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). Measurements in millimetres: SVL 107.5, tail 171 (original, 159% of SVL), HL 20.2, HW 16.8, HD 10.9, AGL 50.5, BW 22, FLL 26, HLL 37.8. Scale counts: MSR 36, SubDig 26, SupLab 8, SupCil 8, Cil 11, Lob 4 (with an additional 5
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miniscule uppermost lobule), one pair of nuchal scales. This specimen exhibits the well-patterned morph, and colouration is typical of the species in preservative.
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Colour pattern variation in
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA60FFDDD7E920DEFBD3CAF7" box="[982,1127,1412,1435]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">L. margaretae</emphasis>
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patterned morph at Ormiston Gorge, NT (
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, GenBank: PQ067257). Photos: Jordan Mulder (
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); Jules Farquhar (
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).
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<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA60FFDDD5762372FD8FC92E" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[329,571,1576,1602]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA60FFDDD5762372FD8FC92E" box="[329,571,1576,1602]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">Liopholis margaretae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA60FFDDD7932372FBA2C92E" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" box="[940,1046,1576,1602]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA60FFDDD7932372FBA2C92E" box="[940,1046,1576,1602]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">Liopholis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by a combination of the following characters: moderately large size (maximum SVL up to
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD71F2316FC2DC90A" box="[800,921,1612,1639]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.085" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="108.5">108.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
); snout relatively pointed—distance between outer edges of parietals usually no more than the distance from the snout to the posterior edge of the frontal; dorsal scales smooth; conspicuous black callus along free edge of subdigital lamellae; palmar and plantar scales each with a prominent black tubercle; usually eight supraciliary scales; usually three enlarged lobules projecting from anterior border of ear opening; midbody scales in 38 or fewer rows. Dull olive or greyish brown posteriorly, grading into reddish-brown anteriorly; ventral surface uniform creamish-white. Two morphs occur: one well-patterned with mostly obscure black markings and scattered white spots, one virtually patternless (
|
||
<figureCitation id="01DD7FEDFA60FFDDD001227EFB65C853" box="[1086,1233,1828,1855]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1375,1399]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,179,1349]" captionTargetId="figure-21@9.[164,1423,179,1349]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Colour pattern variation in Liopholis aputja sp. nov. from Aliwanyiwanyinya Rockhole, SA (A, B); Apara Springs, SA (C); Alalkanya Gorge, SA (D, GenBank: PQ067254); and comparison with L. margaretae patterned morph at Ormiston Gorge, NT (E, GenBank: PQ067258) and plain morph at Kings Canyon, NT (F, GenBank: PQ067257). Photos: Jordan Mulder (A–C); Jules Farquhar (D–F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14024206" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14024206/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">Figure 5E–F</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D1FC30E3FA60FFDFD4F82212FCF7CD0D" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="164" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" type="description">
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<paragraph id="99596368FA60FFDDD4F82212FCEDC89F" blockId="9.[151,1437,1576,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA60FFDDD4F82212FEEDC80E" bold="true" box="[199,345,1864,1890]" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">Description.</emphasis>
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||
Full summary statistics of morphology data are presented in
|
||
<tableCitation id="D46456D3FA60FFDDD0302212FB37C80E" box="[1039,1155,1864,1890]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="5.[152,244,585,609]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="TABLE 1. Summary statistics (mean ± SD, range in parentheses) of unadjusted mensural (millimetres) and meristic (count) characters for each species." pageId="9" pageNumber="162">Table 1. A</tableCitation>
|
||
moderately large, robust
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA60FFDDD4A82236FED5C8EA" box="[151,353,1900,1926]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA60FFDDD4A82236FEB5C8EA" box="[151,257,1900,1926]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="162">Liopholis</emphasis>
|
||
species.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Measurements (as means with range in parentheses): SVL
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD7C02236FBD0C8EB" box="[1023,1124,1900,1927]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.41" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="94.1">94.1 mm</quantity>
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||
(52.2–108.5); HL
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD1072236FA29C8EB" box="[1336,1437,1900,1927]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.97" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="19.7">19.7 mm</quantity>
|
||
(12.6–22.2); HW
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD56222CAFE75C8C7" box="[349,449,1936,1963]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.48" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="14.8">14.8 mm</quantity>
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(8.5–18.3); HD
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD64622CAFD69C8C7" box="[633,733,1936,1963]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="10.5">10.5 mm</quantity>
