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Jewell 2008: 88
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.
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Mt Nicholas Road, Eyre Mountains, (
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,
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), RE007279, adult male (coll. T. Bell, 2009).
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(
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).
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Cascade Creek, Eyre Mountains (
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,
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),
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(RE007282, female; RE007285, male; RE007287, male; RE007292, female; RE007294, male) (coll. J. Reardon,
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<date id="FFBBDBC78D3AA42DFB2EFAC1FA764BF5" box="[1269,1424,1387,1412]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="2010-01">January 2010</date>
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); Lower
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Valley (
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="EE319BC08D3AA42DFDDFFA22FD9C4BD1" box="[516,634,1423,1447]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="925" value="168.95">168º 57’E</geoCoordinate>
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),
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(RE007291, male; RE007295, male; RE007296, male) (coll. B. Barratt,
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<date id="FFBBDBC78D3AA42DFE8EFA19FDE04BBA" box="[341,518,1460,1484]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="2009-12">December 2009</date>
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–
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<date id="FFBBDBC78D3AA42DFDCFFA19FD564BBA" box="[532,688,1460,1484]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" value="2010-01">January 2010</date>
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).
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<subSubSection id="C31FAE8C8D3AA42DFF1EFA75FD9349BD" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D3AA42DFF1EFA75FD9349BD" blockId="24.[151,1437,1314,1995]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFF1EFA75FED94B87" bold="true" box="[197,319,1496,1521]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFE9CFA74FDF34B87" box="[327,533,1497,1521]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Oligosoma repens</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other related
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC3AFA74FBBA4B87" box="[993,1116,1497,1521]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Oligosoma</emphasis>
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species through a combination of characters (
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<figureCitation id="133EE1828D3AA42DFEB1FA50FE2B4863" box="[362,461,1533,1557]" captionStart="FIGURE 4 a – b" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[208,1317,205,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[190,1380,193,1839]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4 a – b. Notched boxplots comparing the morphological characteristics of the species in the Oligosoma inconspicuum species group (O. inconspicuum sensu stricto, O. toka sp. nov., O. repens sp. nov., O. notosaurus, O. burganae sp. nov.): a) axilla-groin (AG) / snout-forelimb (SF), b) snout-vent length (SVL) / head width (HW). Oligosoma tekakahu sp. nov. was not included in the analysis as only one specimen was available. If there is no overlap between two medians, then the medians are significantly different at a 95 % confidence level." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205466/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Figure 4</figureCitation>
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). Compared to
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFCC0FA53FC6E4863" box="[795,904,1534,1557]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">O. repens</taxonomicName>
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has a glossy appearance, with brown predominating whereas
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFE9DF98FFE33484C" box="[326,469,1570,1594]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. maccanni</emphasis>
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has a greyer ground colour.
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFCCFF98FFBE5484C" box="[788,1027,1570,1594]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Oligosoma maccanni</emphasis>
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has a pale grey ventral colour rather than the bright yellow ventral colour in
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<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFD8AF9EAFD264828" box="[593,704,1607,1630]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">O. repens</taxonomicName>
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.
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The ear opening in
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<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFC79F9EAFBD74828" box="[930,1073,1607,1630]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maccanni">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC79F9EAFBD74828" box="[930,1073,1607,1630]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. maccanni</emphasis>
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often has large projecting scales on the interior margin, whereas these are often minimal or lacking altogether in
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFBF5F9C6FBA448F4" box="[1070,1090,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFB89F9C1FB7948F5" box="[1106,1183,1644,1667]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">repens</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFB70F9C6FA7A48F5" box="[1195,1436,1643,1667]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maccanni">Oligosoma maccanni</taxonomicName>
|
||
has four supraocular scales compared with three in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFD0DF93DFCA448D1" box="[726,834,1680,1703]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFD0DF93DFCA448D1" box="[726,834,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFC8BF922FBB148D1" box="[848,1111,1679,1703]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polychroma">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC8BF922FBB148D1" box="[848,1111,1679,1703]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Oligosoma polychroma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from nearby areas have very similar colour patterns to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFE6EF918FDC748BA" box="[437,545,1717,1740]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFE6EF918FDC748BA" box="[437,545,1717,1740]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but can be distinguished by a pale dorsal stripe on the outside of the forelimbs, and a greyish-brown ventral colouration. The ear opening in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFC9CF974FC094886" box="[839,1007,1752,1776]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polychroma">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC9CF974FC094886" box="[839,1007,1752,1776]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. polychroma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
often has prominent projecting scales on the interior margin. There are statistical differences between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFC87F953FC2E4963" box="[860,968,1790,1813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC87F953FC2E4963" box="[860,968,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFC26F953FBA84963" box="[1021,1102,1789,1813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="toka">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC26F953FBA84963" box="[1021,1102,1789,1813]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. toka</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(SVL/HL, SVL/HLL, ventral scales),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFF29F88FFE99494F" box="[242,383,1825,1849]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burganae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFF29F88FFE99494F" box="[242,383,1825,1849]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. burganae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(AG/SF, SE/EF, HL/HW, SVL/HL), and O.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFCA1F88FFC11494F" box="[890,1015,1826,1849]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="notosaurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFCA1F88FFC11494F" box="[890,1015,1826,1849]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">notosaurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(SVL/HL, ventral scales) (
|
||
<figureCitation id="133EE1828D3AA42DFAF1F88CFA68494F" box="[1322,1422,1825,1849]" captionStart="FIGURE 4 a – b" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1890,1913]" captionTargetBox="[208,1317,205,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[190,1380,193,1839]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 4 a – b. Notched boxplots comparing the morphological characteristics of the species in the Oligosoma inconspicuum species group (O. inconspicuum sensu stricto, O. toka sp. nov., O. repens sp. nov., O. notosaurus, O. burganae sp. nov.): a) axilla-groin (AG) / snout-forelimb (SF), b) snout-vent length (SVL) / head width (HW). Oligosoma tekakahu sp. nov. was not included in the analysis as only one specimen was available. If there is no overlap between two medians, then the medians are significantly different at a 95 % confidence level." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205466/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Figure 4</figureCitation>
|
||
). All
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFF18F8EAFED74928" box="[195,305,1863,1886]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFF18F8EAFED74928" box="[195,305,1863,1886]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have three supraoculars whereas all
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFD0DF8EAFC734928" box="[726,917,1863,1886]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inconspicuum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFD0DF8EAFC734928" box="[726,917,1863,1886]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. inconspicuum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFC14F8EAFB894928" box="[975,1135,1863,1886]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="notosaurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFC14F8EAFB894928" box="[975,1135,1863,1886]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. notosaurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have four. The number of subdigital lamellae in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFE49F8C6FDFC49F4" box="[402,538,1898,1922]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tekakahu">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFE49F8C6FDFC49F4" box="[402,538,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. tekakahu</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(16) is fewer than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFD2FF8C6FC8749F4" box="[756,865,1899,1922]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFD2FF8C6FC8749F4" box="[756,865,1899,1922]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(19–23). The dorsal surface of the head is usually unmarked in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFEF6F83DFE7C49D1" box="[301,410,1936,1959]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFEF6F83DFE7C49D1" box="[301,410,1936,1959]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, in contrast with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFDB9F83DFD5349D1" box="[610,693,1935,1959]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="toka">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFDB9F83DFD5349D1" box="[610,693,1935,1959]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. toka</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3AA42DFD34F83DFC6849D1" box="[751,910,1936,1959]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="notosaurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3AA42DFD34F83DFC6849D1" box="[751,910,1936,1959]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">O. notosaurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in particular. The species is more gracile than the other members of the species complex.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="DF7AAD8F8D3BA42CFF4CF816FC0C4986" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205474/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" targetBox="[329,1246,207,1907]" targetPageId="25">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D3BA42CFF4CF816FC0C4986" blockId="25.[151,1436,1979,2033]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3BA42CFF4CF816FED649A4" bold="true" box="[151,304,1979,2002]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 9. a)</emphasis>
|
||
Holotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3BA42CFE63F811FDFC49A7" box="[440,538,1980,2001]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3BA42CFE63F811FDFC49A7" box="[440,538,1980,2001]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(RE007279), Mt Nicholas Road, Eyre Mountains.
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3BA42CFBFFF816FBDD49A4" bold="true" box="[1060,1083,1979,2002]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">b)</emphasis>
|
||
Lateral view of the head of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3BA42CFA58F811FF3F4986" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3BA42CFA58F811FF3F4986" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
holotype (RE007279).
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3BA42CFE13F874FE3A4986" bold="true" box="[456,476,2009,2032]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">c)</emphasis>
|
||
Live specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D3BA42CFD79F876FCE24986" box="[674,772,2011,2032]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D3BA42CFD79F876FCE24986" box="[674,772,2011,2032]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">O. repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the type locality.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31FAE8C8D38A42FFF1EFF3AFBB64802" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D38A42FFF1EFF3AFC1F4CBA" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFF1EFF3AFE044EC6" bold="true" box="[197,482,151,176]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
Description of
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE43A58D38A42FFEAFFF35FE3B4EC6" box="[372,477,152,176]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Body elongate, oval in cross-section; limbs moderately well-developed, pentadactyl. Lower eyelid with a transparent palpebral disc, bordered on sides and below by small, oblong granules. Nostril centred just below middle of nasal, pointing up and back, not touching bottom edge of nasal. Supranasals absent. Rostral broader than deep. Frontonasal broader than long, separated from frontal by prefrontals meeting in midline. Frontal longer than broad, shorter than frontoparietal and interparietal together, in contact with 2 anteriormost supraoculars. Supraoculars 3, the second is the largest. Frontoparietals distinct, larger than interparietal. A pair of parietals meeting behind interparietal and bordered posteriorly by a pair each of nuchals and temporals, also in contact with interparietal, frontoparietal, third supraocular and 2 postoculars. Loreals 2, similar size; anterior loreal in contact with first and second supralabial, posterior loreal, prefrontal, frontonasal and nasal; posterior loreal in contact with second and third supralabial, first subocular, upper and lower preocular, prefrontal and anterior loreal. Supralabials 7, the sixth and seventh are the equal largest. Infralabials 6, several of them equal in size; fifth supralabial below centre of eye. Mental broader but shallower than rostral. Suboculars separated by fifth supralabial. Chinshields 3 pairs. One primary temporal, approximately half the size of lower secondary temporal. Dorsal scales similar in size to ventral scales, weakly striate. Ventral scales smooth. Subdigital lamellae smooth. Ear opening round, small with insignificant projecting granules. Forelimbs shorter than hindlimbs. Adpressed limbs not meeting in adult. Digits long, sub-cylindrical. Third front digit shorter than the fourth.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D38A42FFF1EFD75FBDD4D2A" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFF1EFD75FAC24C86" bold="true" box="[197,1316,727,752]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
Measurements (in mm;
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE43A58D38A42FFE33FD75FDA94C86" box="[488,591,728,752]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
with the variation shown in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE43A58D38A42FFC05FD75FBF44C86" box="[990,1042,728,752]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series in parentheses).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
SVL 56.4 (mean 55.1, range 47.6–61.8), HL 8.0 (mean 8.0, range 7.0–9.1), HW 5.7 (mean 5.6, range 4.7–6.0), AG 28.7 (mean 28.8, range 23.6–33.8), SF 20.8 (mean 20.3, range 17.6–22.6), SE 10.5 (mean 10.1, range 9.0–11.3), EF 10.0 (mean 10.4, range 9.1–12.0), and TL unknown (mean 66.5, range 65.0–67.9, N=2).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D38A42FFF1EFCCAFD0A4AD6" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFF1EFCCAFB964DF6" bold="true" box="[197,1136,871,896]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
Variation (
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE43A58D38A42FFE9FFCCAFE4A4DF6" box="[324,428,871,896]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
with the variation shown in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54BE43A58D38A42FFCF4FCC5FC844DF6" box="[815,866,872,896]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series in parentheses).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Upper ciliaries 6 (mean 7, range 5–7); lower ciliaries 10 (mean 9, range 7–10); nuchals 0 pairs (mean 2 pairs, range 0–3 pairs); midbody scale rows 32 (mean 32, range 30–34); ventral scale rows 77 (mean 76, range 68–81); subdigital lamellae 22 (mean 21, range 19–23); supraciliaries 6 (mean 6, range 6–7); suboculars 7 (mean 7, range 6–9). Frontonasal seldom separated from frontal by prefrontals meeting in midline. Anterior loreal in contact with first or second supralabial. Secondary loreal usually in contact with secondary and third supralabial. Supralabials 7, the fifth or sixth are the largest. Infralabials 5 or 6 (usual). Third front digit shorter (usual) or as long as the fourth. Maximum SVL
|
||
<quantity id="4CFD50E28D38A42FFAB0FBEDFF204A0A" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.18" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="61.8">61.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
. Two specimens had intact tails (TL/SVL = 1.28). Ratios for morphological measurements (± SD): AG/SF 1.42 ± 0.07; SE/EF 0.98 ± 0.07; HL/HW 1.43 ± 0.07.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D38A42FFF1EFB06FBB64802" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFF1EFB06FEBB4AB2" bold="true" box="[197,349,1195,1220]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Colouration.</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal surface yellowish brown often with a median dorsal very dark brown longitudinal stripe, 2 half-scale rows wide, well or partially developed, commencing behind the head and passing back to the base of the tail. A yellowish brown dorsal band 2 half-scale to 1.5 scale rows wide sometimes with light flecks. Another broken dark brown band, 1 half- to 2 half-scale rows wide, shading on to a pale dorsolateral band 1 half- to 2 halfscale rows wide. This pale dorsolateral band, extending from above and behind posterior margin of eye to base of tail. This stripe bordered laterally by a strong yellowish brown band 1–2 scale rows wide, originating behind nostril, passing through eye and ending past base of tail, bordered laterally by a dark yellowish brown band. The strong yellowish band sometimes flecked with white and dark brown. Below this an indistinct pale stripe passes from beneath the posterior border of the eye through the ear, above the limbs to the base of the tail. This stripe is irregularly defined below by brown scales which merge gradually with the yellow ventral colouration. Ventral surface may be lightly speckled with black spots on chin and throat, which are white. Outer surface of forelimbs is dark brown with black and white specks. Juvenile colouration similar to adult, but generally lighter. There do not appear to be sexually dimorphic colour patterns. Dorsal surface of head normally unmarked.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31FAE8C8D38A42EFF1EF92DFE5D4F82" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D38A42FFF1EF92DFDF74896" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFF1EF92DFEAA48EE" bold="true" box="[197,332,1664,1688]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
From ‘repens’ (Latin, neuter) = unexpected. Refers to the unexpected discovery of a genetically divergent new species in the Eyre Mountains that occurs sympatrically with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D38A42FFC20F908FB5D48CA" box="[1019,1211,1701,1724]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inconspicuum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFC20F908FB5D48CA" box="[1019,1211,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">O. inconspicuum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(sensu stricto). The common name is the Eyres skink.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D38A42EFF1EF946FC554F12" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2012]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1437,151,500]" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFF1EF946FE034972" bold="true" box="[197,485,1771,1796]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Habitat and life history.</emphasis>
|
||
The extent of its distribution is unknown, but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D38A42FFC2CF941FB224972" box="[1015,1220,1772,1796]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFC2CF941FB224972" box="[1015,1220,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Oligosoma repens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears to be confined to the Eyre Mountains and also the Hector Mountains (MAVORA 73.02 Eyre; WAIKAIA 74.01 Nokomai;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF9480F68D38A42FFF4CF898FEDB493A" author="McEwen" box="[151,317,1844,1868]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refString="McEwen W. M. (1987) Ecological Regions and Districts of New Zealand. New Zealand Biological Resources Centre, Department of Conservation, Wellington." type="book" year="1987">McEwen 1987</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) of western Otago (
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<figureCitation id="133EE1828D38A42FFDFBF899FD64493A" box="[544,642,1844,1868]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[227,1357,193,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[208,1377,193,1856]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 5. Representative habitats of the members of the Oligosoma inconspicuum species complex. a) O. inconspicuum, Macraes Flat, Otago. b) O. inconspicuum (mahogany form), Sinbad Valley, Fiordland. c) O. tekakahu sp. nov., Chalky Island, Fiordland. d) O. burganae sp. nov., Rock and Pillars Range, central Otago. e) O. toka sp. nov. and O. inconspicuum, Nevis Valley, central Otago. f) O. repens sp. nov. and O. inconspicuum, Eyre Mountains, central Otago." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205470/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Figure 5</figureCitation>
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f). Environmental classifications for the Eyres are O1 and Q1 and, for the Hector Mountains, Q1 and Q2 (
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Leathwick
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<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFD7DF8F4FD394906" box="[678,735,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al.</emphasis>
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2003
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</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D38A42FFCEDF8F5FBE54906" box="[822,1027,1880,1904]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D38A42FFCEDF8F5FBE54906" box="[822,1027,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Oligosoma repens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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appears to be abundant around rock piles and screes along the Eyre Mountains foothills (~
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asl, and likely higher), but less abundant elsewhere where cover is scarce on the open Eyre valley flats, except where screes occur. The Eyre Ecological District consists of highly dissected, steep and eroding schist or greywacke mountains with narrow valley floors (ranging from
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asl) (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9480F68D39A42EFEBEFF3AFDF74ED9" author="McEwen" box="[357,529,151,175]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="McEwen W. M. (1987) Ecological Regions and Districts of New Zealand. New Zealand Biological Resources Centre, Department of Conservation, Wellington." type="book" year="1987">McEwen 1987</bibRefCitation>
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). The climate of the Eyres ED is cool and moderately wet (annual rainfall
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); snow may accumulate above
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<quantity id="4CFD50E28D39A42EFDB2FF11FD594EA2" box="[617,703,188,212]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</quantity>
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asl during winter. Much of the Eyres ED was once beech forest, but have been converted to a mixture of exotic pastoral grasslands and native fescue, red or snow tussockland (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9480F68D39A42EFF45FEA9FEAA4F6A" author="McEwen" box="[158,332,260,284]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="McEwen W. M. (1987) Ecological Regions and Districts of New Zealand. New Zealand Biological Resources Centre, Department of Conservation, Wellington." type="book" year="1987">McEwen 1987</bibRefCitation>
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). The skink is sympatric with
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFD69FEA8FC954F6A" box="[690,883,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">O. inconspicuum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D39A42EFC5EFEA8FBFE4F6A" box="[901,1048,261,284]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maccanni">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFC5EFEA8FBFE4F6A" box="[901,1048,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">O. maccanni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and the gecko
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFB0DFEA9FA944F6A" box="[1238,1394,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Hoplodacylus</emphasis>
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sp. ‘Otago Large’, another undescribed taxon within the
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<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D39A42EFD2AFE84FC614F36" box="[753,903,296,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Hoplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculatus">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFD2AFE84FC614F36" box="[753,903,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">H. maculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species-complex.
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D39A42EFB82FE85FA824F36" box="[1113,1380,296,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chloronoton">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFB82FE85FA824F36" box="[1113,1380,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Oligosoma chloronoton</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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may also be a sympatric species (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9480F68D39A42EFE0EFEE1FD9B4F12" author="McEwen" box="[469,637,332,356]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="McEwen W. M. (1987) Ecological Regions and Districts of New Zealand. New Zealand Biological Resources Centre, Department of Conservation, Wellington." type="book" year="1987">McEwen 1987</bibRefCitation>
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), as well as
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||
<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFCDEFEE0FC4B4F12" box="[773,941,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">O. polychroma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBAFD078D39A42EFF1EFEC2FE5D4F82" blockId="27.[151,1437,151,500]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFF1EFEC2FE5D4FFE" bold="true" box="[197,443,367,392]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Conservation status.</emphasis>
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||
Little is known about the range, abundance and population viability of
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D39A42EFB29FEDDFAB94FFE" box="[1266,1375,368,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFB29FEDDFAB94FFE" box="[1266,1375,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">O. repens</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
. It is currently considered Not Threatened (Range Restricted) in the
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||
<collectingCountry id="F312BD978D39A42EFC4AFE38FBC84FDA" box="[913,1070,404,428]" name="New Zealand" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
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||
Department of Conservation’s national threat classification lists (
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF9480F68D39A42EFDC3FE1AFCCC4FB9" author="Hitchmough" box="[536,810,439,464]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refString="Hitchmough, R. A., Hoare, J. M., Jamieson, H., Newman, D., Tocher, M. D., Anderson, P. J., Lettink, M. & Whitaker, A. H. (2010) Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2009. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 37, 203 - 224." type="journal article" year="2010">
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||
Hitchmough
|
||
<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFD76FE14FD004FA6" box="[685,742,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al.</emphasis>
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||
2010
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
). Further research will be required to assess the conservation status of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0586848D39A42EFE92FE70FE524F82" box="[329,436,477,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="repens">
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<emphasis id="B97121158D39A42EFE92FE70FE524F82" box="[329,436,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">O. repens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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