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Trachylepis (Xystrolepis) punctata
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434486DFFE846463FED8" bold="true" box="[702,871,345,371]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Tschudi, 1845</emphasis>
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In 1845, Tschudi described
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(
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)
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from the “
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” (= Amazonia) of
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. Although
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later redescribed the
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and only known specimen, this species has remained enigmatic. Based on its morphology, some authors considered it to be synonymous with
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(e.g.,
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), whereas, based on the
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locality, others (e.g.,
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) concluded that it must be synonymous with one of the Amazonian
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434487BDFDE06344FDFD" box="[988,1088,573,598]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Mabuya</emphasis>
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. In his “
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434480CFFDE06609FDD6" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Notes on American Mabuyas,</emphasis>
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”
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251143448542FDB966FAFDD5" author="Dunn" box="[291,510,612,638]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" refString="Dunn, E. R. (1936) Notes on American mabuyas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 87, 533 - 557." type="journal article" year="1936">Dunn (1936: 557)</bibRefCitation>
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remarked that he was “unable to say what it is.”
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added Tschudi’s species to the unwieldy synonymy of
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(Lacépède)
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where it has remained until the present day. In this section, we consider the generic allocation of Tschudi’s species, correct its secondary homonymy, and propose some possible explanations for its provenance.
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During this study, we examined recent photographs of the
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and only known specimen of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434484F6FCF8668BFC95" box="[151,399,805,830]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis punctata</emphasis>
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. The
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(MHNN 91.2426) is housed in the Museum of Neuchâtel in
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and is in very poor condition. This specimen cannot be assigned to the genus
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, because it has 5/5 auricular lobules, tricarinate dorsal scales in 39 rows at midbody, and the third supraocular in contact with the frontal. Species of
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lack auricular lobules and have smooth to finely striated scales in 24–34 rows at midbody (
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). Among
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, the second (in
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448574FBD066AFFB8D" box="[277,427,1037,1062]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleani">M. macleani</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434485D9FBD0658FFB8D" box="[440,651,1037,1062]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrorhyncha">M. macrorhyncha</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434486F9FBD06445FB8D" box="[664,833,1037,1062]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meridensis">M. meridensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344872CFBD06312FB8D" box="[845,1046,1037,1062]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigropalmata">M. nigropalmata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448043FBD063F6FB8D" box="[1058,1266,1037,1062]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigropunctata">M. nigropunctata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344809FFBD0629CFB8D" box="[1278,1432,1037,1062]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pergravis">M. pergravis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434484F6FBE9660AFBE6" box="[151,270,1076,1101]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sloanii">M. sloanii</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344852CFBE96516FBE6" box="[333,530,1076,1101]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unimarginata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925114344852CFBE96516FBE6" box="[333,530,1076,1101]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">M. unimarginata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) or, rarely, the first (in species having the first and second supraoculars fused into a single scale, such as
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448589FB866485FBDF" box="[488,897,1115,1140]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448589FB8665B9FBDF" box="[488,701,1115,1140]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cochabambae">M. cochabambae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434486AAFB866485FBDF" box="[715,897,1115,1140]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsivittata">M. dorsivittata</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434487A7FB86636EFBDF" box="[966,1130,1115,1140]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434487A7FB866365FBDF" box="[966,1121,1115,1140]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mabouya">M. mabouya</taxonomicName>
|
||
)
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
supraocular contacts the frontal (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251143448498FB5C64A4FB30" author="Greer" box="[249,928,1153,1179]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" refString="Greer, A. E. & Broadley, D. (2000) Six characters of systematic importance in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Hamadryad, 25 (1), 1 - 12." type="journal article" year="2000">
|
||
Greer and Broadley, 2000; personal observation,
|
||
<figureCitation id="13212A4E251143448736FB5C64A4FB30" box="[855,928,1153,1179]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="13.[151,259,1797,1821]" captionTargetBox="[234,1363,197,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[234,1368,194,1784]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 6. Cephalic morphology of Mabuya sensu lato, showing diagnostic features of supraocular and frontal contact in M. bistriata (a, MPEG 14561), M. mabouya (b, Holotype MNHN 5421), Eutropis multifasciata (c, representing the Asian clade, redrawn from Boulenger 1890: 181), Trachylepis tschudii (d, Holotype MHNN 91.2426) and T. maculata (e, NHM 1946.8. 18.6, and f, lectotype, MNHN 2932, redrawn from Bocourt 1879), T. atlantica (g, MNR 1175, redrawn from Travassos, 1946: plate III, fig. 5), Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (h, RMNH 17427 b, redrawn from Hoogmoed, 1974: 48), and Chioninia stangeri (i, syntype NHM 1946.8.2). Numbered scales are the most posterior supraoculars contacting the frontal (F) and frontoparietals (FP)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185819/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). These characteristics of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448084FB5C626BFB31" box="[1253,1391,1153,1178]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448084FB5C626BFB31" box="[1253,1391,1153,1178]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">T. punctata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are common among species of the Afro-Malagasy radiation (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25114344873EFB756330FB69" author="Hoogmoed" box="[863,1076,1192,1218]" pageId="10" pageNumber="64" refString="Hoogmoed, M. S. (1974) Ghanese Lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 138, 1 - 62." type="journal article" year="1974">Hoogmoed 1974</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Mausfeld