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||
(6–13.5); AGL
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD7B022CAFC46C8C7" box="[911,1010,1936,1963]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.84" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="48.4">48.4 mm</quantity>
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||
(25.1–58.4); BW
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD08222CAFA95C8C7" box="[1213,1313,1936,1963]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="18.5">18.5 mm</quantity>
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||
(10–24.2); FLL
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD4EE22EEFE82C8A3" box="[209,310,1972,1999]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4899999999999998" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="24.9">24.9 mm</quantity>
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||
(16.6–28.8); HLL
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD62F22EEFDC2C8A3" box="[528,630,1972,1999]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.47" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="34.7">34.7 mm</quantity>
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||
(21.7–40.3). The original tail length (TL) of adults (>
|
||
<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD0D522EEFA8EC8A3" box="[1258,1338,1972,1999]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="75.0">75 mm</quantity>
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||
SVL) is
|
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<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA60FFDDD4A82282FEBDC89F" box="[151,265,2008,2035]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6869999999999998" pageId="9" pageNumber="162" unit="mm" value="168.7">168.7 mm</quantity>
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||
(152–187.5), which is 173% (158%–190%) of SVL.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<caption id="CD9933E0FA63FFDED4A72167FDD5CBAD" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14024211" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14024211" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14024211/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" startId="10.[152,255,1085,1109]" targetBox="[155,1431,183,1055]" targetPageId="10" targetType="figure">
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<paragraph id="99596368FA63FFDED4A72167FDD5CBAD" blockId="10.[151,1437,1085,1217]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED4A72167FEAECB39" bold="true" box="[152,282,1085,1109]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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Comparison of diagnostic scalation between species.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA63FFDED7722167FC42CB39" authorityName="Farquhar & Mulder & Russell & Haines & Rangers & Chapple" authorityYear="2024" box="[845,1014,1085,1109]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aputja" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED7722167FC42CB39" box="[845,1014,1085,1109]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Liopholis aputja</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED7C12167FBE5CB39" bold="true" box="[1022,1105,1085,1109]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0A10201FA63FFDED7C12167FBE5CB39" box="[1022,1105,1085,1109]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
tend to have fewer supraciliary scales and more ear lobules than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA63FFDED5DE2138FDDBCB15" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[481,623,1122,1145]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED5DE2138FDDBCB15" box="[481,623,1122,1145]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">L. margaretae</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. (
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED6BB213BFD22CB15" bold="true" box="[644,662,1121,1145]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">A</emphasis>
|
||
) Holotype (SAMA R60802) of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA63FFDED7E82138FB86CB15" authorityName="Farquhar & Mulder & Russell & Haines & Rangers & Chapple" authorityYear="2024" box="[983,1074,1122,1145]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aputja" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED7E82138FB86CB15" box="[983,1074,1122,1145]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">L. aputja</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED008213BFB33CB15" bold="true" box="[1079,1159,1121,1145]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0A10201FA63FFDED008213BFB33CB15" box="[1079,1159,1121,1145]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
with six supraciliary scales and five enlarged ear lobules. (
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED5F321DFFE69CBF1" bold="true" box="[460,477,1157,1181]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">B</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA63FFDED5D421DFFD70CBF1" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[491,708,1157,1181]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="10" pageNumber="163" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED5D421DFFD70CBF1" box="[491,708,1157,1181]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Liopholis margaretae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(GenBank: PQ067257) with eight supraciliary scales and three enlarged ear lobules. Illustrations by Christina Hunter.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA63FFDED4F82049FC28C945" blockId="10.[151,1437,1299,2010]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED4F82049FEBFCA41" box="[199,267,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Head.</emphasis>
|
||
Head dorsoventrally depressed (head depth is 47%–62% of head length,
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED05B204FFBC7CA5C" box="[1124,1139,1301,1328]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">x̄</emphasis>
|
||
= 53%). Snout relatively pointed (head length is 120%–149% of head width,
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED6E52063FD5DCA38" box="[730,745,1337,1364]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">x̄</emphasis>
|
||
