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(
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A)
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<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B116A136EA6CFE43E192FE2D" author="Jacobsen" box="[342,504,402,424]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" refString="Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1992 a) Flat geckos (genus Afroedura) in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, 40, 22 - 25. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 04416651.1992.9650313" type="journal article" year="1992" yearSuffix="a">Jacobsen 1992a</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B116A136E938FE43E25FFE2D" author="Jacobsen" box="[514,565,402,424]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" refString="Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1997) Family Gekkonidae, Genus Afroedura. In: Van Wyk, J. H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium, South African Lizards: 50 years of Progress and Third H. A. A. Symposium on African Herpetology, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11 - 15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Stellenbosch, pp. 34 - 39." type="journal article" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
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.
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TM 81262, adult male, Mariepskop,
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,
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, Pilgrim's Rest District (2430DB), Limpopo Province,
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, collector R. E. Newbery,
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<date id="88541003B116A136E876FE28E38CFD94" box="[844,998,505,530]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" value="1982-06-25">25 June 1982</date>
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.
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.
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(all from same locality as
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<typeStatus id="23518861B116A136E9AFFDCCE293FDB3" box="[661,761,541,566]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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) TM 81248–81249, 81251–81255, 81257–81259, 81261, 81263–81264, same data as
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; TM 81250, 81256, 81260, 81265, collector N. H. G. Jacobsen,
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<date id="88541003B116A136EE24FD90E0B9FDFB" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" value="1980-10-29">29 October 1980</date>
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; TM 58031–58032, collector R. E. Newbery,
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<date id="88541003B116A136E9EAFDB4E330FDFB" box="[720,858,613,638]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" value="1984-06-05">5 June 1984</date>
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; TM 58118, collector R. E. Newbery,
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<date id="88541003B116A136EE39FDB7E0B9FD27" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" value="1984-11-21">21 November 1984</date>
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; TM 62907–62909, collector R. E. Newbery,
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<date id="88541003B116A136E9EDFD5BE3C8FD27" box="[727,930,649,674]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" value="1985-02-21">21 February 1985</date>
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; TM 64021, collector R. E. Newbery,
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<date id="88541003B116A136EE69FD5BE0B9FD43" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" value="1984-06-01">1 June 1984</date>
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.
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EBFDFD00E124FD6F" bold="true" box="[199,334,721,746]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The species name refers to the local name for Mariepskop, the
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locality.
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EBFDFD24E12BFC8B" bold="true" box="[199,321,757,782]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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A large
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EA86FD24E244FC8B" box="[444,558,757,782]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Afroedura</emphasis>
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(to
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SVL) differing from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: two pairs of enlarged subdigital lamellae per digit; a single internasal granule between nasorostrals; tail not obviously verticillate, with 4–5 subcaudal rows and 6–8 supracaudal rows per verticil; dorsal scales smooth, in 96–108 rows at midbody; a single internasal scale; 11–13 precloacal pores in males.
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(based on
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TM 81262) Adult male; SVL 57.0 mm; tail 61.0 mm (partly regenerated); mass in life
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. Head and body dorso-ventally depressed. Head oval and wider than neck, body broad and limbs relatively short, digits stout. Rostral twice as broad as high, more or less octagonal; nostril pierced between rostral, first upper labial and three nasal scales; nasorostrals separated by a single large granular scale. Scales on snout rounded to conical, larger than those on crown. Scales between nasals and anterior margin of eye 12, and from eye to ear 24. Four supraciliary spines at posterodorsal corner of eye. Supralabials 10. Mental wider than deep; postmentals three; infralabials eight.
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<paragraph id="FC5536C3B116A136EBFDFB50E415FA83" blockId="26.[151,1437,469,2006]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Dorsals smooth, uniform, each scale raised posteriorly and juxtaposed; scales at midbody 107. Ventral scales smooth, flattened and imbricate. Digits stout with two pairs of enlarged scansors and five enlarged inferomedian scales under fourth toe, not reaching the base. Precloacal pores 13, arranged in a continuous ‘V’-shaped pattern. Tail regenerated and constricted at base. Two postcloacal spurs on either side of tail base.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EBFDFAC0E17AFAAF" bold="true" box="[199,272,1297,1322]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Color.</emphasis>
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Olive-brown to olive-gray above with variable blackish crossbars extending from occiput to sacrum. Crown of head variably marked, filigreed to reticulate. Interstices between bars are reticulate laterally. Limbs barred or variegated. Tail with approximately 10 black bars, becoming more irregular and diffuse posteriorly.
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, throat, chest and abdomen whitish. Underside of tail grayish brown, faintly barred.
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EBFDFA70E151FA3F" bold="true" box="[199,315,1441,1466]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Variation.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="23518861B116A136EA73FA73E1DCFA3F" box="[329,438,1442,1466]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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and other specimens agree with the
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in most features of scalation (
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<tableCitation id="B1680378B116A136EE09FA70E5E5FA3F" box="[1331,1423,1441,1466]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="27.[125,205,605,626]" captionText="TABLE 4. variatiοn in key mοrphοlοgical characters in Limpοpο and Mpumalanga Prοvinces Afroedura including, fοr cοmparative purpοses, values fοr A. pondolia and A. major. Fοr size" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Table 4</tableCitation>
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). Endolymphatic sacs distended in adult female
|
||
<typeStatus id="23518861B116A136E9A5FA17E295FA5B" box="[671,767,1478,1502]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
TM 81260. Scales between nasals and eye 11–13, from eye to ear 20–23. Supraciliary spines 2–4. Rostral and mental scales variable in relative proportion and shape. Postmentals 2–3. Supralabials 9–10, infralabials 7–8.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B116A136EBFDF9E0E21DF95F" blockId="26.[151,1437,469,2006]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
|
||
Midbody scale rows 96–108. Inferomedian scales under the fourth toe 5–8. Precloacal pores in male
|
||
<typeStatus id="23518861B116A136EE0BF9E3E5F6F9CF" box="[1329,1436,1586,1610]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
11–13, females lacking pores. Postcloacal spurs 2–3, rarely four. Original tails 52.1–53.9% of total length and tapered. Tail with 6–8 (mostly seven) dorsal and four (rarely five) ventral scale rows per indistinct verticil. Supracaudals subimbricate with a rounded to pointed posterior margin; subcaudals broad and imbricate.Caudal autotomy evident in 76.3 % of individuals.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="B4F06548B116A132EBFDF934E5FFFF7D" lastPageId="30" lastPageNumber="481" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B116A136EBFDF934E540F8A7" blockId="26.[151,1437,469,2006]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EBFDF934E10AF97B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1765,1790]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Restricted to the slopes of Mariepskop and God’s Window area of the Eastern Escarpment, in apparently two disjunct populations (
|
||
<figureCitation id="64D12A46B116A136E90DF8D8E211F8A7" box="[567,635,1801,1826]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1208,1230]" captionTargetBox="[182,1404,196,1182]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[178,1409,193,1187]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 6. Map of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa and adjacent regions showing the distributions of previously described species of Afroedura endemic to this region and known localities of the nine new species described in this paper. For previously recognized forms an approximate outline of the range based on Bates et al. (2014) is shown; genetically sampled localities are marked by circles in Figure 4. For new species all known localities are plotted as dots (see relevant species accounts), with genetically sampled site marked by circles with a a red center, type locality marked by a star, and all other localities indicated by open circles colored to correspond to the key in the figure. The very restricted distributions of A. maripi sp. nov., A. rondavelica sp. nov., and A. rupestris sp. nov. are indicated by arrows and are labeled directly on the map." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/250501/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
). Occurrence in the latter area is verified by a photo voucher.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B116A136EBFDF8FCE4D3F853" blockId="26.[151,1437,469,2006]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B116A136EBFDF8FCE1EDF8C3" bold="true" box="[199,391,1837,1862]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Natural history.</emphasis>
|
||
