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.
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RE6878 Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of
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; Barrier Knob, Darran Mountains, Fiordland;
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at
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ASL; adult male,
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SVL,
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tail length of which
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was regrown, coll. T. Bell,
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(
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).
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:
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RE4126 Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of
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; Students Peak, Earl Mountains, Fiordland; no available latitude/longitude co-ordinates; coll. T. Choate, 1966.
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388773FFA3FF5374DCFEC9428F" box="[198,380,1964,1989]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Live Specimens</emphasis>
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. Four live specimens, Barrier Knob, Darran Mountains, Fiordland,
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ASL collected by T. Jewell and T. Bell,
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<date id="436C50EA8773FFA3FE4674A2FD3B42A6" box="[467,654,2002,2028]" pageId="3" pageNumber="46" value="2007-02">February 2007</date>
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. Tail tip tissue samples from two animals collected by T. Bell,
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. An additional four live specimens collected by T. Bell, T. Jewell, P. Lei and H. Edmonds, same location,
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<date id="436C50EA8774FFA4FED273CEFDCC4592" box="[327,633,190,216]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" value="2008-02" valueMax="2008-03-31" valueMin="2008-02-00">February and March 2008</date>
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FF537395FEF345B5" bold="true" box="[198,326,229,255]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FED87395FDA845B4" box="[333,541,229,254]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Oligosoma judgei</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from all congeners by a combination of characters. The coloration is similar only to
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. grande
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,
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. waimatense
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and
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. acrinasum
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.
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. judgei
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has fine green or yellow dorsal speckles against a black dorsal base colour, a black dorso-lateral band with green or yellow lateral speckles, and a white ventral surface speckled occasionally with black. In
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. waimatense
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dark blotches on the dorsal surface are made up of smaller spots forming transverse bands – no such patterning is evident in
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The maximum SVL of
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is significantly less than for
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,
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<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FB1D72D7FB17448A" box="[1160,1186,423,448]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. waimatense
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FAEA72D7FEB144AC" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="otagense">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FAEA72D7FEB144AC" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FAEA72D7FA2D448A" box="[1407,1432,423,448]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. otagense
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The ear opening is approximately 32% wider than in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FC3C72BDFB9244AC" box="[937,1063,461,486]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grande">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FC3C72BDFB9244AC" box="[937,1063,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FC3C72BDFC7744AC" box="[937,962,461,486]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. grande
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(SVL/ear diameter =
|
||
<quantity id="F02ADBCF8774FFA4FAA272BDFAC344AD" box="[1335,1398,461,487]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1176" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" unit="in" value="44.0">44 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FAEA72BDFF454747" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grande">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FAEA72BDFF454747" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FAEA72BDFA2D44AC" box="[1407,1432,461,486]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. grande
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
[n=4],
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FEDA7284FE734747" box="[335,454,500,525]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FEDA7284FE734747" box="[335,454,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FEDA7284FEDC4747" box="[335,361,500,525]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<typeStatus id="E869C8888774FFA4FE5B7284FD894744" box="[462,572,500,526]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
= 58 [diameter could not be measured accurately in
|
||
<typeStatus id="E869C8888774FFA4FB487284FAE74744" box="[1245,1362,500,526]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
]), and separated from primary temporal by 6 scale rows in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FC8A716AFC274779" box="[799,914,538,563]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FC8A716AFC274779" box="[799,914,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FC8A716AFC8D4779" box="[799,824,538,563]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
vs 4 scale rows in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FB15716AFB484779" box="[1152,1277,538,563]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grande">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FB15716AFB484779" box="[1152,1277,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FB15716AFB2C4779" box="[1152,1177,538,563]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. grande
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The nearest genetically-related species are each further separated by distinct counts of mid-body scale rows (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FB687131FADC4710" box="[1277,1385,577,602]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FB687131FADC4710" box="[1277,1385,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FB687131FAA04710" box="[1277,1301,577,602]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
44– 50
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FF287118FEC347CB" box="[189,374,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
vs
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FF4A7118FEC347CB" box="[223,374,616,641]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikitanga">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FF4A7118FF4D47CB" box="[223,248,616,641]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. pikitanga
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
38;
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FE3B7118FD3847CB" box="[430,653,616,641]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="infrapunctatum">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FE3B7118FD3847CB" box="[430,653,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FE3B7118FE7247CB" box="[430,455,616,641]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. infrapunctatum
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
29–37;
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FD677118FC3847CB" box="[754,909,616,641]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taumakae">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FD677118FC3847CB" box="[754,909,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FD677118FCBE47CB" box="[754,779,616,641]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. taumakae
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
32–34;
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FC647118FB2347CB" box="[1009,1174,616,641]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acrinasum">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FC647118FB2347CB" box="[1009,1174,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FC647118FBBF47CB" box="[1009,1034,616,641]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. acrinasum
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
37–38), ventral scale rows (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FF7571FFFEF847E2" box="[224,333,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FF7571FFFEF847E2" box="[224,333,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FF7571FFFF4D47E2" box="[224,248,655,680]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
90–97
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FE3171FFFDE347E2" box="[420,598,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
vs
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FE5671FFFDE347E2" box="[451,598,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikitanga">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FE5671FFFE6E47E2" box="[451,475,655,680]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. pikitanga
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
78–88), subdigital lamellae (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FC3971FFFBAD47E2" box="[940,1048,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FC3971FFFBAD47E2" box="[940,1048,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FC3971FFFC7147E2" box="[940,964,655,680]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
24–25
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FBFA71FFFA9447E2" box="[1135,1313,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
vs
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FB1B71FFFA9447E2" box="[1166,1313,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikitanga">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FB1B71FFFB1347E2" box="[1166,1190,655,680]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. pikitanga
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
20–23;
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FAEA71FFFEA34784" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="acrinasum">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FAEA71FFFEA34784" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FAEA71FFFA2247E2" box="[1407,1431,655,680]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. acrinasum
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
16–19
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FEFC71C5FEC64784" box="[361,371,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">)</emphasis>
|
||
and the relative size of the dorsal scales (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FCE471C5FC574784" box="[881,994,693,718]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FCE471C5FC574784" box="[881,994,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FCE471C5FC3F4784" box="[881,906,693,718]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
smaller than ventrals
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FB7A71C5FABD4784" box="[1263,1288,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">vs</emphasis>
|
||
larger in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FAEA71C5FEF947BF" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="infrapunctatum">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FAEA71C5FEF947BF" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FAEA71C5FA2D4784" box="[1407,1432,693,718]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. infrapunctatum
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="376D762A8774FFA4FF507072FF564132" blockId="4.[151,1436,152,1144]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
We now consider in greater detail differentiation from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FCD67072FC634651" box="[835,982,770,795]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikitanga">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FCD67072FC634651" box="[835,982,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FCD67072FCEE4651" box="[835,859,770,795]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. pikitanga
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
which is genetically very similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FAEA7072FF554608" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FAEA7072FF554608" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FAEA7072FA224651" box="[1407,1431,770,795]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. judgei
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(see below). Morphological evolution and molecular evolution are often not closely linked in the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4FC536BA8774FFA4FAF17059FF404620" name="New Zealand" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
|
||
lizard fauna and there are numerous examples of cryptic species (similar morphology, but genetically distinct) and ‘morphological’ species (morphologically distinct, but genetically similar) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8774FFA4FB2F7006FA2246DA" author="Hitchmough" box="[1210,1431,886,912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" refString="Hitchmough, R. A. (1997) A systematic review of the New Zealand Gekkonidae. Unpublished PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. 371 pp." type="book" year="1997">Hitchmough 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; D. Chapple pers comm. 2008). Two examples of the latter are
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FCE170EDFBBB46FC" box="[884,1038,925,950]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Hoplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kahutarae">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FCE170EDFBBB46FC" box="[884,1038,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">H. kahutarae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which is genetically a very close sister species to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FECF70B4FE4A4697" box="[346,511,964,989]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Hoplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="granulatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FECF70B4FE4A4697" box="[346,511,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">H. granulatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, yet morphologically and ecologically very distinct, and the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FAB770B4FA204697" box="[1314,1429,964,989]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Naultinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FAB770B4FA204697" box="[1314,1429,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Naultinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, for which genetic diversity is so shallow that some proponents have suggested that the seven recognised taxa are conspecific (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8774FFA4FEFD7761FDE14161" author="Hitchmough" box="[360,596,1041,1067]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" refString="Hitchmough, R. A. (1997) A systematic review of the New Zealand Gekkonidae. Unpublished PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. 371 pp." type="book" year="1997">Hitchmough 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8774FFA4FDF77761FCD84161" author="Chambers" box="[610,877,1041,1067]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" refString="Chambers, G. K., Boon, W. M., Buckley, T. R. & Hitchmough, R. A. (2001) Using molecular methods to understand the Gondwanan affinities of the New Zealand biota: three case studies. Australian Journal of Botany, 49, 377 - 387." type="journal article" year="2001">Chambers et al 2001</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8774FFA4FCEE7761FBD34161" author="Hitchmough" box="[891,1126,1041,1067]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" refString="Hitchmough, R. A. (2008) Naultinus species and management units. Moko-kakariki Matters. Issue 1, Spring 2008." type="journal article" year="2008">Hitchmough 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). However in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FA8C7761FA214160" box="[1305,1428,1041,1066]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Naultinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FA8C7761FA214160" box="[1305,1428,1041,1066]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Naultinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, morphological differences strongly support retaining the presently recognised species (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8774FFA4FB227748FA224118" author="Hitchmough" box="[1207,1431,1080,1106]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" refString="Hitchmough, R. A. (1997) A systematic review of the New Zealand Gekkonidae. Unpublished PhD thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. 371 pp." type="book" year="1997">Hitchmough 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8774FFA4FF02772EFF624132" author="Hitchmough" box="[151,215,1118,1144]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" refString="Hitchmough, R. A. (2008) Naultinus species and management units. Moko-kakariki Matters. Issue 1, Spring 2008." type="journal article" year="2008">2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="63AD26A28774FFA4FF027416FBED4237" box="[151,1112,1894,1918]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/190964/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" targetBox="[210,1382,1196,1857]" targetPageId="4">
|
||
<paragraph id="376D762A8774FFA4FF027416FBED4237" blockId="4.[151,1112,1894,1918]" box="[151,1112,1894,1918]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FF027416FEAC4234" bold="true" box="[151,281,1894,1918]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
Barrier skink (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98774FFA4FE2E7417FDCF4234" box="[443,634,1895,1918]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="judgei">
|
||
<emphasis id="05A6AA388774FFA4FE2E7417FDCF4234" box="[443,634,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Oligosoma judgei</emphasis>
|
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) holotype (RE6878). Photograph: Trent Bell
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388775FFA5FF0274CCFEAA429E" bold="true" box="[151,287,1980,2004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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Dorsal and ventral views of (top to bottom) Barrier skink, Sinbad skink, Barrier skink, Sinbad skink. Photographs: Trent Bell
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This situation has arisen largely because of the geological upheaval and climatic stresses that have occurred in
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, resulting in high geographical and ecological diversity, giving way to rapid bursts of speciation in the lizards (
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8776FFA6FD3D7395FC3D45B5" author="Hickson" box="[680,904,229,255]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" refString="Hickson, R. E., Slack, K. E., Lockhart, P. (2000) Phylogeny re-capitulates geography, or why New Zealand has so many species of skinks. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 70, 415 - 433." type="journal article" year="2000">Hickson et al 2000</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="53430BDB8776FFA6FC017395FB3F45B5" author="Chambers" box="[916,1162,229,255]" pageId="6" pageNumber="55" refString="Chambers, G. K., Boon, W. M., Buckley, T. R. & Hitchmough, R. A. (2001) Using molecular methods to understand the Gondwanan affinities of the New Zealand biota: three case studies. Australian Journal of Botany, 49, 377 - 387." type="journal article" year="2001">Chambers et al 2001</bibRefCitation>
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). The recent geological and climatic challenges of the Fiordland region indicate fast speciation is likely to occur even with relatively slow corresponding genetic changes. Such appears to be the case with
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. pikitanga
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388776FFA6FF027229FEC14438" box="[151,372,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Oligosoma judgei</emphasis>
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differs morphologically, ecologically and behaviourally from
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. pikitanga
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in several significant aspects (
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). We consider such differences to be very unlikely within one species across two populations that are in such close proximity (closest known populations c.
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apart) and at similar altitude to each other. However, we acknowledge that there is a possibility, given that the two closest sites are contiguous but separated by the formerly glaciated Arthur River Valley, of a cline connecting the two species. Surveys throughout the area separating the two species should be a priority.
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388776FFA6FF027116FEBD4734" bold="true" box="[151,264,614,638]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
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Comparison of ecological, behavioural, genetic, phenotypic and morphometric features identified between O.
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388776FFA6FF0271F9FF6F47EA" box="[151,218,649,672]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">judgei</emphasis>
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and the Sinbad skink,
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. pikitanga
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.
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388776FFA6FE2571CCFDA64799" box="[432,531,700,723]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">O. judgei</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="F0D20DA98776FFA6FC4E71CEFBD5479F" box="[987,1120,702,725]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="49" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pikitanga">
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388776FFA6FC4E71CEFBD5479F" box="[987,1120,702,725]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">O. pikitanga</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="05A6AA388776FFA6FBF571CDFBD24783" box="[1120,1127,701,713]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">a</emphasis>
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<th id="CA331D148776005FFF027199FEAC4669" box="[151,281,745,803]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Ecological</th>
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<td id="CA331D148776005FFE257199FC104669" box="[432,933,745,803]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Clean rocky cliffs, not strongly associated with vegetation</td>
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<th id="CA331D148776005FFF027046FEAC4607" box="[151,281,822,845]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Behaviour</th>
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<td id="CA331D148776005FFE257046FC104607" box="[432,933,822,845]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Bold, avid sun-basker</td>
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<tr id="89E274688776005FFF027011FA2946D4" box="[151,1436,865,926]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">
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<th id="CA331D148776005FFF027011FEAC46D4" box="[151,281,865,926]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Altitude</th>
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<td id="CA331D148776005FFE257011FC1046D4" box="[432,933,865,926]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">High altitude zone (1250–1600 m ASL, potentially up to 1800m)</td>
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<td id="CA331D148776005FFC4E7011FA2946D4" box="[987,1436,865,926]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Mid-altitude zone (1100 m ASL)</td>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF3270C1FA994682" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1324,945,968]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Genetics 3% genetic differentiation between the two species (D. Chapple, pers. comm. 2008)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF3270ACFBDD46B9" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1128,988,1011]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Appearance Dull Glossy sheen</paragraph>
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SVL and tail Similar size and ranges, reaching up to
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SVL and
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total length
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF3277BCFEFE41A9" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,331,1228,1251]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Morphometrics</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF32779EFBF3404D" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1094,1262,1288]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">TL/SVL ratio 1.08 1.23–1.29</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF327661FBF04061" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1093,1297,1323]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">
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(intact)
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, ra.
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Up to
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF327626FC434039" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1014,1366,1398]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">HL/HW ratio 44–50 38</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF327609FBAA40DD" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1055,1401,1435]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Midbody scale row 90–97 78–88</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF327691FB1E4349" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[167,1195,1505,1541]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Mental scale Widely, or moderately widely separated Narrowly separated</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="376D762A8776FFA6FF027545FDF24306" blockId="6.[151,1361,945,1612]" box="[151,583,1589,1612]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">a. Data from Bell & Patterson (2008).</paragraph>
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