= 134%) and relatively shallow. Supralabials 8–9 (usually 8); supraciliaries 6–9 (usually 8); ciliaries 9–13 (usually 11); ear opening large, oblong and oriented vertically, with 3–4 (usually 3) enlarged lobules on the anterior margin, projecting over opening, often with a single additional tiny ear lobule above the enlarged series, ear lobule shape is variable, being either obtuse, rectangular or acute; only one pair of enlarged nuchal scales; nasal scales separated, moderately to widely so; post-narial groove absent; prefrontals in broad contact, occasionally in narrow contact or narrow separation; neck only slightly narrower than widest part of head (above tympani); lower eyelid movable; parietal scales divided.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA63FFDED4F82369FCD0C91D" blockId="10.[151,1437,1299,2010]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED4F82369FEB3C921" box="[199,263,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Body.</emphasis>
|
||
Moderately robust (axilla-groin length is 47%–56% of SVL,
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED781236FFC79C93C" box="[958,973,1589,1616]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">x̄</emphasis>
|
||
= 51%) with smooth, overlapping scales in 33–38 rows (MSR), but usually 34–36 (rarely 33, 37 and 38).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA63FFDED4F82321FBECC86D" blockId="10.[151,1437,1299,2010]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED4F82321FEA7C9F9" box="[199,275,1659,1685]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Limbs.</emphasis>
|
||
Limbs of moderate length (forelimb is 23%–32% of SVL,
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED78C2327FC76C9F4" box="[947,962,1661,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">x̄</emphasis>
|
||
= 27%; hindlimb is 25%–44% of SVL,
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED1B22327FA28C9F4" box="[1421,1436,1661,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">x̄</emphasis>
|
||
= 37%); digits short and well-developed; finger length: 4>3>2>5>1, toe length: 4>3>5>2>1; subdigital lamellae 20–28 (usually 24) under fourth toe, with conspicuous black callus along free edge of lamellae; claws sharp and recurved; palmar and plantar scales each with prominent black callus along free edge.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA63FFDED4F82251FEA3C825" blockId="10.[151,1437,1299,2010]" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED4F82251FF4DC849" box="[199,249,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Tail.</emphasis>
|
||
Original tail long (140%–190% of SVL,
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED6EE2257FD54C844" box="[721,736,1805,1832]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">x̄</emphasis>
|
||
= 169%;
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED76D2256FCD4C849" box="[850,864,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 10) and approximately cylindrical, tapering to a pointed tip.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA63FFDFD4F82209FAEECEBD" blockId="10.[151,1437,1299,2010]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,151,825]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="164" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA63FFDED4F82209FDC6C802" box="[199,626,1875,1902]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">
|
||
Colour pattern in life (
|
||
<figureCitation id="01DD7FEDFA63FFDED5F4220EFDDEC802" box="[459,618,1876,1902]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1375,1399]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,179,1349]" captionTargetId="figure-21@9.[164,1423,179,1349]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Colour pattern variation in Liopholis aputja sp. nov. from Aliwanyiwanyinya Rockhole, SA (A, B); Apara Springs, SA (C); Alalkanya Gorge, SA (D, GenBank: PQ067254); and comparison with L. margaretae patterned morph at Ormiston Gorge, NT (E, GenBank: PQ067258) and plain morph at Kings Canyon, NT (F, GenBank: PQ067257). Photos: Jordan Mulder (A–C); Jules Farquhar (D–F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14024206" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14024206/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="163">Figures 5E–F</figureCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. Background colouration of the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the body, limbs and tail typically dull olive or greyish brown posteriorly, grading into reddish-brown anteriorly. Ciliary scales bright yellow; ear lobules pale cream; ventral surfaces uniform creamish-white; chin and throat orange. Two colour morphs occur: well-patterned specimens have prominent black markings on back and tail, irregularly distributed or tending to align longitudinally; lateral surfaces with black spots which tend to align in oblique rows directed up and back, sometimes only anteriorly and vaguely so; white spots are present on dorsum, flanks and limbs, sometimes forming transverse rows on flanks; irregular black markings on top and sides of head, typically on scale margins and sometimes forming barring on the lips; black streak running from around the loreal region, through eye and extending onto the secondary temporals; irregular pale spots may be present in labial region; sutures of chin scales irregularly marked in black or dark brown; sometimes with dark spots or short dark lines on throat. The patterning of plain specimens typically consists of no more than faint dark edges to dorsal scales, which may give the appearance of narrow longitudinal lines; some plain specimens have few scattered white lateral spots, and a black streak anterior and posterior of the eye. Tail and limb colour patterning is generally similar to that of the dorsum and flanks.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA62FFDFD4F82481FCF7CD0D" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD4F82481FDA3CE98" box="[199,535,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Colour pattern in preservative</emphasis>
|
||
: Colour pattern in preservative is largely similar to the description in life but with slightly to significantly faded and less vibrant colouration overall. The orange chin and throat colour (present in live specimens) is absent in all preserved specimens. The characteristic black calli of the subdigital lamellae, plantar and palmar scales is substantially faded or absent in preservative.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D1FC30E3FA62FFDFD4F82730FE44CC55" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="99596368FA62FFDFD4F82730FE44CC55" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,825]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD4F82730FE5ACDE8" bold="true" box="[199,494,618,645]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
|
||
The distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA62FFDFD6F82731FC03CDE8" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[711,951,619,645]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD6F82731FC03CDE8" box="[711,951,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Liopholis margaretae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
falls almost entirely within the MacDonnell Ranges bioregion (
|
||
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|
||
) of the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="5B22AD8AFA62FFDFD72327D5FC5ACDC5" box="[796,1006,655,681]" country="Australia" name="Northern Territory" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Northern Territory</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E1F123F8FA62FFDFD7C527D5FBD5CDC5" box="[1018,1121,655,681]" name="Australia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="01DD7FEDFA62FFDFD04E27D5FB61CDC5" box="[1137,1237,655,681]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="11.[152,255,1637,1661]" captionTargetBox="[161,1429,860,1605]" captionTargetId="figure-355@11.[151,1436,846,1611]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 7. Distribution of Liopholis aputja sp. nov. (orange) and Liopholis margaretae (green). Coloured symbols are examined specimens, white dots are observations of Liopholis margaretae and hence not examined material. The landscape is shown as a digital elevation model over a hill-shading layer, with white areas corresponding to higher elevations. Note the clear topographic separation of the two species by theAmadeus lowlands: blue areas denote Lake Amadeus and associated playa lakes of the Amadeus Basin—a significant (~180 km wide) biogeographical barrier for rock-dwelling fauna. Photos: Jules Farquhar (George Gill and Musgrave Ranges); Jason Round (Amadeus lowlands)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14024215" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14024215/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Figure 7</figureCitation>
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||
), where it occurs widely across the region on mountain ranges comprising a range of sedimentary and metamorphic geology
|
||
<typeStatus id="465DDDCAFA62FFDFD16527E9FA2DCDA1" box="[1370,1433,691,717]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">types</typeStatus>
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||
. Also recorded (but much less widespread) in adjacent ranges of the Burt Plain and Finke bioregions. It is recorded as far north as Nanga Range, and as far south as Henbury Station. It shelters in burrows in soil beneath large rock slabs, or in deep rock crevices.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="99596368FA62FFDFD4A7233FFCC3C85E" blockId="11.[151,1436,1637,1842]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD4A7233FFEA9C912" bold="true" box="[152,285,1637,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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Distribution of
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD5F3233CFDCCC911" box="[460,632,1638,1662]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Liopholis aputja</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD6BD233CFD63C912" bold="true" box="[642,727,1638,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0A10201FA62FFDFD6BD233CFD63C912" box="[642,727,1638,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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(orange) and
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<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA62FFDFD74D233CFBE4C911" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[882,1104,1638,1662]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD74D233CFBE4C911" box="[882,1104,1638,1662]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Liopholis margaretae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(green). Coloured symbols are examined specimens, white dots are observations of
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<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA62FFDFD68E23D0FC38C9CD" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[689,908,1674,1698]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD68E23D0FC38C9CD" box="[689,908,1674,1698]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Liopholis margaretae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and hence not examined material. The landscape is shown as a digital elevation model over a hill-shading layer, with white areas corresponding to higher elevations. Note the clear topographic separation of the two species by the Amadeus lowlands: blue areas denote Lake Amadeus and associated playa lakes of the Amadeus Basin—a significant (~180 km wide) biogeographical barrier for rock-dwelling fauna. Photos: Jules Farquhar (George Gill and Musgrave Ranges); Jason Round (Amadeus lowlands).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection id="D1FC30E3FA62FFD8D4F822DEFD77CEC1" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="165" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="99596368FA62FFD8D4F822DEFD77CEC1" blockId="11.[151,1437,1924,2022]" lastBlockId="12.[151,1437,151,645]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="165" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD4F822DEFE0BC8F2" bold="true" box="[199,447,1924,1950]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">Conservation status.</emphasis>
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In the most recent (2017) conservation assessment of
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<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA62FFDFD07E22DFFB57C8F2" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[1089,1251,1925,1950]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD07E22DFFB57C8F2" box="[1089,1251,1925,1950]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">L. margaretae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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it was assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (
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<bibRefCitation id="FD771E99FA62FFDFD64C22F2FCF8C8AE" author="Fenner, A. & McDonald, P. & Chapple, D. & Hutchinson, M. & Cogger, H." box="[627,844,1960,1986]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" refId="ref12490" refString="Fenner, A., McDonald, P., Chapple, D. C, Hutchinson, M. & Cogger, H. (2018) Liopholis margaretae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2018, e. T 109478464 A 109478481. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / species / 109478464 / 109478481 (accessed 28 April 2024)" type="journal volume" year="2018">
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Fenner
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD6F322F3FCB2C8AE" box="[716,774,1960,1986]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">et al.</emphasis>
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2018
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</bibRefCitation>
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); however, that assessment is now outdated given it included in its area calculations both the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="5B22AD8AFA62FFDFD64D2296FC96C88A" box="[626,802,1996,2022]" country="Australia" name="South Australia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">South Australia</collectingRegion>
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||
populations now attributed to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA62FFDFD0BA2297FB59C88A" authorityName="Farquhar & Mulder & Russell & Haines & Rangers & Chapple" authorityYear="2024" box="[1157,1261,1997,2022]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aputja" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD0BA2297FB59C88A" box="[1157,1261,1997,2022]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">L. aputja</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA62FFDFD0C92296FAE6C88A" bold="true" box="[1270,1362,1996,2022]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0A10201FA62FFDFD0C92296FAE6C88A" box="[1270,1362,1996,2022]" pageId="11" pageNumber="164" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
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||
in the Mann-Musgrave Ranges and
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||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA65FFD8D5D725CDFDCCCFDC" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[488,632,151,176]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="personata">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D5D725CDFDCCCFDC" box="[488,632,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">L. personata</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
(formerly a subspecies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA65FFD8D79225CDFBF9CFDC" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[941,1101,151,176]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D79225CDFBF9CFDC" box="[941,1101,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">L. margaretae</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
) in the Flinders Ranges. The updated AOO is
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D56825E1FEDECFB8" box="[343,362,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">c.</emphasis>
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<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA65FFD8D54D25E0FE58CFB9" box="[370,492,186,213]" metricMagnitude="7" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.56" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" unit="km" value="25600.0">25,600 km</quantity>
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<superScript id="6E93CE20FA65FFD8D5D325E0FE40CFA4" attach="left" box="[492,500,186,200]" fontSize="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">2</superScript>
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(i.e. the area of rugged habitat in the MacDonnell Ranges bioregion, and adjacent ranges) and EOO is
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D5402585FE26CF94" box="[383,402,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">c.</emphasis>
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<quantity id="5E1ECE8DFA65FFD8D5A42585FD95CF95" box="[411,545,223,249]" metricMagnitude="8" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.122" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" unit="km" value="112200.0">112,200 km</quantity>
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<superScript id="6E93CE20FA65FFD8D61E2584FD9DCF80" attach="left" box="[545,553,222,236]" fontSize="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">2</superScript>
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(i.e. the area of a minimum convex polygon encompassing the rugged habitat used for AOO). These values indicate a large distribution (
|
||
<figureCitation id="01DD7FEDFA65FFD8D7192459FC32CE71" box="[806,902,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="15.[152,255,1318,1342]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,378,1292]" captionTargetId="figure-123@15.[151,1435,378,1292]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 9. Area of occupancy (AOO; coloured areas) and extent of occurrence (EOO; minimum convex hull around habitat) for Liopholis aputja sp. nov. (orange) and Liopholis margaretae (green)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14024221" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14024221/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">Figure 9</figureCitation>
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||
)—i.e. they exceed geographic range thresholds for consideration under Criterion B of the IUCN Red List. At present there are no robust data on abundance, population trends, or threats. Much of the species’ range includes protected areas (e.g. Watarrka NP, Finke Gorge NP, Tjoritja / West MacDonnell Ranges NP, Owen Springs Reserve). However, in the absence of additional data, the species will most likely remain as Least Concern.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D1FC30E3FA65FFD8D4F824EDFB98CDE9" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="99596368FA65FFD8D4F824EDFB98CDE9" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">
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<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D4F824EDFE8FCEBD" bold="true" box="[199,315,439,465]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
Currently used common names for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA65FFD8D6E624EDFCCECEBC" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[729,890,439,464]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D6E624EDFCCECEBC" box="[729,890,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">L. margaretae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
include Centralian Ranges Rock-skink (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD771E99FA65FFD8D17724EDFF67CE99" author="Cogger, H." pageId="12" pageNumber="165" refId="ref12126" refString="Cogger, H. (2014) Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. CSIRO publishing, 1096 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643109773" type="book" year="2014">Cogger 2014</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD771E99FA65FFD8D4E02481FE2ECE99" author="Jolly, C. & Schembri, B. & Macdonald, S." box="[223,410,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" refId="ref13022" refString="Jolly, C., Schembri, B. & Macdonald, S. (2023) Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 424 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9781486312696" type="book" year="2023">
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||
Jolly
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D5212481FEE3CE99" box="[286,343,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2023
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD771E99FA65FFD8D5992481FD94CE99" author="ASH" box="[422,544,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" refId="ref11518" refString="ASH (2023) Australian Society of Herpetologists Official List of Australian Species. Australian Society of Herpetologists Inc., Fairbridge, Western Australia. Available from: https: // www. australiansocietyofherpetologists. org / ash-official-list-ofaustralian-species (accessed 28 April 2024)" type="url" year="2023">ASH 2023</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) or Central Ranges Rock Skink (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD771E99FA65FFD8D7A62481FB27CE99" author="Wilson, S. & Swan, G." box="[921,1171,475,501]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" refId="ref15430" refString="Wilson, S. & Swan, G. (2021) A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. 6 th Edition. Reed New Holland, Wahroonga, New South Wales, 572 pp." type="book" year="2021">Wilson & Swan 2021</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). These names are now misleading given that
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D5B224A5FD0ACD74" box="[397,702,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA65FFD8D5B224A5FD9FCD74" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[397,555,511,536]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">L. margaretae</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0A10201FA65FFD8D60E24A5FD0ACD74" box="[561,702,511,536]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" sensu="stricto">sensu stricto</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
does not occur in the Central Ranges bioregion—rather,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA65FFD8D10724A5FA29CD74" authorityName="Farquhar & Mulder & Russell & Haines & Rangers & Chapple" authorityYear="2024" box="[1336,1437,511,536]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aputja" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D10724A5FA29CD74" box="[1336,1437,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">L. aputja</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D4A82779FF45CD51" bold="true" box="[151,241,547,573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0A10201FA65FFD8D4A82779FF45CD51" box="[151,241,547,573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
is endemic to this bioregion. We therefore suggest the common name MacDonnell Ranges Rock Skink for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EE618EBFA65FFD8D4A8271DFE8CCD0C" baseAuthorityName="Storr" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[151,312,583,608]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Liopholis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="margaretae">
|
||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D4A8271DFE8CCD0C" box="[151,312,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">L. margaretae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, given this species is almost entirely confined to the MacDonnell Ranges bioregion. There are 17 other vertebrate taxa endemic to the MacDonnell Ranges (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD771E99FA65FFD8D71B2731FB94CDE9" author="McDonald, P. J. & Jobson, P. & Kohler, F. & Nano, C. E. & Oliver, P. M." box="[804,1056,619,645]" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" pagination="4366 - 4378" refId="ref13690" refString="McDonald, P. J., Jobson, P., Kohler, F., Nano, C. E. & Oliver, P. M. (2021) The living heart: Climate gradients predict desert mountain endemism. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (9), 4366 - 4378. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / ece 3.7333" type="journal article" year="2021">
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<collectingCountry id="E1F123F8FA65FFD8D71B2731FC2ACDE9" box="[804,926,619,645]" name="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">McDonald</collectingCountry>
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||
<emphasis id="AB92BF7AFA65FFD8D79A2731FC69CDE9" box="[933,989,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="165">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2021
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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