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434480DEFB756203FB6A" box="[1215,1287,1192,1217]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">et al.,</emphasis>
|
||
2002), now comprised of the genera
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434485A0FB126549FB43" box="[449,589,1231,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434485A0FB126549FB43" box="[449,589,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434486E9FB1265FBFB43" box="[648,767,1231,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Chioninia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434486E9FB1265FBFB43" box="[648,767,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Chioninia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and we here formally recognize Tschudi’s species as a member of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344857FFB2866A3FAA5" box="[286,423,1269,1294]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925114344857FFB2866A3FAA5" box="[286,423,1269,1294]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA536CB2511434484A7FAC16511F9C0" blockId="10.[151,1437,418,2030]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">
|
||
In 1845, three different species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344860AFAC165F0FA9E" box="[619,756,1308,1333]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925114344860AFAC165F0FA9E" box="[619,756,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
had been assigned the same specific epithet.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25114344817EFAC167E3FAF6" author="Andersson" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" refString="Andersson, L. G. (1900) Catalogue of Linnean typespecimens of Linnaeus's Reptilia in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang Till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 26, 3 - 29." type="journal article" year="1900">Andersson (1900)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
first noted the homonymy between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434486F9FA9E64A4FAF6" authority="Gray" authorityName="Gray" box="[664,928,1347,1373]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434486F9FA9E6459FAF7" box="[664,861,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Tiliqua punctata</emphasis>
|
||
Gray
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434487BDFA9E621AFAF6" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" box="[988,1310,1347,1373]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Lacerta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434487BDFA9E63ADFAF7" box="[988,1193,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Lacerta punctata</emphasis>
|
||
Linnaeus
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
[currently considered a junior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448644FAB4631DFA28" authority="Wiegmann" authorityName="Wiegmann" box="[549,1049,1385,1411]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homalocephala">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448644FAB4647DFA29" box="[549,889,1385,1410]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis homalocephala</emphasis>
|
||
(Wiegmann)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the Cape province,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30D765B251143448134FAB467EFFA01" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
] and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251143448551FA4D66F0FA01" author="Schmidt" box="[304,500,1424,1450]" pageId="10" pageNumber="65" refString="Schmidt, K. P. (1945) A new name for a Brazilian Mabuya. Copeia, 1945, pp. 45." type="journal article" year="1945">Schmidt (1945)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
proposed the replacement name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434487F4FA4D6370FA02" box="[917,1140,1424,1449]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atlantica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434487F4FA4D6370FA02" box="[917,1140,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Mabuya atlantica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for Gray’s species (see Mausfeld and Vrcibradic, 2002, for a recent discussion of the nomenclature of the skink on Fernando de Noronha,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30D765B25114344856FFA00665FFA5C" box="[270,347,1501,1527]" name="Brazil" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
). However, the homonymy of Tschudi’s name has never been corrected. In accordance with articles 52 and 60 of
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434485EDF9D966F0F9B6" box="[396,500,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">the Code</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251143448665F9D96592F9B5" author="ICZN" box="[516,662,1540,1566]" pageId="10" pageNumber="64" refString="ICZN (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4 th Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 306 p." type="book" year="1999">ICZN, 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), we propose
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448759F9D96320F9B6" box="[824,1060,1540,1565]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tschudii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448759F9D96320F9B6" box="[824,1060,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis tschudii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925114344804AF9DE63ADF9B6" bold="true" box="[1067,1193,1539,1565]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">new name</emphasis>
|
||
as a replacement for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434484F6F9F665EFF9EF" authority="Tschudi. The" authorityName="Tschudi. The" box="[151,747,1578,1604]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctata" subGenus="Xystrolepis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434484F6F9F66623F9EF" box="[151,295,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448558F9F666C7F9EF" box="[313,451,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Xystrolepis</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434485B7F9F66546F9EF" box="[470,578,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">punctata</emphasis>
|
||
Tschudi. The
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
new name is a patronym for Dr. J. J. von Tschudi, who originally described this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA536CB2511434484A7F9A566E3F887" blockId="10.[151,1437,418,2030]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">
|
||
Because of the poor state of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A18869251143448628F9A565B7F939" box="[585,691,1656,1682]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, it may be impossible to unequivocally assign it to an existing species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344857AF94266AFF913" box="[283,427,1695,1720]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925114344857AF94266AFF913" box="[283,427,1695,1720]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, the specimen’s supposed origin in the Peruvian Amazon is difficult to believe, considering that the upper Amazon is so far from the Brazilian coast and no additional specimens of any
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434484A9F9316655F8AE" box="[200,337,1772,1797]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434484A9F9316655F8AE" box="[200,337,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have ever been collected in Amazonia. Three mutually exclusive hypotheses may explain the provenance of the specimen:
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA536CB2511434484ACF8E46228F86C" blockId="10.[151,1437,418,2030]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">
|
||
(1)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448497F8E466E7F8F9" box="[246,483,1849,1874]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tschudii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448497F8E466E7F8F9" box="[246,483,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis tschudii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is actually a very rare Amazonian species. Skinks from this genus have certainly crossed the Atlantic before (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251143448583F8BD640AF8D1" author="Carranza" box="[482,782,1888,1914]" pageId="10" pageNumber="63" refString="Carranza, S. & Arnold, E. N. (2003) Investigating the origin of transoceanic distributions: mtDNA shows Mabuya lizards (Reptilia, Scincidae) crossed the Atlantic twice. Systematics and Biodiversity, 1 (2), 275 - 282." type="journal article" year="2003">Carranza & Arnold 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Mausfeld
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434487F1F8BD64C0F8D2" box="[912,964,1888,1913]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2002) as demonstrated by the presence of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482511434484D9F85A6647F80B" box="[184,323,1927,1952]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atlantica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434484D9F85A6647F80B" box="[184,323,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">T. atlantica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
on Fernando do Noronha,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30D765B2511434486EAF85B65DCF80B" box="[651,728,1926,1952]" name="Brazil" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448778F85A6493F80B" box="[793,919,1927,1952]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tschudii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448778F85A6493F80B" box="[793,919,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">T. tschudii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may have dispersed across Amazonia in a manner similar to another African lizard,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825114344861FF8706489F86D" box="[638,909,1965,1990]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mabouia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925114344861FF8706489F86D" box="[638,909,1965,1990]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Hemidactylus mabouia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A2511434487FCF8706337F86C" author="Kluge" box="[925,1075,1965,1991]" pageId="10" pageNumber="64" refString="Kluge, A. G. (1969) The evolution and geographical origin of the New World Hemidactylus mabouia-brookii complex (Gekkonidae, Sauria). Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 138, 1 - 78." type="journal article" year="1969">Kluge, 1969</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25114344805FF8706224F86C" author="Powell" box="[1086,1312,1965,1991]" pageId="10" pageNumber="64" refString="Powell, R., Crombie, R. I. & Boos, H. E. A. (1998) Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 674, 1 - 11." type="journal article" year="1998">
|
||
Powell
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92511434480F6F87063CEF86D" box="[1175,1226,1965,1990]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 1998
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA536CB2511434484A7F809627FF845" blockId="10.[151,1437,418,2030]" box="[198,1403,2004,2030]" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">
|
||
(2)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251143448491F80966D9F846" box="[240,477,2004,2029]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tschudii">
|
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251143448491F80966D9F846" box="[240,477,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="57">Trachylepis tschudii</emphasis>
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actually occurs somewhere in the Old World and the
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was mislabeled.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA536CB2510434584A7FF456354FE8D" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,487]" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">
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(3) As proposed by
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,
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92510434586EBFF45647CFF1A" box="[650,888,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">Trachylepis tschudii</emphasis>
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is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92510434580F1FF456211FF1A" box="[1168,1301,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">T. atlantica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Assuming the specimen was mislabeled, the
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actually would have been collected on Fernando de Noronha Island,
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. Or, if the
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was actually collected in the Peruvian Amazon, the skinks from Fernando de Noronha have dispersed into Amazonia, again, similar to
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<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825104345875BFED1634DFE8E" box="[826,1097,268,293]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Hemidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mabouia">
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD925104345875BFED1634DFE8E" box="[826,1097,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">Hemidactylus mabouia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA536CB2510434584A7FEEF629FFE4C" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,487]" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">
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We suspect that the third hypothesis is correct. Like
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD925104345874DFEEF6320FEE0" box="[812,1060,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">Trachylepis atlantica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251043458052FEEF63A9FEE0" box="[1075,1197,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">T. tschudii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has the supernasals, prefrontals, and parietals in contact. Its body dimensions (SVL
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, tail incomplete, head length
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<quantity id="4CE29B2E251043458120FE846293FED8" box="[1345,1431,345,371]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="11" pageNumber="58" unit="mm" value="10.0">10 mm</quantity>
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, head width 6.5 mm, according to
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251043458640FE5D65A2FE31" author="Roux" box="[545,678,384,410]" pageId="11" pageNumber="65" refString="Roux, J. (1907) Revision de quelques especes de Reptiles et Amphibiens du Perou. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 15, 293 - 302." type="journal article" year="1907">Roux 1907</bibRefCitation>
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), coloration, and scale counts all fall within the variation for this species (Mausfeld and Vrcibradic, 2002;
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25104345861CFE7B643BFE6B" author="Travassos" box="[637,831,422,448]" pageId="11" pageNumber="65" refString="Travassos, H. (1946) Estudo da variacao de Mabuya punctata (Gray, 1839). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Zoologia, 60: 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1946">Travassos, 1946</bibRefCitation>
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). Tschudi’s skink is unlikely to be a specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482510434581E7FE7A6600FE4D" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="58" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92510434581E7FE7A6600FE4D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="58">T. maculata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(characteristics in parentheses), because it has three keels on its dorsals (five), 39 scales at midbody
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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