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<paragraph blockId="48.[301,641,533,558]" box="[301,641,533,558]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">GREEN SMOOTH- EARED SKINK</paragraph>
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(
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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</elevation>
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(BPBM 44741–42;
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<specimenCount box="[370,484,1146,1168]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" type="male">two males</specimenCount>
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);
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-04-05" collectorName="O. Tallowin & Myola" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Crest of Owen Stanley Mts" elevation="2076" latitude="-9.1509" location="Myola" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="147.7679" municipality="Kokoda Track" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Central" typeStatus="paratype">same locality as holotype (BPBM 44743; male);</materialsCitation>
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Myola 2,
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,
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(WGS 84),
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<quantity box="[280,361,1208,1230]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0759999999999996" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" unit="m" value="2076.0">2076 m</quantity>
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a.s.l.
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</elevation>
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(BPBM 44745; male)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<emphasis box="[163,280,1271,1292]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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A medium-sized species of
|
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|
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<emphasis box="[585,779,1270,1291]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(adult SVL
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) characterized by the unique combination of short limbs (forelimbs 25.7–30.8% of SVL, hindlimbs 29.0–40.6% of SVL); frontoparietals unfused; nuchals 1–3 pairs; paravertebral scales 57–70; mid-body scale rows 32–41; 4
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digit on front foot not longer than 3
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; subdigital lamellae 12–18 under 4
|
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<superScript attach="none" box="[764,779,1454,1466]" fontSize="5" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">th</superScript>
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toe; single supradigital scales 3–5 on 4
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toe; dorsal coloration light to dark brown in preservative, light to dark greenish brown in life; dark brown to black lateral field present; dorsolateral stripes absent; flanks speckled with spots no more than a single scale wide, blue in preservative, green in life; uniform coloration on abdomen, thighs and precloacal region that lacks brown spotting, light blue in preservative, bright green in life; tail uniformly light blue more or less speckled with light brown spots; palmar and plantar surfaces brown.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[163,610,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">
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Comparisons:
|
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|
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[537,610,1824,1845]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">viridis</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
|
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differs from all other species of
|
||
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<emphasis box="[334,528,1854,1875]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">Ornithuroscincus</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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in lacking dorsolateral stripes, having shorter relative limb length (forelimbs 25.7–30.8% of SVL and hindlimbs 29.0–40.6% of SVL vs. forelimbs 27.0–36.3% of SVL and hindlimbs 33.3– 47.3% of SVL) and a lower average count of subdigital lamellae under 4
|
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<superScript attach="left" box="[1028,1043,319,331]" fontSize="5" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">th</superScript>
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toe (15.8, range = 12–18 vs. 20.2, range = 17–23). It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1306,1443,350,372]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bengaun">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1306,1443,350,372]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. bengaun</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[885,1054,381,403]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shearmani">
|
||
<emphasis box="[885,1054,381,403]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. shearmani</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having unfused (vs. fused) frontoparietals. It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Vogt" baseAuthorityYear="1932" box="[1267,1437,412,433]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albodorsalis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1267,1437,412,433]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. albodorsalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[827,935,443,464]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="noctua">
|
||
<emphasis box="[827,935,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. noctua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[948,1100,443,464]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nototaenia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[948,1100,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. nototaenia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Brongersma" baseAuthorityYear="1953" box="[1158,1318,442,464]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venemai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1158,1184,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis box="[1223,1318,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">venemai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by lacking a parietal eye spot (vs. present) and by having a higher count of midbody scale rows [32–41 vs. 22–26, 23–28, 24–25 and 24–26, respectively (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brongersma LD" box="[1206,1436,534,556]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" pagination="137 - 142" refId="ref43878" refString="Brongersma LD. 1953 a. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. I. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C) 56: 137 - 142." type="journal article" year="1953">Brongersma, 1953a</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Zweifel RG" box="[827,974,565,587]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" pagination="1 - 21" refId="ref46980" refString="Zweifel RG. 1979. Variation in the scincid lizard Lipinia noctua and notes on other Lipinia from the New Guinea region. American Museum Novitates 2676: 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="1979">Zweifel, 1979</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Shea G & Greer AE" box="[986,1203,565,587]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" pagination="148 - 156" refId="ref46273" refString="Shea G, Greer AE. 2002. From Spehnomorphus to Lipinia: generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. Journal of Herpetology 36: 148 - 156." type="journal article" year="2002">Shea & Greer, 2002</bibRefCitation>
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||
)].
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="48.[827,1444,197,1200]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[851,1150,596,617]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[851,1150,596,617]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">Ornithuroscincus viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar in body proportions and scalation to its sister species,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[827,995,657,678]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[827,995,657,678]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, it differs by being slightly smaller on average (mean adult SVL
|
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<quantity box="[1324,1437,688,709]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.97" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" unit="mm" value="49.7">49.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
, range = 42.1–54.8 vs.
|
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<quantity box="[1078,1180,718,740]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.59" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" unit="mm" value="55.9">55.9 mm</quantity>
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, range = 50.1–62.3), in having shorter relative limb length (mean forelimbs 28.2% of SVL, range = 25.7–30.8 and hindlimbs 35.0% of SVL, range = 29.0–40.6 vs. mean forelimbs 30.4% of SVL, range = 27.0–33.7 and hindlimbs 38.0% of SVL, range = 33.3–42.5), a lower average count of subdigital lamellae under the 4
|
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<superScript attach="left" box="[1059,1073,902,914]" fontSize="5" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">th</superScript>
|
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toe (15.8, range = 12–18 vs. 19.9, range = 17–23), primary nuchal scales being usually as wide as long (15 of 17) vs. wider than long (15 of 18), and most easily by colour pattern:
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1271,1378,994,1016]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
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<emphasis box="[1271,1378,994,1016]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
lacks dorsolateral stripes (vs. present in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1222,1381,1025,1046]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="48" pageNumber="268" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
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<emphasis box="[1222,1381,1025,1046]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), has uniform light to dark brown dorsal coloration (vs. light brown spotted with dark brown to black spots) and in life has a slight greenish tint to its dorsal coloration and bright green ventral surfaces (vs. lime green usually with lemon yellow on precloacal region and thighs).
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</paragraph>
|
||
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<emphasis box="[827,1128,1241,1263]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">
|
||
Description of the
|
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<typeStatus box="[1027,1122,1241,1262]" pageId="48" pageNumber="268">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
:
|
||
</emphasis>
|
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Rostral broad and shallow, wider than deep, projecting slightly onto top of snout; nasals more or less rectangular, separated by rostral and frontonasal contact, projecting anterodorsally onto dorsum of snout; nostril circular, centred within nasal (slightly closer to supralabials than to frontonasal); frontonasal large, with seven sides, extending laterally to slightly above the level of nares, not contacting frontal; prefrontals large, in narrow medial contact, bordered ventrolaterally by two loreals; supraoculars four, anterior two in contact with frontal, posterior three in contact with frontoparietals; frontal kite shaped, widest anteriorly; frontoparietals single pair in medial contact, in narrow contact with frontal; interparietal of roughly similar area to single frontoparietal, kite shaped, widest anteriorly; parietal eye spot absent; parietals in contact behind interparietal, in contact anteriorly with frontoparietals, posteriormost supraocular and two pretemporals; nuchals single pair, transversely enlarged, irregularly shaped, roughly as wide as long, separated from secondary temporal by a single intercalated scale. Anterior loreal similar in size to posterior loreal, both higher than long; lower preocular roughly square in shape; upper preocular much smaller, longer than high; presubocular single; postsuboculars three, lowest interdigitated between subocular supralabial and penultimate supralabial; lower eyelid scaly, moveable, with a clear palpebral disc smaller than size of ear opening; supraciliaries seven, anteriormost not in contact with frontal, posteriormost projecting medially and interdigitated between posteriormost supraocular and upper pretemporal; primary temporal single, interdigitated between posterior two supralabials; secondary temporals two, upper larger and overlapping lower; supralabials seven, fifth in contact with small scales of lower eyelid; postsupralabials two; ear opening moderately large and oval shaped, without lobules. Mental single; postmental single, contacting two anteriormost infralabials; infralabials six; enlarged chin shields three pairs, the first pair in medial contact, second pair narrowly separated by single medial scale, third pair separated by three medial scales; posteriormost chin shield in contact with penultimate infralabial. Body scales smooth, in 33 rows at midbody; paravertebral scales 70; medial precloacal scales enlarged, overlapping lateral precloacals. Scales on dorsal surface of fourth toe in two rows proximally, single row distally beginning at third interphalangeal joint, five single scales; subdigital lamellae on fourth toe 18, smooth. In preservative (
|
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), dorsum uniform light brown; dorsolateral stripes absent; dorsal pattern sharply replaced by dark brown lateral fields, gradually becoming lighter ventrally; lateral field speckled with multiple pale blue spots one scale wide; head similar in coloration to dorsum, slightly lighter on snout and supraciliaries; labials dark brown at margins, pale blue in centre; venter pale blue with slight brown dusting at edges of scales laterally; light brown dusting more pronounced under tail; palmar and plantar surfaces dark brown. In life (
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<figureCitation box="[664,753,1393,1415]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="25.[144,224,1538,1560]" captionTargetBox="[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetId="figure-145@25.[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Figure 16. Pictures in life of (A) Ornithuroscincus bengaun (holotype; BPBM 37741); (B) Ornithuroscincus pterophilus (holotype; BPBM 45705); (C) Ornithuroscincus sabini (BPBM 16761); (D) Ornithuroscincus shearmani (holotype; BPBM 47951); (E) Ornithuroscincus viridis (holotype; BPBM 44744). Images A, C by Fred Kraus, images B, D, E by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530735" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530735/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">Figs 16</figureCitation>
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,
|
||
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), dorsum dark brown with green tint, becoming lighter dorsolaterally; lateral field black, speckled with multiple green spots a single scale wide, specks extending to margins of dorsal field; venter bright green, lemon yellow under tail; palmar and plantar surfaces dark brown.
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</paragraph>
|
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<emphasis box="[145,273,1640,1661]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">Variation:</emphasis>
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Adult body size
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SVL (mean = 49.7, SD = 3.7,
|
||
<emphasis box="[412,453,1671,1692]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
||
16). Females (mean = 49.9, range = 42.1–54.8, SD = 4.8,
|
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<emphasis box="[532,580,1702,1723]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
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7) and males (mean = 49.5, range = 44.1–53.4, SD = 2.9,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
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9) of similar size. Forelimbs 25.7–30.8% of SVL (mean = 28.2%, SD = 1.5,
|
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<emphasis box="[457,501,1794,1815]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
||
16). Hindlimbs 29.0– 40.6% of SVL (mean = 35.0%, SD = 2.6,
|
||
<emphasis box="[601,644,1824,1845]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
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16). Scale rows at midbody 32–41 (mean = 36.2, SD = 2.7,
|
||
<emphasis box="[673,714,1855,1876]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
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17); paravertebral scales 57–70 (mean = 62.8, SD = 3,
|
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<emphasis box="[677,716,1886,1907]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
||
17). Lamellae under fourth toe 12–18 (mean = 15.8, SD = 1.59,
|
||
<emphasis box="[939,983,228,249]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
||
17); single supradigital scales on 4th toe 3–5 (mean = 3.4, SD = 0.7,
|
||
<emphasis box="[1185,1230,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N =</emphasis>
|
||
17). Mostly 1–3 pairs of nuchals, but BPBM 44734 lacks nuchal on left side, with only single nuchal on right side. Nuchals typically roughly as wide as long (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1191,1211,351,372]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 15), rarely wider than long (
|
||
<emphasis box="[934,954,382,403]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2). Primary nuchals usually separated from secondary temporals by a single smaller intercalated scale (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1037,1057,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 13), rarely by two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1317,1337,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2) or none (
|
||
<emphasis box="[881,901,473,494]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2). Prefrontals in medial contact in all but BPBM 44733, where separated by a single, azygous scale. Loreals two in all but BPBM 44740, where loreal single. Supraciliaries either seven (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1219,1239,565,586]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 7) or eight (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1405,1425,565,586]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 8), rarely nine (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1022,1042,596,617]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2). Anteriormost supraciliary either in contact with frontal (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1173,1193,627,648]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 9) or not (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1344,1364,627,648]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 8). Posteriormost supraciliary usually projecting medially (
|
||
<emphasis box="[817,837,688,709]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 15), but rarely in line with all other supraciliaries (
|
||
<emphasis box="[817,837,719,740]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2). Postsuboculars usually two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1249,1269,719,740]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 14), rarely three (
|
||
<emphasis box="[896,916,749,770]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 3). Secondary temporals usually two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[818,838,780,801]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 13), but rarely one (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1128,1148,780,801]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2) or three (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1338,1358,780,801]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2). Posteriormost supralabial fragmented by horizontal suture on left side in
|
||
<specimenCount box="[1060,1249,841,863]" pageId="49" pageNumber="269" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
(BPBM 44729, 44740 and 44743). Infralabials either six (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1305,1325,872,893]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 12) or seven (
|
||
<emphasis box="[893,913,903,924]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 5). Infralabials posterior to contact with chin shields usually one (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1096,1116,933,954]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 14), rarely two (
|
||
<emphasis box="[1325,1345,933,954]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 2) or three (
|
||
<emphasis box="[884,904,964,985]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">N</emphasis>
|
||
= 1).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="49.[809,1425,197,1261]" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">
|
||
Colour pattern of all specimens generally similar to
|
||
<typeStatus box="[809,912,1025,1047]" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, with few exceptions. BPBM 44732, 44737, 44741 and 44743 have sparse dark brown spotting on dorsum extending to tail, most pronounced in BPBM 44743. BPBM 44743 has a coppery brown dorsum with light margins, bordered medially by dark brown spotting, creating the appearance of light dorsolateral stripes. Palmar and plantar surfaces of BPBM 44735– 36 lighter brown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="49.[809,1425,1302,1661]" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,979,1302,1324]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">Colour in life:</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsum light to dark brown, often with green tint, usually uniform but rarely with sparse dark brown spotting (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1150,1236,1363,1385]" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="25.[144,224,1538,1560]" captionTargetBox="[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetId="figure-145@25.[145,1425,195,1499]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Figure 16. Pictures in life of (A) Ornithuroscincus bengaun (holotype; BPBM 37741); (B) Ornithuroscincus pterophilus (holotype; BPBM 45705); (C) Ornithuroscincus sabini (BPBM 16761); (D) Ornithuroscincus shearmani (holotype; BPBM 47951); (E) Ornithuroscincus viridis (holotype; BPBM 44744). Images A, C by Fred Kraus, images B, D, E by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530735" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530735/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">Figs 16</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1251,1279,1363,1384]" captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="33.[145,228,850,872]" captionTargetBox="[150,764,195,804]" captionTargetId="figure-760@33.[145,769,195,810]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Figure 24. Ornithuroscincus viridis holotype (BPBM 44744) in life, in (A) dorsal view and (B) ventral view. Images by Allen Allison." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6530751" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6530751/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">24</figureCitation>
|
||
). Green tint not extending to tail, which remains brown. Sides dark brown to jet black, sharply demarcated from dorsum and speckled lightly or heavily with bright green spots a single scale wide. Sides becoming gradually lighter towards venter, dark lateral field of varying width. Venter uniformly bright green, less pronounced on tail and often changing to lemon yellow, with light brown dusting laterally, more pronounced under tail.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="49.[809,1425,1702,1785]" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,940,1702,1723]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">Etymology:</emphasis>
|
||
From the Latin single-ending adjective
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[809,883,1733,1754]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="49" pageNumber="269" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,883,1733,1754]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, green, in reference to the diagnostic coloration of the species in life.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="49.[809,1426,1826,1909]" lastBlockId="50.[163,779,197,372]" lastPageId="50" lastPageNumber="270" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,949,1826,1847]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="269">Distribution:</emphasis>
|
||
Knownonlyfromhigh-elevationgrasslands at
|
||
<quantity box="[839,990,1856,1878]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.064" metricValueMax="2.0759999999999996" metricValueMin="2.052" pageId="49" pageNumber="269" unit="m" value="2064.0" valueMax="2076.0" valueMin="2052.0">2052–2076 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l. on the crest of the Owen Stanley Mountains in the Myola dry lakebeds along the Kokoda Track. Little is known about its distribution elsewhere, but it appears to be absent from nearby montane habitats (e.g. 1900 Crossing,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[476,574,259,280]" degrees="9.1288" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" precision="5" value="-9.1288">9.1288°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[584,712,258,280]" degrees="147.7264" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" precision="5" value="147.7264">147.7264°E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; WGS 84), as well as from similar high-elevation grasslands on the southern slopes of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[412,540,320,342]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="victoria">Mt Victoria</taxonomicName>
|
||
, both localities where its sister species,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[352,506,350,372]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[352,506,350,372]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, occurs.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="50.[163,780,413,1784]" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,341,413,434]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Natural history:</emphasis>
|
||
All of our specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[616,718,413,434]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[616,718,413,434]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">O. viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were collected from underneath logs at the edge of a large (
|
||
<emphasis box="[762,772,444,465]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">c</emphasis>
|
||
. 800 ha) expanse of partially swampy grassland that is generally interpreted as an ancient lake bed that has filled in with sediment. The grasses include a mixture of native and introduced species, namely
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Kunth ex Benn.) Reeder" authorityName="Reeder" baseAuthorityName="Benn." class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Anthoxanthum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="horsfieldii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Anthoxanthum horsfieldii</emphasis>
|
||
(Kunth ex Benn.) Reeder
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(R. Br.) Stapf" authorityName="Stapf" baseAuthorityName="R. Br." class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Capillipedium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="parviflorum">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Capillipedium parviflorum</emphasis>
|
||
(R.Br.) Stapf
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Gaudich.) K. Schum. & Lauterb." authorityName="K. Schum. & Lauterb." baseAuthorityName="Gaudich." class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Dimeria" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="chloridiformis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[494,779,628,649]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Dimeria chloridiformis</emphasis>
|
||
(Gaudich.) K.Schum. & Lauterb.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Nees" authorityName="Nees" box="[528,775,658,680]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Isachne" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="myosotis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[528,713,658,680]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Isachne myosotis</emphasis>
|
||
Nees
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Labill.) Warb. ex K. Schum. & Lauterb." authorityName="K. Schum. & Lauterb." baseAuthorityName="Labill." class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Miscanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="floridulus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,421,689,710]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Miscanthus floridulus</emphasis>
|
||
(Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[276,562,720,741]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Paspalum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scrobiculatum">
|
||
<emphasis box="[276,562,720,741]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Paspalum scrobiculatum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
L. and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Sacciolepis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="indica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Sacciolepis indica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(L.) Chase. These grasses, together with a rich array of sedges, formed a continuous, generally low ground cover that was similar in overall aspect to a temperate meadow. This formation, which is unusual in montane New
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[326,409,873,895]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
, has a different appearance from the high-elevation tussock grasslands that dominate most alpine regions.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="50.[163,780,413,1784]" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">
|
||
The area where the lizards were collected was bordered by a rich, upper montane forest about
|
||
<quantity box="[163,276,1026,1048]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="1.5" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" unit="m" value="20.0" valueMax="25.0" valueMin="15.0">15–25 m</quantity>
|
||
tall, with an uneven canopy. Aspect dominant species of trees included
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[610,772,1057,1078]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Actinidiaceae" genus="Saurauia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[610,726,1057,1078]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Saurauia</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(K. Schum.) Schltr." authorityName="Schltr." baseAuthorityName="K. Schum." box="[163,626,1088,1110]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cunoniaceae" genus="Opocunonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nymanii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,404,1088,1109]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Opocunonia nymanii</emphasis>
|
||
(K.Schum.) Schltr.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Blume" authorityName="Blume" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Elaeocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="angustifolius">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Elaeocarpus angustifolius</emphasis>
|
||
Blume
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Knuth" authorityName="Knuth" box="[422,773,1118,1140]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Elaeocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="fuscoides">
|
||
<emphasis box="[422,685,1118,1139]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Elaeocarpus fuscoides</emphasis>
|
||
Knuth
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Coode" authorityName="Coode" box="[163,530,1149,1171]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Elaeocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="murukkai">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,444,1149,1170]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Elaeocarpus murukkai</emphasis>
|
||
Coode
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="F. Muell." authorityName="F. Muell." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Elaeocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sayeri">
|
||
<emphasis box="[545,779,1149,1171]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Elaeocarpus sayeri</emphasis>
|
||
F.Muell.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="A. C. Sm." authorityName="A. C. Sm." box="[271,675,1180,1201]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Elaeocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="trichophyllus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[271,573,1180,1201]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Elaeocarpus trichophyllus</emphasis>
|
||
A.C.Sm.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(F. Muell.) A. C. Sm." authorityName="A. C. Sm." baseAuthorityName="F. Muell." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Sloanea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tieghemii">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Sloanea tieghemii</emphasis>
|
||
(F.Muell.) A.C.Sm.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Seemen) Markgr." authorityName="Markgr." baseAuthorityName="Seemen" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Lithocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lauterbachii">
|
||
<emphasis box="[494,779,1210,1231]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Lithocarpus lauterbachii</emphasis>
|
||
(Seemen) Markgr.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Markgr.) Rehder" authorityName="Rehder" baseAuthorityName="Markgr." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Lithocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rufovillosus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[436,779,1241,1263]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Lithocarpus rufovillosus</emphasis>
|
||
(Markgr.) Rehder
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[391,599,1272,1293]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Himantandraceae" genus="Galbulimima" kingdom="Plantae" order="Magnoliales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[391,554,1272,1293]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Galbulimima</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Kosterm.) Kosterm." authorityName="Kosterm." baseAuthorityName="Kosterm." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Litsea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Laurales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="albida">
|
||
<emphasis box="[615,779,1272,1293]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Litsea albida</emphasis>
|
||
(Kosterm.) Kosterm.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Diels" authorityName="Diels" box="[426,773,1302,1324]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="benjaminum">
|
||
<emphasis box="[426,702,1302,1324]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Syzygium benjaminum</emphasis>
|
||
Diels
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Merr. & L. M. Perry" authorityName="Merr. & L. M. Perry" box="[163,653,1333,1354]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="callianthum">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,427,1333,1354]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Syzygium callianthum</emphasis>
|
||
Merr. & L.M.Perry
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Diels" authorityName="Diels" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="homichlophilum">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Syzygium homichlophilum</emphasis>
|
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Diels
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Ridl.) Merr. & L. M. Perry" authorityName="Merr. & L. M. Perry" baseAuthorityName="Ridl." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="subalatum">
|
||
<emphasis box="[491,779,1364,1385]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Syzygium subalatum</emphasis>
|
||
(Ridl.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[483,661,1394,1416]" class="Liliopsida" family="Pandanaceae" genus="Pandanus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pandanales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[483,602,1394,1415]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Pandanus</emphasis>
|
||
spp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="T. G. Hartley" authorityName="T. G. Hartley" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Melicope" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="conjugata">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Melicope conjugata</emphasis>
|
||
T.G.Hartley
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(K. Schum. & Lauterb.) T. G. Hartley" authorityName="T. G. Hartley" baseAuthorityName="K. Schum. & Lauterb." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Melicope" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rubra">
|
||
<emphasis box="[438,618,1425,1446]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Melicope rubra</emphasis>
|
||
(K.Schum. & Lauterb.) T.G.Hartley
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="T. G. Hartley" authorityName="T. G. Hartley" box="[421,778,1456,1478]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Melicope" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="stellulata">
|
||
<emphasis box="[421,638,1456,1477]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Melicope stellulata</emphasis>
|
||
T.G.Hartley
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[217,489,1486,1508]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Pentaphylacaceae" genus="Archboldiodendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[217,448,1486,1507]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Archboldiodendron</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Pulle’s southern beech,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Steenis" authorityName="Steenis" box="[163,493,1517,1539]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pullei">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,388,1517,1538]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Nothofagus pullei</emphasis>
|
||
Steenis
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, occurs on some steep ridges. The understory includes
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Merr. & L. M. Perry" authorityName="Merr. & L. M. Perry" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Decaspermum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="exiguum">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Decaspermum exiguum</emphasis>
|
||
Merr. & L.M.Perry
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[530,779,1579,1600]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Winteraceae" genus="Tasmannia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Canellales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piperita">
|
||
<emphasis box="[530,779,1579,1600]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Tasmannia piperita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Hook.f.) Miers and a rich array of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[567,683,1609,1631]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Ericaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="50.[163,780,413,1784]" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">We visited the area during inclement weather and did not observe the lizards when they were active. We found them only under logs in the grassland, not in the adjacent forest. We therefore infer that they are a grassland species.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="50.[163,778,1838,1891]" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,333,1838,1859]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Reproduction:</emphasis>
|
||
Viviparous. Litter size of all three gravid females 2.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="50.[827,1443,197,740]" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">
|
||
<emphasis box="[827,1065,197,219]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Conservation status:</emphasis>
|
||
The species is locally abundant at the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[904,954,228,249]" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality, although the population trend is unknown. It does not occur near any protected areas. We did not find it in other grasslands in the overall area, including another ancient grassland-filled lakebed that was located nearby at a slightly lower elevation. This, along with its apparent absence from nearby localities where sympatric lizard taxa occur (such as
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[933,1102,442,464]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pterophilus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[933,1102,442,464]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">O. pterophilus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1144,1348,443,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Papuascincus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1144,1305,443,464]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">Papuascincus</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), would suggest this species may have a restricted distribution, limited to the
|
||
<emphasis box="[993,1004,504,525]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">c</emphasis>
|
||
. 800 ha grassland. Local landowners, accompanied by dogs, are with increasing frequency establishing hunting camps in the area. Feral pigs were observed foraging nearby. Dogs and pigs are both known to prey on the lizards. Given the relatively small area of occurrence of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri" authorityYear="2022" box="[1134,1238,657,678]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Ornithuroscincus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Reptilia" pageId="50" pageNumber="270" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viridis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1134,1238,657,678]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="270">O. viridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and these threats from introduced predators, we recommend assigning a status of Vulnerable D2 to it.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |