1AB8DCC1FF81F940BABDF87CFADEFF35" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="66" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF81F940BABDF87CFADEFF35" blockId="0.[151,1437,1951,2009]" lastBlockId="1.[151,1437,152,1041]" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="66" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF81F941BABDF87CFE83F876" bold="true" box="[151,269,1951,1975]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<typeStatus id="8D1931E8FF81F941BABDF87CFE87F876" box="[151,265,1951,1975]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<collectionCode id="34B3178FFF81F941BB3CF87CFEC1F877" box="[278,335,1951,1974]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/4b7r-7sec" name="Bavarian State Collection of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">ZSM</collectionCode>
|
||
1589/2008, an adult collected by J.P. Renoult on
|
||
<date id="261CA98AFF81F941B9BEF87CFBE1F877" box="[916,1135,1951,1974]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" value="2007-12-27">
|
||
27 December
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF81F941BE1CF87CFBE1F877" box="[1078,1135,1951,1974]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.097779999999999" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" unit="in" value="2007.0">2007</quantity>
|
||
</date>
|
||
in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="2AB5CFDAFF81F941BEBCF87CFAABF877" box="[1174,1317,1951,1974]" name="Madagascar" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
: Vatovavy Fitovinany Region, near the entrance to the Ranomafana National Park,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="3796E98DFF81F941B992F821FBCAF818" box="[952,1092,1986,2009]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="-21.256466">21°15.388’S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="3796E98DFF81F941BE7AF821FB51F818" box="[1104,1247,1986,2009]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" precision="1" value="47.4218">47°25.308’E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, alt.:
|
||
<specimenCount id="44A444C3FF81F941BF37F821FAE4F818" box="[1309,1386,1986,2009]" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" type="generic">
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF81F941BF37F821FAEDF818" box="[1309,1379,1986,2009]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.18" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" unit="m" value="918.0">918 m</quantity>
|
||
.
|
||
</specimenCount>
|
||
The specimen was deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZST), Munich,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="2AB5CFDAFF80F940BE12FF7BFB15FF6E" box="[1080,1179,152,175]" name="Germany" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Germany</collectingCountry>
|
||
in
|
||
<date id="261CA98AFF80F940BE97FF7BFABEFF6E" box="[1213,1328,152,175]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" value="2008-04">April 2008</date>
|
||
and bears the field number
|
||
<collectionCode id="34B3178FFF80F940BB79FF59FE16FF10" box="[339,408,186,209]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">FGZC</collectionCode>
|
||
3165 (F. Glaw’s field series). The specimen is in very good condition without external injury, except one piece of epidermis and muscle removed for tissue collection. Radiography revealed a fractured pelvis.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="1AB8DCC1FF80F940BAEFFF1CFDC4FC46" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF80F940BAEFFF1CFE53FE60" blockId="1.[151,1437,152,1041]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BAEFFF1CFEB0FED6" bold="true" box="[197,318,255,279]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BB6CFEE3FE73FED6" box="[326,509,256,279]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BB6CFEE3FE73FED6" box="[326,509,256,279]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7BE5EE23FF80F940B82FFF1CFDD1FED6" box="[517,607,255,279]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940B82FFF1CFDD1FED6" bold="true" box="[517,607,255,279]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
differs from all other typhlopids by the combination of a T-V imbrication pattern of supralabial scales, 24 mid-body scale rows, between 400 and 420 paravertebral scales, 12 subcaudals, a solidly-built body with a total length/mid-body diameter ratio being less than 37, a rounded snout in dorsal and lateral view, an inferior nasal suture contacting second supralabial, an incomplete superior nasal suture, visible eyes and pupils, and a uniform pink coloration.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF80F940BAEFFE4EFDC4FC46" blockId="1.[151,1437,152,1041]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">
|
||
Among
|
||
<collectingCountry id="2AB5CFDAFF80F940BB34FE4EFE06FE05" box="[286,392,429,452]" name="Madagascar" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Malagasy</collectingCountry>
|
||
typhlopids, a T-V imbrication pattern of supralabial scales distinguishes
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BE86FE4EFAD1FE05" box="[1196,1375,429,452]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BE86FE4EFAD1FE05" box="[1196,1375,429,452]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BABDFE33FDF4FE26" authority="Mocquard, 1905" authorityName="Mocquard" authorityYear="1905" box="[151,634,464,487]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenotyphlopidae" genus="Xenotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grandidieri">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BABDFE33FE22FE26" box="[151,428,464,487]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Xenotyphlops grandidieri</emphasis>
|
||