Usually associated with rocky outcrops on west-facing slopes of Mariepskop, frequently in the partial shade of pine plantations but also found on outcrops of Black Reef quartzites on top of the escarpment in the shade of indigenous montane forest. Preferred retreats include crevices under flakes of exfoliating rock and dark overhangs of large boulders. Found in Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld (SVcb 26) and Northern Escarpment Quartzitic Sourveld (GM 23) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B116A136EAD1F86CE348F853" author="Mucina" box="[491,802,1981,2006]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" refString="Mucina, L. & Rutherford, M. C. (2006) The Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia, 19. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 807 pp." type="book" year="2006">Mucina & Rutherford 2006</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) at elevations of
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B116A136E8D9F86FE414F850" box="[995,1150,1982,2006]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" metricValueMax="1.9" metricValueMin="1.7" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" unit="m" value="1800.0" valueMax="1900.0" valueMin="1700.0">1700–1900 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="A895664BB117A137EB47FD8CE702FDF7" box="[125,1896,604,626]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EB47FD8CE702FDF7" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[125,1896,604,626]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EB47FD8CE08EFDF7" bold="true" box="[125,228,605,626]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">TABLE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
variatiοn in key mοrphοlοgical characters in Limpοpο and Mpumalanga Prοvinces
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137E8C3FD8DE431FDF7" box="[1017,1115,604,626]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137E8C3FD8DE431FDF7" box="[1017,1115,604,626]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Afroedura</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
including, fοr cοmparative purpοses, values fοr
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137ED18FD8DE6FBFDF7" box="[1570,1681,604,626]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pondolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137ED18FD8DE6FBFDF7" box="[1570,1681,604,626]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">A. pondolia</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137ED84FD8DE77BFDF7" box="[1726,1809,604,626]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137ED84FD8DE77BFDF7" box="[1726,1809,604,626]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">A. major</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Fοr size
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EB47FDA8E706FD0B" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[125,1900,633,654]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">data sample sizes, maxima and adult means ± 1 S.D. are given by sex fοr taxa newly described herein; maxima οnly (regardless οf sex) are prοvided fοr previοusly recοgnized taxa. Internasal</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EB99FD44E70DFD2F" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[163,1895,661,682]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Pοstmenal cοunts shοw the character states recοrded and, parenthetically, the number οf specimens exhibiting each state. verticil cοunts are presented as supracaudal scale rοws fοllοwed</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBA0FD63E757FD42" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[154,1853,690,711]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">subcaudal scale rοws. All οther cοunts are presented as mean ±1 S.D. Sample sizes fοr scale cοunts are the same as listed fοr Internasal (Intern) and Pοstmental (Pοstm) cοnditiοns.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EB47FD0CE75FFD75" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[125,1845,733,752]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Τaxοn SvL (mm) Mass (g) Intern (n) Pοstm (n) Supralabials Infralabials Eye-Ear Midbοdy Scale verticils Preclοacal</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EEA7FD26E766FC8F" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[1437,1804,759,778]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">Rοws supra⁄sub Pοres</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBAFFCC0E15DFCA0" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[149,311,785,805]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBAFFCC0E16AFCA0" box="[149,256,785,805]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="transvaalica">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBAFFCC0E16AFCA0" box="[149,256,785,805]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">transvaalica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
grοup
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFCE2E75EFCC2" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[135,1844,819,839]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFCE2E098FCC2" box="[135,242,819,839]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="transvaalica">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFCE2E098FCC2" box="[135,242,819,839]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">transvaalica</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
64.0 5.4 0(35) 2(28) 9.60 ± 0.80 8.81±0.70 18.13± 0.81 109.13±3.83 7-8 6.20±0.83
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137E9E3FC9CE60FFCE5" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[729,1637,845,864]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">1(2) 3(9) 5</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBAFFCB9E160FCFF" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[149,266,871,890]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBAFFCB9E0B9FCFF" box="[149,211,872,890]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nivaria">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBAFFCB9E0B9FCFF" box="[149,211,872,890]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">nivaria</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
grοup
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFC59E30DFC55" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFC59E0BEFC19" box="[135,212,904,924]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pondolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFC59E0BEFC19" box="[135,212,904,924]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">pondolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
58.0 - 1(8) 1(2) 9.27 8.30 23.86 102.92 6-7 14.50 2(5) 2(14) 4 3(4)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBAFFC07E14EFC6F" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[149,292,982,1002]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBAFFC07E087FC6F" box="[149,237,982,1002]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multiporis">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBAFFC07E087FC6F" box="[149,237,982,1002]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">multiporis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
grοup
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFC29E754FB8E" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[135,1854,1016,1036]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFC29E0A0FB89" box="[135,202,1016,1036]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haackei">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFC29E0A0FB89" box="[135,202,1016,1036]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">haackei</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
52.0 2.3 0(3) 2(16) 9.06± 0.68 8.38± 0.62 16.86± 0.86 90.36± 4.27 6-7 25.83±1.64
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137E9E3FBC3E611FBA0" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[729,1659,1042,1061]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">1(13) 3-4</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFBFDE60FFBDC" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFBFDE0D0FBBB" box="[135,186,1068,1086]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFBFDE0D0FBBB" box="[135,186,1068,1086]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">major</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
76.0 - 2(3) 2(3) 11.00 9.33 22.17 106.50 8 18.50 4
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFB8EE755FBF6" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[135,1855,1119,1139]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFB8EE0B5FBF6" box="[135,223,1119,1139]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multiporis">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFB8EE0B5FBF6" box="[135,223,1119,1139]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">multiporis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
66.5 5.5 1(11) 1(1) 9.10± 0.70 8.60±0.67 20.60±1.51 99.60±4.33 6-7 16.67±0.58
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137E879FBABE611FB08" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[835,1659,1146,1165]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">2(10) 3-4</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBB2FB44E755FB22" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[136,1855,1172,1191]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBB2FB44E177FB22" box="[136,285,1172,1191]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBB2FB44E0BEFB22" box="[136,212,1173,1191]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rupestris" status="sp. nov.">rupestris</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB117A137EBE3FB45E177FB22" box="[217,285,1172,1191]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBE3FB45E177FB22" bold="true" box="[217,285,1172,1191]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
sp.
|
||
<date id="88541003B117A137EBCDFB45E177FB22" box="[247,285,1172,1191]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">nov.</date>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<specimenCount id="EAECFD4AB117A137EAB4FB45E1C7FB22" box="[398,429,1172,1191]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="generic">9♂</specimenCount>
|
||
,3♀
|
||
<specimenCount id="EAECFD4AB117A137E905FB45E234FB22" box="[575,606,1172,1191]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="generic">8♂</specimenCount>
|
||
,3♀ 0(1) 1(1) 9.79±1.05 8.36±0.63 18.77±1.17 90.14±4.90 6-7 22.12±1.96
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EAB4FB7FE306FB5E" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">62.0♂,56.0♀ 5.8♂,3.9♀ 1(11) 2(10) 3 54.5 + 4.0 ♂ 3.5 + 1.1♂ 2(2) 3(3)</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EAB4FB33E2F6FB70" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[398,668,1250,1269]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">54.7 + 1.5♀ 3.0 + 1.0♀</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBAEFB2AE167FA8A" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[148,269,1275,1295]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBAEFB2AE0BFFA8A" box="[148,213,1275,1295]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBAEFB2AE0BFFA8A" box="[148,213,1275,1295]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
grοup
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFACDE754FAB5" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[135,1854,1308,1328]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFACDE0A2FAB5" box="[135,200,1308,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFACDE0A2FAB5" box="[135,200,1308,1328]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
36.0 1.2 1(17) 2(14) 8.47±0.87 8.18±0.64 19.1±1.68 88.77±3.00 6-7 13.40±0.89
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137E879FAE6E611FACF" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[835,1659,1335,1354]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">3(3) 4-5</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFA83E754FAE1" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[135,1854,1361,1380]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B117A137EBBDFA83E0AAFAE1" box="[135,192,1362,1380]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maripi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFA83E0AAFAE1" box="[135,192,1362,1380]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">maripi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB117A137EBFCFA80E161FAE1" box="[198,267,1361,1380]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBFCFA80E161FAE1" bold="true" box="[198,267,1361,1380]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
|
||
sp.
|
||
<date id="88541003B117A137EBDFFA80E161FAE1" box="[229,267,1361,1380]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">nov.</date>
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</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
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<specimenCount id="EAECFD4AB117A137EAB4FA80E1C7FAE1" box="[398,429,1361,1380]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="generic">7♂</specimenCount>
|
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,9♀
|
||
<specimenCount id="EAECFD4AB117A137E905FA80E234FAE1" box="[575,606,1361,1380]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="generic">7♂</specimenCount>
|
||
,9♀ 1(13) 2(13) 9.59±0.67 8.18±0.73 21.81±1.38 102.56±3.81 7-8 12.29±0.95
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EAB4FABAE2F6FA1D" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">63.0♂,63.0♀ 3.8♂,6.5♀ 3(8) 4-5 56.7 + 5.2 ♂ 3.0 + 0.5♂</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EAB4FA4EE2F6FA37" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[398,668,1439,1458]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">56.7 + 5.1♀ 3.3 + 1.4♀</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EBBDFA69E755FA49" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[135,1855,1464,1484]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBBDFA69E0A4FA49" box="[135,206,1464,1484]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">pongola</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137EBEEFA68E173FA49" bold="true" box="[212,281,1465,1484]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
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sp.
|
||
<date id="88541003B117A137EBC8FA68E173FA49" box="[242,281,1465,1484]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">nov.</date>
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<specimenCount id="EAECFD4AB117A137EAB4FA68E1C6FA49" box="[398,428,1465,1484]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="generic">5♂</specimenCount>
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||
,5♀
|
||
<specimenCount id="EAECFD4AB117A137E905FA68E234FA49" box="[575,606,1465,1484]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478" type="generic">5♂</specimenCount>
|
||
,3♀ 1(12) 2(8) 9.00± 0.58 8.08±0.28 20.77±1.42 98.22±3.07 6-7 22.40±0.89
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EAB4FA02E2F7F985" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">35.0♂,40.0♀ 1.0♂,0.9♀ 2(1) 3(5) 4-5 34.1 + 0.6 ♂ 0.8 + 0.2♂</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A137EAB4F9D7E2F6F99C" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" box="[398,668,1542,1561]" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">38.0 + 1.4♀ 0.8 + 0.1♀</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FC5536C3B117A132ED6FF9F0E5FFFF7D" blockId="27.[125,1900,604,1589]" lastBlockId="30.[151,1436,151,608]" lastPageId="30" lastPageNumber="481" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">
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……
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B117A137ED45F9F0E70DF9B1" box="[1663,1895,1569,1589]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="478">continued on the next page</emphasis>
|
||
Two eggs are laid at a time during August–October. They are soft when laid, adhering to the rock and hardening, as has been reported for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132E900FF6DE353FF51" authority="Power 1939" authorityName="Power" authorityYear="1939" box="[570,825,188,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="halli">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E900FF6DE2E5FF50" box="[570,655,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. halli</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B112A132E998FF6DE35BFF51" author="Power" box="[674,817,188,212]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" refString="Power, J. H. (1939) A note on the habits, life history and distribution of Oedura halli Hewitt. South African Journal of Science, 36, 374 - 376." type="journal article" year="1939">Power 1939</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The eggs measure 9.5–10.9 x
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EF9DFF6DE55BFF51" box="[1191,1329,188,212]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.55" metricValueMax="9.3" metricValueMin="7.8" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="mm" value="8.55" valueMax="9.3" valueMin="7.8">7.8–9.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
and take approximately two months to hatch. Neonates measure 23.0 mm SVL, 21.0 mm TailL, with a mass of
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EE34FF0EE5FBFF7D" box="[1294,1425,223,248]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="2.75" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.5" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="g" value="0.275" valueMax="0.3" valueMin="0.25">0.25-0.30 g</quantity>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="A895664BB111A131EBADF8AEE46EF877" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/250504/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" targetBox="[218,1372,193,1889]" targetPageId="29">
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<paragraph id="FC5536C3B111A131EBADF8AEE46EF877" blockId="29.[151,1436,1919,2034]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131EBADF8AEE17CF811" bold="true" box="[151,278,1919,1941]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
|
||
New species in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B111A131EACBF8AEE2C5F810" box="[497,687,1919,1941]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131EACBF8AEE2C5F810" box="[497,687,1919,1941]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">Afroedura marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group. (A)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B111A131E80BF8AEE38FF813" box="[817,997,1919,1942]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maripi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131E80BF8AEE38FF813" box="[817,997,1919,1942]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">Afroedura maripi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB111A131E8D4F851E428F810" box="[1006,1090,1920,1941]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131E8D4F851E428F810" bold="true" box="[1006,1090,1920,1941]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
from Mariepskop, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Photo Marius Burger). (B)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B111A131E90DF84FE29DF831" box="[567,759,1950,1972]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pongola" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131E90DF84FE29DF831" box="[567,759,1950,1972]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">Afroedura pongola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB111A131E9C7F84EE327F831" box="[765,845,1951,1972]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" rank="species">
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||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131E9C7F84EE327F831" bold="true" box="[765,845,1951,1972]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
from from west of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B111A131EF2AF84FE40CF831" box="[1040,1126,1950,1972]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="29" pageNumber="483" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pongola" status="sp. nov.">Pongola</taxonomicName>
|
||
, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Photo Johan Marais). (C)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B111A131EAFCF86CE2D9F856" box="[454,691,1981,2003]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rondavelica" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131EAFCF86CE2D9F856" box="[454,691,1981,2003]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">Afroedura rondavelica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB111A131E9F8F86CE370F857" box="[706,794,1981,2002]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B111A131E9F8F86CE370F857" bold="true" box="[706,794,1981,2002]" pageId="29" pageNumber="480">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
from the Three Rondavels, Blyde River Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (24°34' S, 30°50' E) (Photo by N.H.G. Jacobsen).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="B4F06548B112A132EBFDFED5E116FDE5" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="FC5536C3B112A132EBFDFED5E116FDE5" blockId="30.[151,1436,151,608]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EBFDFED5E151FE98" bold="true" box="[199,315,260,285]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EA7DFED5E27BFE99" box="[327,529,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maripi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EA7DFED5E27BFE99" box="[327,529,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">Afroedura maripi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132E927FED5E216FE98" box="[541,636,260,285]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E927FED5E216FE98" bold="true" box="[541,636,260,285]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
was included by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B112A132E86DFED5E467FE99" author="Jacobsen" box="[855,1037,260,285]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" refString="Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1990) A Herpetological Survey of the Transvaal. Unpublished Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1621 pp." type="book" year="1990">Jacobsen (1990</bibRefCitation>
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||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B112A132EF24FED5E40FFE99" author="Jacobsen" box="[1054,1125,260,284]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" refString="Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1992 a) Flat geckos (genus Afroedura) in the Transvaal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, 40, 22 - 25. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 04416651.1992.9650313" type="journal article" year="1992" yearSuffix="a">1992a</bibRefCitation>
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||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="987B4B32B112A132EF4CFED5E4C5FE99" author="Jacobsen" box="[1142,1199,260,284]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" refString="Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1997) Family Gekkonidae, Genus Afroedura. In: Van Wyk, J. H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the FitzSimons Commemorative Symposium, South African Lizards: 50 years of Progress and Third H. A. A. Symposium on African Herpetology, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, 11 - 15 October 1993. Herpetological Association of Africa, Stellenbosch, pp. 34 - 39." type="journal article" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
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||
) in his
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EE2EFED5E5F6FE98" box="[1300,1436,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pondolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EE2EFED5E5F6FE98" box="[1300,1436,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. pondolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex, but our molecular results suggest that while other members of this proposed complex—
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EFC6FEF9E519FEC5" box="[1276,1395,295,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EFC6FEF9E519FEC5" box="[1276,1395,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EEBEFEF9E099FEE0" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pongola" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EEBEFEF9E099FEE0" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. pongola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132EBC6FE9DE13DFEE0" box="[252,343,332,357]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EBC6FE9DE13DFEE0" bold="true" box="[252,343,332,357]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, and presumably
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132E91EFE9DE2A0FEE0" box="[548,714,332,357]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rondavelica" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E91EFE9DE2A0FEE0" box="[548,714,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. rondavelica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132E9E8FE9DE344FEE0" box="[722,814,332,357]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E9E8FE9DE344FEE0" bold="true" box="[722,814,332,357]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(also unsampled genetically), as well as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EE3CFE9DE518FEE1" box="[1286,1394,332,356]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maripi" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EE3CFE9DE518FEE1" box="[1286,1394,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. maripi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132EE40FE9DE0A2FE0D" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EE40FE9DE0A2FE0D" bold="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
—do form a monophyletic group, referred to as the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132E82DFEA1E3E6FE0D" box="[791,908,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E82DFEA1E3E6FE0D" box="[791,908,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132E8DFFEA1E400FE0D" box="[997,1130,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pondolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E8DFFEA1E400FE0D" box="[997,1130,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. pondolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is only distantly related. It may be distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EAEFFE45E23EFE28" box="[469,596,404,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pongola" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EAEFFE45E23EFE28" box="[469,596,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. pongola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132E967FE45E2D0FE28" box="[605,698,404,429]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E967FE45E2D0FE28" bold="true" box="[605,698,404,429]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and especially
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132E84BFE45E382FE28" box="[881,1000,404,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E84BFE45E382FE28" box="[881,1000,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on the basis of its greater number of midbody scale rows (mean of 102.56
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132E907FE68E2EEFE55" box="[573,644,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">versus</emphasis>
|
||
98.22 and 88.77, respectively) and larger size (maximum SVL
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EE74FE66E5F6FE4A" box="[1358,1436,439,464]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.3" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="mm" value="63.0">63 mm</quantity>
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EBADFE0CE0B5FE71" box="[151,223,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">versus</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EBD3FE0DE151FE71" box="[233,315,476,500]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="mm" value="40.0">40 mm</quantity>
|
||
and
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EA4DFE0DE1A1FE71" box="[375,459,476,501]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="mm" value="36.0">36 mm</quantity>
|
||
, respectively) and has substantially fewer precloacal pores than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EF8DFE0DE55FFE70" box="[1207,1333,476,501]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pongola" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EF8DFE0DE55FFE70" box="[1207,1333,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. pongola</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132EE05FE0DE5F6FE70" box="[1343,1436,476,501]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EE05FE0DE5F6FE70" bold="true" box="[1343,1436,476,501]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(11–13
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EBD4FDD0E15CFD9D" box="[238,310,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">versus</emphasis>
|
||
21–23). It also has significantly more supralabial scales than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EF38FDD1E412FD9D" box="[1026,1144,511,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EF38FDD1E412FD9D" box="[1026,1144,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. marleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(p <0.001, t37 d.f.).It is larger (
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EBD7FDF5E12FFDB9" box="[237,325,548,573]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="mm" value="60.0">60 mm</quantity>
|
||
versus
|
||
<quantity id="3B129B26B112A132EA92FDF5E194FDB9" box="[424,510,548,573]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" unit="mm" value="55.0">55 mm</quantity>
|
||
maximum SVL) and has more precloacal pores (11–13
|
||
<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EF95FDF4E49CFDB9" box="[1199,1270,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">versus</emphasis>
|
||
7–9) than
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<taxonomicName id="3BEA4D40B112A132EEBEFDF5E176FDE5" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Afroedura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rondavelica" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EEBEFDF5E176FDE5" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">A. rondavelica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="D5AD57AAB112A132EA19FD96E116FDE5" box="[291,380,583,608]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="CE9EEAD1B112A132EA19FD96E116FDE5" bold="true" box="[291,380,583,608]" pageId="30" pageNumber="481">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |