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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40321, 4033031;
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ridge
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,
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40324, 40327, 40332;
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NW of Teptep
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,
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40325; male)
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;
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FEE2F8E2213BF8CF" box="[338,349,1878,1899]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">c</emphasis>
.
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WNW of Teptep
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,
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,
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40326; male)
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FC3AFF5023F3FF5D" box="[906,917,228,249]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">c</emphasis>
.
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NNW of Teptep
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(WGS 84),
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(BPBM 4032829;
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Siwasiwa,
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,
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40333; juvenile)
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;
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Siwasiwa Camp, near
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(WGS 84),
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(BPBM 40334, 40337;
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vicinity of
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,
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,
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40335; female)
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;
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“ca.
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NW of Teptep
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”,
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,
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(WGS 84),
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a.s.l.
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(BPBM 40336; male)
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.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FC8BFD8323A7FDE8" box="[827,961,567,588]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
A medium-sized species of
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FAF1FD8225C5FDEF" box="[1345,1443,566,587]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lobulia</emphasis>
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(adult SVL
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), characterized by the unique combination of frontoparietals unfused; supraorbital ridges not pronounced; nuchals 13 pairs; paravertebral scales 5968; mid-body scale rows 3338; 4
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digit on front foot longer than 3
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; subdigital lamellae 1925 under 4
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toe; single supradigital scales 34 on 4
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toe; mid-dorsum with two rows of large dark brown spots on an olive green background; top of tail base with two rows of large dark brown spots; fragmented white dorsolateral stripes present, extending from parietals to base of tail; flanks dark brown with light spots; unbroken white lateral stripes present, extending from occiput to hindlimbs; ventral coloration light blue on chin, light blue to lemon yellow on abdomen and base of tail in life, uniform light blue in preservative; thighs and precloacal region lack brown spotting; ventral surfaces of tail speckled with light brown spots forming fragmented parallel longitudinal lines; palmar and plantar surfaces pale to lemon yellow in life, light brown in preservative.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FC8BFB4D2492FAAB" box="[827,1268,1273,1295]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">
Comparisons:
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FC8BFAAC2468FA89" box="[827,1038,1304,1325]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. brongersmai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having unfused (vs. fused) frontoparietals. It differs from
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FB21FA83256AFAEF" box="[1169,1292,1334,1356]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. elegans</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FAF1FA8325C5FAEF" box="[1345,1443,1334,1356]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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in having white dorsolateral stripes and lateral stripes (vs. absent).
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is most similar in scalation and general habitus to
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FB04FA272557FA03" box="[1204,1329,1426,1448]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. lobulus</emphasis>
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. It differs from it in dorsal coloration—whereas
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<emphasis id="B93223737C35CA58FB44FA062514FA62" box="[1268,1394,1457,1479]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="254">Lo. lobulus</emphasis>
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has dorsal rows of dark brown spots joined to form two mid-dorsal stripes,
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has large mid-dorsal dark brown spots arrayed in parallel longitudinal rows (not creating stripes), giving it an overall “lighter” appearance—and in having a higher average count of paravertebral scales [62.7 (5968) vs. 57.7 (5461)].
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Description of the
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:
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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; frontonasal large, with eight sides, extending laterally to slightly above the level of nares, in broad contact with frontal; prefrontals large, separated by frontonasal and frontal contact, bordered lateroventrally by two loreals; supraoculars four, anterior two in contact with frontal, posterior three in contact with frontoparietals; frontal roughly 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, wider than long, separated from secondary temporal by a single intercalated scale. Anterior loreal smaller than posterior loreal, higher than long; posterior loreal longer than high; lower preocular roughly square in shape; upper preocular much smaller, longer than high; presubocular single; postsuboculars four, lowest interdigitated between subocular supralabial and penultimate supralabial; lower eyelid scaly, moveable, with a clear palpebral disc smaller than size of ear opening; supraciliaries eight, anteriormost not in contact with frontal, posteriormost projecting medially and interdigitated between posteriormost supraocular and upper pretemporal; primary temporals two, lower 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, with lobules along anterior margin. Mental single; postmental single, contacting two anteriormost infralabials; infralabials eight; enlarged chin shields four pairs, the first two pairs in medial contact, third pair narrowly separated by single medial scale, fourth pair separated by three medial scales; posteriormost chin shield in contact with penultimate infralabial. Body scales smooth, in 36 rows at midbody; paravertebral scales 67; medial precloacal scales enlarged, overlapping lateral precloacals. Scales on dorsal surface of 4th toe in two rows proximally, single row distally beginning at third interphalangeal joint, three single scales; subdigital lamellae under 4th toe 23, smooth. In preservative (
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), base dorsal coloration coppery brown, with two mid-dorsal parallel rows of large dark brown spots two to four scales long, extending to base of tail; spots become smaller posteriorly on tail; dorsolateral stripes present as light blue fragmented stripes extending from occiput to base of tail; lateral field dark brown, speckled with light blue spots one to two single scales wide; unfragmented light blue lateral stripe present, extending from postsupralabials, across ear opening, to hind limbs; head similar in coloration to dorsum, with dark brown spotting, mostly in centre of scales and along scale margins; ventral surfaces uniform light blue; light brown dusting present on ventral surface of tail, roughly forming parallel longitudinal rows along tail margins; scales on palmar and plantar surfaces light brown, contrasting with dark brown digits. In life (
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,
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), dorsal colour coppery brown with black mid-dorsal spots; fragmented dorsolateral stripes, uniform lateral stripes and spots on lateral field white; chin light blue; ventral surfaces of chest, abdomen, thighs, precloacal region and tail lemon yellow, with tail becoming light blue posteriorly; scales on palmar and plantar surfaces lemon yellow.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC99FDE123CCFDCE" box="[809,938,597,618]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">Variation:</emphasis>
Adult body size
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SVL (mean = 54.0, SD = 4.7,
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17). Females (mean = 51.8, range: 45.263.9, SD = 7.2,
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5) have larger maximal size than males (mean = 56.5, range: 51.5 60.2, SD = 3.2,
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC68FD642465FD41" box="[984,1027,720,741]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N =</emphasis>
12). Forelimbs 37.743.6% of SVL (mean = 42.1%, SD = 1.7,
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FBD1FD5B24EBFCA0" box="[1121,1165,751,772]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N =</emphasis>
17). Hindlimbs 46.1 51.9% of SVL (mean = 49.8%, SD = 1.6,
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17). Scale rows at midbody 3338 (mean = 36.2, SD = 1.3,
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19); paravertebral scales 5968 (mean = 62.7, SD = 2.6,
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FACCFCFF235EFCDA" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N =</emphasis>
18). Lamellae under 4th toe 1925 (mean = 21.3, SD = 1.3,
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC26FC3C23A6FC39" box="[918,960,904,925]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N =</emphasis>
19); single supradigital scales on 4th toe 34 (mean = 3.1, SD = 0.3,
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FBD6FC1324F7FC18" box="[1126,1169,935,956]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N =</emphasis>
19). Mostly 13 pairs of nuchals, but BPBM 40323, 40325, 4027, 40328, 40333 and 40325 have an asymmetrical number of nuchals, with either one more nuchal on right side (BPBM 40327) or on left side (all others). Primary nuchals usually separated from secondary temporals by a single smaller intercalated scale (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB57FBEB249DFBD0" box="[1255,1275,1119,1140]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 16), rarely by two on left side and one on right (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB54FBC9249EFB36" box="[1252,1272,1149,1170]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 2) or none on left side and one on right (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB14FB2824DEFB15" box="[1188,1208,1180,1201]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1). Prefrontals usually separated by frontonasal and frontal contact (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC82FB6D2320FB4A" box="[818,838,1241,1262]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 16), rarely by a single azygous scale (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FA8CFB6D2536FB4A" box="[1340,1360,1241,1262]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 3). Supraciliaries rarely seven (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB35FB4C24FFFAA9" box="[1157,1177,1272,1293]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1), typically eight (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC82FAA32320FA88" box="[818,838,1303,1324]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 9), occasionally nine (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB30FAA324F2FA88" box="[1152,1172,1303,1324]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 7) or ten (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FA8AFAA32528FA88" box="[1338,1358,1303,1324]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 2). Anteriormost supraciliary usually not in contact with frontal (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC36FAE023FCFACD" box="[902,922,1364,1385]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 14), sometimes in narrow contact (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FAF4FAE0253EFACD" box="[1348,1368,1364,1385]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 5). Postsuboculars usually three (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB3AFAC724F8FA2C" box="[1162,1182,1395,1416]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 16), rarely four (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FACDFAC725F7FA2C" box="[1405,1425,1395,1416]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 2) or two (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC05FA2523AFFA02" box="[949,969,1425,1446]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1). Supralabials almost always seven (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC81FA042323FA61" box="[817,837,1456,1477]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 18), rarely nine (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FBACFA042456FA61" box="[1052,1072,1456,1477]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1). Primary temporals either single (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FCCFFA7B23F5FA40" box="[895,915,1487,1508]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 13) or two (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB88FA7B242AFA40" box="[1080,1100,1487,1508]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 6). Infralabials rarely six (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FC81FA592323F9A6" box="[817,837,1517,1538]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1), typically seven (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FBF0FA592432F9A6" box="[1088,1108,1517,1538]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 13), occasionally eight (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FACDFA5925F7F9A6" box="[1405,1425,1517,1538]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 3) and rarely nine (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB92F9B82450F985" box="[1058,1078,1548,1569]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1). Infralabials posterior to contact with chin shields usually one (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FB57F99F249DF9E4" box="[1255,1275,1579,1600]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 18), rarely two (
<emphasis id="B93223737C34CA59FCD1F9FD2313F9FA" box="[865,885,1609,1630]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="255">N</emphasis>
= 1).
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Colour pattern of all examined specimens generally similar to
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, with few exceptions. Size of middorsal dark brown spots varies between individuals. BPBM 40320, 40326 and 40328 have unfragmented, as opposed to fragmented, dorsolateral stripes. BPBM 2893, 40325 and 40331 have fragmented, as opposed to unfragmented, lateral stripes. BPBM 40334 has dark brown palmar and plantar surfaces.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF13FF71212EFF7E" box="[163,328,197,219]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Colour in life:</emphasis>
Dorsal surfaces coppery brown with two parallel mid-dorsal rows of large dark brown spots (
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,
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). Dorsolateral stripes white to pale yellow. Sides dark brown to jet black with white or pale yellow spotting and white or pale yellow lateral stripe extending from occiput to hind limbs. Coloration of sides becomes gradually lighter ventrally from lateral stripes. Chin pale blue. Chest, abdomen, precloacal region, thighs and base of tail range from pale blue (BPBM 40335) through light lime green to bright lemon yellow. Yellow coloration more prominent in adult males.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF13FDE12144FDCE" box="[163,290,597,618]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Etymology:</emphasis>
The Latin adjectival suffix
<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFDD6FDE222CDFDCF" box="[614,683,598,619]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">ensis</emphasis>
denotes belonging to a place and is used in reference to the Huon Peninsula,
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, where the
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series was collected.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF13FD442159FCA1" box="[163,319,752,773]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Distribution:</emphasis>
Known only from
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a.s.l. in the Finisterre Range,
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and the Saruwaged Range,
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, both on the Huon Peninsula,
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. It is presumed endemic to the Huon Peninsula, where it is the only member of
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present.
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</taxonomicName>
appears to be sympatric with one species of
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</taxonomicName>
(lineage I), although
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFE81FC7321ABFC7F" box="[305,461,966,988]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lo. huonensis</emphasis>
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is seemingly more common at higher elevations (most specimens collected&gt;
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a.s.l.), whereas
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sp.
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is more common at lower elevations (most specimens collected &lt;
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a.s.l.).
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF13FB34210EFB31" box="[163,360,1152,1173]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Natural history:</emphasis>
All animals were collected while basking on old tree stumps and logs within
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of the ground along walking tracks through highly degraded lower montane and montane forest or anthropogenic grassland, mostly between Teptep Station (
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) and Kawang Bagu Pass at around
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on a track leading to Bumbu. Most of the forest along the track, particularly at lower elevations, had been replaced by tall anthropogenic grassland dominated by
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× edule
</emphasis>
Hassk. (pitpit),
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFE5FFA20236CFA0D" box="[495,778,1428,1449]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Saccharum robustum</emphasis>
E.W.Brandes &amp; Jeswiet ex Grassl
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFDCFFA062177FA42" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Miscanthus floridulus</emphasis>
(Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. &amp; Lauterb. There
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were also large expanses of shorter grasses such as
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF13F9BA211CF987" box="[163,378,1550,1571]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Themeda triandra</emphasis>
Fossk.
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFE6CF9BA236DF987" box="[476,779,1550,1571]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Ischaemum polystachyum</emphasis>
J.Presl
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFE89F99A21CFF9E7" box="[313,425,1582,1603]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Imperata</emphasis>
sp.
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Remnant trees included
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF13F9F82173F9C5" box="[163,277,1612,1633]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Pandanus</emphasis>
sp.
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFEF8F9F821A2F9C5" box="[328,452,1612,1633]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Caldcluvia</emphasis>
sp.
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFD93F9F822E9F9C5" box="[547,655,1612,1633]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Saurauia</emphasis>
spp.
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There was fairly intact mossy forest at higher elevations (&gt;
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) dominated by
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFE1EF93D2254F93A" box="[430,562,1673,1694]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Nothofagus</emphasis>
sp.
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, with a ground flora fairly typical of montane New
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that included as aspect dominants a variety of species of shrubs in the genera
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFF47F95121FBF95E" box="[247,413,1765,1786]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Rhododendron</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFE19F951227DF95E" box="[425,539,1765,1786]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Coprosma</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFDE3F95222B4F95F" box="[595,722,1766,1787]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Tasmannia</emphasis>
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, and an impressively robust ground moss,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFDF2F8B022D4F8BD" box="[578,690,1796,1817]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Dawsonia</emphasis>
sp.
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</paragraph>
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In much of New
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, timberline occurs at around
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. In the Finisterre Mountains, mossy forest extends to around
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or higher. This was in line with our overall impression that the vegetation zones around Teptep were shifted upwards by
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compared to the rest of New
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. This may, at least in part, explain the occurrence of
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to nearly
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;
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFACFFEEB231EFE36" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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and
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, which are ecologically similar and occur in the central ranges, do not generally occur above
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.
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Like the two aforementioned species,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFAB5FE6E25C4FE4A" box="[1285,1442,473,495]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lo. huonensis</emphasis>
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is heliothermic and is exclusively found on tree stumps and logs. However, it is often found close to the ground, unlike
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFB92FD8224EAFDEE" box="[1058,1164,565,587]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lo. fortis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFB7AFD82252BFDEE" box="[1226,1357,565,587]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lo. elegans</emphasis>
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, which generally occur from
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above the ground. But like these species,
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is mainly active in the morning, when the first sun reaches its habitat. It is common.
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFCE3FD7A2456FD47" box="[851,1072,718,739]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lobulia huonensis</emphasis>
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is sympatric with at least two other species of skinks: a ground-dwelling species of
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFCEEFCB8246BFC85" box="[862,1037,780,801]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Papuascincus</emphasis>
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and the arboreal
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFAB7FCB825FDFC84" box="[1287,1435,779,801]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Pr. flavipes</emphasis>
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. A terrestrial colubrid snake,
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFB06FC9E250AFC9B" box="[1206,1388,810,831]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Tropidonophis</emphasis>
sp.
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, occurs to
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. There are only two sympatric species of nocturnal, scansorial frogs above
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:
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sp.
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and
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sp.
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD782907C33CA5EFB4AFC3225C5FC38" author="Zweifel RG" box="[1274,1443,902,924]" pageId="36" pageNumber="256" pagination="387 - 434" refId="ref47012" refString="Zweifel RG. 1980. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 103. Frogs and lizards from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 165: 387 - 434." type="journal article" year="1980">Zweifel (1980)</bibRefCitation>
has commented on the relatively low diversity of montane frogs on the Huon Peninsula, attributing this to the geological youth of the Saruwaged and Finisterre mountain ranges.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFC8BFB8B238CFBF0" box="[827,1002,1087,1108]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Reproduction:</emphasis>
Viviparous. Only a single gravid female was collected, with two embryos, but litter size is presumably variable in this species, as in other members of the genus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFC8BFB6E245DFB54" box="[827,1083,1242,1264]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Conservation status:</emphasis>
The species appears locally abundant at the
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locality although the population trend is unknown. Based on the sampled populations,
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has an extent of occurrence of
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and an area of occupancy of
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(based on occupation of
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cells; both calculated using http:// geocat.kew.org/). However, its distribution almost certainly encompasses more populations throughout the Huon Peninsula at suitable elevations, and the true area of occupancy and extent of occurrence are likely much larger than estimated here. The
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locality is approximately
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from a protected area, the YUS Conservation Area. Since it is locally abundant, with no immediate direct threats to the species or indirect threats to its habitat or location, and because it likely occurs over a wide distribution range encompassing at least one protected area, we recommend assigning a status of Least Concern to
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<emphasis id="B93223737C33CA5EFC8BF8B723BBF8B3" box="[827,989,1794,1816]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="256">Lo. huonensis</emphasis>
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, although its true distribution extent needs to be confirmed through further surveys in the Huon Peninsula.
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