(Mocquard, 1905)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(T-0),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940B8ECFE33FC67FE26" box="[710,1001,464,487]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Ramphotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="braminus">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940B8ECFE33FC67FE26" box="[710,1001,464,487]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Ramphotyphlops braminus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(T-III),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BE69FE33FAFAFE26" authority="Mocquard, 1901" authorityName="Mocquard" authorityYear="1901" box="[1091,1396,464,487]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="decorsei">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BE69FE33FB36FE26" box="[1091,1208,464,487]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. decorsei</emphasis>
|
||
Mocquard, 1901
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(T- III),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BAE1FE11FECCFDC8" box="[203,322,498,521]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ocularis">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BAE1FE11FECCFDC8" box="[203,322,498,521]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. ocularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(T-III) and the Comorian species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940B8EBFE11FB95FDC8" authority="Boulenger, 1889" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1889" box="[705,1051,498,521]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="comorensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940B8EBFE11FCD6FDC8" box="[705,856,498,521]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. comorensis</emphasis>
|
||
Boulenger, 1889
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(T-III). Compared to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BF3BFE11FAF7FDC8" box="[1297,1401,498,521]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BF3BFE11FAF7FDC8" box="[1297,1401,498,521]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BFA2FE11FE51FDED" authority="Werner, 1909" authorityName="Werner" authorityYear="1909" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microcephalus">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BFA2FE11FEBAFDED" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. microcephalus</emphasis>
|
||
(Werner, 1909)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has fewer mid-dorsal scales (77–235 versus 412), a low number of scale rows (anterior: 20; mid-body: 20; posterior: 19–20 versus 22; 24; 22, respectively) and the pupil is not visible (distinct in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BF0CFDDBFA02FD8E" box="[1318,1420,568,591]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BF0CFDDBFA02FD8E" box="[1318,1420,568,591]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BABDFDB9FDC6FDB0" authority="Roux-Esteve, 1980" authorityName="Roux-Esteve" authorityYear="1980" box="[151,584,602,625]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="domerguei">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BABDFDB9FEFFFDB0" box="[151,369,602,625]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops domerguei</emphasis>
|
||
Roux-Estève, 1980
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has fewer mid-dorsal scales (252–262), fewer subcaudals (6–7 versus 12) and has a short body (SVL: 150–176 versus 265).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940B8BAFD9EFC65FD55" authority="Boettger, 1881" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1881" box="[656,1003,637,660]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reuteri">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940B8BAFD9EFCCDFD55" box="[656,835,637,660]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops reuteri</emphasis>
|
||
Boettger, 1881
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has also fewer mid-dorsal scales (345– 359) and subcaudals (8–9), has a short (198–222) and thin body (mid-body width: 4.5–5.0 versus 7.4). The
|
||
<typeStatus id="8D1931E8FF80F940BF1EFD43FAEDFD76" box="[1332,1379,672,695]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">type</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BFA2FD43FD82FD18" authority="Boettger, 1877" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1877" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="madagascariensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BFA2FD43FEEEFD18" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. madagascariensis</emphasis>
|
||
Boettger, 1877
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is longer (SVL: 410), has more mid-dorsal scales (580) and has a striped pattern (uniform in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BB30FD06FEF5FD3D" box="[282,379,741,764]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BB30FD06FEF5FD3D" box="[282,379,741,764]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BBBEFD06FCBDFD3D" authority="Grandidier, 1872" authorityName="Grandidier" authorityYear="1872" box="[404,819,741,764]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arenarius">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BBBEFD06FDEDFD3D" box="[404,611,741,764]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops arenarius</emphasis>
|
||
(Grandidier, 1872)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is shorter (SVL: 80–211), thinner (mid-body width: 4.5– 5.0) and has an ogival head shape in dorsal view and wedge shape in lateral view (rounded head shape in dorsal and lateral views in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BB6BFCC9FE2CFC80" box="[321,418,810,833]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BB6BFCC9FE2CFC80" box="[321,418,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BB90FCC9FCCCFC80" authority="Boettger, 1880" authorityName="Boettger" authorityYear="1880" box="[442,834,810,833]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mucronatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BB90FCC9FD10FC80" box="[442,670,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops mucronatus</emphasis>
|
||
Boettger, 1880
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has more scale rows (25–28; 24–28; 24–26), more middorsal scales (488–577), a truncated dorsal head shape and a brown coloration (pink coloration in living specimen, yellow to beige in alcohol for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BBF2FC93FDB7FC46" box="[472,569,880,903]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BBF2FC93FDB7FC46" box="[472,569,880,903]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">T. rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="1AB8DCC1FF80F943BAECFC71FA07FDC8" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF80F940BAECFC71FAE6FBD0" blockId="1.[151,1437,152,1041]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BAECFC71FEDFFC6B" bold="true" box="[198,337,914,938]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
SVL
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940BBBAFC71FE64FC68" box="[400,490,914,937]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.65" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="265.0">265 mm</quantity>
|
||
, TL
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940B836FC71FDFEFC68" box="[540,624,914,937]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.8" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="6.8">6.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
, total length
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940B8D3FC71FCDAFC68" box="[761,852,914,937]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7199999999999998" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="272.0">272 mm</quantity>
|
||
, head width (at eye level)
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940BE41FC71FB31FC68" box="[1131,1215,914,937]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.9" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="4.9">4.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, anterior body width
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940BABDFC56FF62FC0D" box="[151,236,949,972]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.4" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="5.4">5.4 mm</quantity>
|
||
, mid-body width
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940BB86FC56FD8CFC0D" box="[428,514,949,972]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.4" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="7.4">7.4 mm</quantity>
|
||
, mid-tail width
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940B884FC56FC8DFC0D" box="[686,771,949,972]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.4" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="5.4">5.4 mm</quantity>
|
||
, posterior body width
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF80F940B9DCFC56FBC5FC0D" box="[1014,1099,949,972]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.2" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" unit="mm" value="7.2">7.2 mm</quantity>
|
||
, length/width ratio 36.7, tail as percentage of total length 2.5, tail length/width ratio 1.3, subcaudals 12, dorsocaudals 14, paravertebrals 412, anterior body scale rows 22, mid-body scale rows 24, posterior body scale rows 22, mid-body costal twice as broad as deep.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="06DDDFC2FF80F940BABDF8FEFC62F87E" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191356/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" targetBox="[437,1154,1095,1796]" targetPageId="1">
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF80F940BABDF8FEFC62F87E" blockId="1.[151,1436,1821,1983]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BABDF8FEFE94F8F4" bold="true" box="[151,282,1821,1845]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="95A2F4C9FF80F940BB0BF8FEFE5FF8F5" box="[289,465,1821,1844]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Typhlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rajeryi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BB0BF8FEFE5FF8F5" box="[289,465,1821,1844]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">Typhlops rajeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7BE5EE23FF80F940BBF2F8FEFDA0F8F4" box="[472,558,1821,1845]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF80F940BBF2F8FEFDA0F8F4" bold="true" box="[472,558,1821,1845]" pageId="1" pageNumber="66">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, holotype (ZSM1589/2008). (A) Photograph of the freshly dead specimen. Alive, the individual had a pink head gradually paling toward a whitish caudal end. After several months in alcohol, it turned beige-yellow. Red punctures on the rostral part correspond to petechia, probably of accidental origin. (B) Lateral view of the head. (C) Dorsal view of the head. F: frontal, IP: interparietal, N (N1+N2): nasals, P: parietal, PO: preocular, R: rostral, SL1 and SL4: first and fourth supralabial, SO: supraocular. Bar = 1 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF83F943BAECFF7BFA07FDC8" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">
|
||
Snout rounded in dorsal and lateral view (
|
||
<figureCitation id="CA9993CFFF83F943B8B3FF7BFD6DFF6E" box="[665,739,152,175]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1821,1845]" captionTargetBox="[437,1154,1095,1796]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[430,1156,1095,1796]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Typhlops rajeryi sp. nov., holotype (ZSM 1589 / 2008). (A) Photograph of the freshly dead specimen. Alive, the individual had a pink head gradually paling toward a whitish caudal end. After several months in alcohol, it turned beige-yellow. Red punctures on the rostral part correspond to petechia, probably of accidental origin. (B) Lateral view of the head. (C) Dorsal view of the head. F: frontal, IP: interparietal, N (N 1 + N 2): nasals, P: parietal, PO: preocular, R: rostral, SL 1 and SL 4: first and fourth supralabial, SO: supraocular. Bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191356/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
|
||
B, C); rostral narrow (0.36 head width), oval and elongate, 1.3 times as long as broad, truncated posteriorly and not reaching interocular level, nasals nearly meeting at the median line behind rostral; frontal slightly larger than interparietal; supraoculars oblique, twice as wide as deep, as wide as frontal, contact with postnasal 0.3 supraocular width; parietals transversally oriented, 3.1 times as wide as deep, and as wide as frontal; first occipital noticeably enlarged, 4.8 times as wide as deep; nostril directed laterally, its long axis at a 30° angle from horizontal, equally distant to rostral and preocular; nasal semi-divided with shallow posterior concavity, inferior nasal suture contacting second supralabial, superior nasal suture extending nostril at a 30° angle from horizontal across 0.75 of naso–rostral distance; four supralabials with T-V imbrication pattern (second and third supralabial overlap shields posterodorsally to them), first supralabial 0.7 the size of the second, second supralabial approximately as long as the third, third supralabial taller than second, fourth supralabial the longest and the tallest being as high as long, slightly more than twice the height and the length of the third. 210 vertebrae. Specimen pink in life, yellow to beige in alcohol.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="1AB8DCC1FF83F943BAECFDF7FEFBFC0D" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF83F943BAECFDF7FB69FDB0" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF83F943BAECFDF7FEC9FDED" bold="true" box="[198,327,532,556]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The species is named for Emile Rajeryiarison, an experimental naturalist working at Ranomafana, in honor of his outstanding effort and contribution to the improvement of the knowledge on the herpetofauna of the National Park. He has collaborated with many scientific expeditions in the area and across
|
||
<collectingCountry id="2AB5CFDAFF83F943BE4AFDB9FB6DFDB0" box="[1120,1251,602,625]" name="Madagascar" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="521D8F4AFF83F943BAECFD9FFEFBFC0D" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">
|
||
<emphasis id="60D65358FF83F943BAECFD9FFEA8FD55" bold="true" box="[198,294,636,660]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67">Ecology.</emphasis>
|
||
The single known specimen was found close to Ranomafana National Park and within an estimated
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF83F943BF72FD9EFA12FD55" box="[1368,1436,637,660]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</quantity>
|
||
of the entrance into the Talatakely forest. The animal was found about two hours after sunset, and had not been on the road long given that it was not seen at the same spot 15 minutes before collection. The weather was cool (approximately 20°C) and it had been raining heavily for three hours. Secondary forest with dense understory borders the tarmac road which is on a raised and very steep, almost vertical embankment. The local submontane tropical moist forest (
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF83F943BF1AFCEBFF23FC80" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" metricValueMax="1.2" metricValueMin="0.9" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" unit="m" value="1050.0" valueMax="1200.0" valueMin="900.0">900–1200 m</quantity>
|
||
) is characterized by a dense understory and a canopy of
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF83F943B939FCC9FCFCFC80" box="[787,882,810,833]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.65" metricValueMax="3.5" metricValueMin="1.8" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" unit="m" value="26.5" valueMax="35.0" valueMin="18.0">18–35 m</quantity>
|
||
in height. The local terrain in general is steep. The soil is notably unfertile and acidic with high concentrations of iron and aluminum and low in phosphorus (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="3633F2BBFF83F943BF6AFCAEFF5CFC46" author="Johnson" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Johnson, B. (1994) The soils of southeastern Madagascar. Ph. D. dissertation. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC." type="book" year="1994">Johnson 1994</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Annual precipitation ranges from
|
||
<quantity id="955A22AFFF83F943B875FC93FC81FC46" box="[607,783,880,903]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.15" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="2.3" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" unit="mm" value="3150.0" valueMax="4000.0" valueMin="2300.0">2300–4000 mm</quantity>
|
||
, with the rainy season occurring from December to March (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="3633F2BBFF83F943BAB4FC71FEC2FC68" author="Overdorff" box="[158,332,914,937]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Overdorff, D. J. (1993) Similarities, differences, and seasonal pattern in the diets of Eulemur rubriventer and Eulemur fulvus rufus in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology, 14, 721 - 753." type="journal article" year="1993">Overdorff 1993</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Temperatures range from 4–12°C in June–September to 36–40°C in December–February (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="3633F2BBFF83F943BF19FC71FEE4FC0D" author="Wright" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Wright, P. & Andriamihaja, B. (2003) The conservation value of long-term research: a case study from the Parc National de Ranomafana. In: Goodman, S. M. & Benstead, J. P (Eds), The natural history of Madagascar. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 1485 - 1488." type="book chapter" year="2003">Wright & Andriamihaja 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |