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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF75FED00E7DFF4F" bold="true" box="[151,367,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Stegonotus sutteri</emphasis>
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This species has been considered a synonym of
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FC5FFE980B2EFF09" box="[957,1084,222,247]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">S. florensis</emphasis>
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since 1954, the year after its description. Based on the understanding of species boundaries in
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FC26FF440B2CFEE4" box="[964,1086,259,282]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Stegonotus</emphasis>
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we have gained during our examination of hundreds of specimens, we use the following characteristics to distinguish
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from
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(characters in parentheses): (1) SC
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= 76 (66), a difference greater than the within-species counts for SC that could be predicted using standard deviation values for confirmed species of
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; (2) internasal suture four-fifths of internasal length (two-thirds), indicating that the rostral invades the dorsal surface of the head to a much lesser degree; (3) chin area separated from true ventral scales (gastrosteges) by three or four scales along the ventral midline (five scales); (4) smaller maximum SVL of
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in males (
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); (5) mottled brown color pattern on the body (no discernable pattern); and (6) head without color pattern (irregular and diffuse brown and cream reticulations present in the head and neck region). These, combined with a distance of ca.
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(by air) across the Savu Sea between Sumba and the section on
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where
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is found, and the distinction between many elements in the herpetofauna of the Outer Banda Arc, where the volcanic relict Sumba is located on a crustal fragment (
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Abdullah
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FE05FCD50D08FD54" box="[487,538,657,682]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">et al</emphasis>
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. 2000
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;
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Rutherford
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FD17FCD50C3AFD54" box="[757,808,657,682]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">et al</emphasis>
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. 2001
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), and the Inner Banda Arc, where the a chain of volcanoes merged emergent landmasses to create
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(
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Muraoka
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FC6CFCF10CD2FD30" box="[910,960,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">et al</emphasis>
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. 2002
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), we hereby remove
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from the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FEB8FC9D0EC7FD0C" box="[346,469,729,754]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">S. florensis</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF25FCBA0E5BFCE8" bold="true" box="[199,329,765,790]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Synonyms.</emphasis>
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None.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FE6EFD650D4AFCC7" box="[396,600,802,825]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Stegonotus sutteri</emphasis>
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:379
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. Lothar Forcart (
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<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFF5FFC4FB73FD660BE5FCC4" box="[1169,1271,801,826]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="32.[151,250,1497,1519]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURE 17. Selected 19 th and 20 th Century authors and collectors of Stegonotus species. (A) Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), author of the species names aruensis and keyensis. (B) Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920), collector of the Stegonotus aruensis and S. keyensis type specimens. (C) William Macleay (1820–1891), author of the genus name Herbertophis and the species names darnleyensis and plumbeus. (D) John Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), collector of the Herbertophis plumbeus holotype. (E) George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937), author of the species names guentheri, heterurus, and reticulatus. Image licensed for use, © National Portrait Galley, London, United Kingdom. (F) The Reverend George Brown (1835–1917), collector of the Stegonotus heterurus syntypes from Duke of York Island. (G) Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), collector of the Stegonotus guentheri and S. reticulatus syntypes. (H) Wilhelm Adolfovich Lindholm (1874–1935), author of the species name diehli. (I) Nelly de Rooij (1883–1964), author of the species name florensis. (J) Franz Werner (1867–1939), author of the species names dorsalis and poechi. (K) Rudolf Pöch (1870–1921), collector of the Stegonotus dorsalis and S. poechi holotypes, and in whose honor the latter was named. (L) Lothar Forcart (1902–1990), author of the species name sutteri." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607609/files/figure.png" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 17L</figureCitation>
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) was a Swiss malacologist and herpetologist, with a long career as Curator at the Natural History Museum in Basel,
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from
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<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FF35FD2E0E47FC7C" box="[215,341,873,898]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="1938" valueMax="1967">1938–1967</date>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FE84FD2E0D05FC7C" author="Wuthrich, M." box="[358,535,873,898]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="1 - 13" refId="ref47669" refString="Wuthrich, M. (1990) Lothar Forcart (1902 - 1990). Archiv fur Molluskenkunde, 121 (1 / 6), 1 - 13." type="journal article" year="1990">Wüthrich 1990</bibRefCitation>
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), where he succeeded Jean Roux (
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<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FC47FD2E0B3BFC7C" box="[933,1065,873,898]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="1876" valueMax="1939">1876–1939</date>
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). The species epithet honors the Swiss ornithologist Ernst Sutter (
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<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FDF3FDC90D87FC58" box="[529,661,910,934]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="1914" valueMax="1999">1914–1999</date>
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), a participant in the 1949 expedition to Sumba by the Museum for Anthropology and the Natural History Museum in Basel. The species description was provided in German and included three photographs (of the entire specimen, the tail, and the everted hemipenes) and two line drawings (of the head in left lateral and dorsal views). The photograph of Forcart (
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<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFF5FFC4FC7FFDBE0CEDFBEC" box="[925,1023,1017,1042]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="32.[151,250,1497,1519]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetId="figure@32.[151,1436,193,1473]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURE 17. Selected 19 th and 20 th Century authors and collectors of Stegonotus species. (A) Giacomo Doria (1840–1913), author of the species names aruensis and keyensis. (B) Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920), collector of the Stegonotus aruensis and S. keyensis type specimens. (C) William Macleay (1820–1891), author of the genus name Herbertophis and the species names darnleyensis and plumbeus. (D) John Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), collector of the Herbertophis plumbeus holotype. (E) George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937), author of the species names guentheri, heterurus, and reticulatus. Image licensed for use, © National Portrait Galley, London, United Kingdom. (F) The Reverend George Brown (1835–1917), collector of the Stegonotus heterurus syntypes from Duke of York Island. (G) Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), collector of the Stegonotus guentheri and S. reticulatus syntypes. (H) Wilhelm Adolfovich Lindholm (1874–1935), author of the species name diehli. (I) Nelly de Rooij (1883–1964), author of the species name florensis. (J) Franz Werner (1867–1939), author of the species names dorsalis and poechi. (K) Rudolf Pöch (1870–1921), collector of the Stegonotus dorsalis and S. poechi holotypes, and in whose honor the latter was named. (L) Lothar Forcart (1902–1990), author of the species name sutteri." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607609/files/figure.png" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 17L</figureCitation>
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) is from
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.
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.
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<specimenCode id="1001A744FFF5FFC4FEA0FA590EF1FBC8" box="[322,483,1054,1078]" collectionCode="NMBA" country="Switzerland" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/js1h-4156" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">NMBA 14872</specimenCode>
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(
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<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFF5FFC4FE10FA5A0D57FBC8" box="[498,581,1053,1078]" captionStart="FIGURE 29" captionStartId="51.[151,250,1074,1096]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1052]" captionTargetId="figure@51.[151,1436,195,1052]" captionTargetPageId="51" captionText="FIGURE 29. Holotype of Stegonotus sutteri Forcart, 1953, NMBA 14872, an adult male from Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Shown are the entire specimen (TTL = 711 mm) in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral views, and its head in (C) dorsal, (D) right lateral, and (E) ventral views." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2607637/files/figure.png" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
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;
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<tableCitation id="0D253A84FFF5FFC4FDB3FA5A0DB1FBC8" box="[593,675,1053,1078]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="60.[147,229,603,624]" captionText="TABLE 1. Name-bearing types of species in the genus Stegonotus. In this list we present basic data, including common measurements and selected scale counts, for all namebearing types (i.e., holotypes—HT, lectotypes—LT, neotypes—NT, syntypes—ST) to provide an easy overview of species. Additional details and the information for paratypes and paralectotypes can be found in the text. Character abbreviations are explained in the main text. For specimens where sex is indicated in red, we used the SCR value and not direct observation to estimate sex. Missing values are indicated by O. Specimen Type SCR SubC Species Synonym Sex SVL TL TTL V SC Dorsals SCE SL IL ILG Number Status (%) Condition LSUMZ admiraltiensis HT M 658 185 843 208 98 32 paired 17-19-15 4+5 8 10 10 93958 MSNG aruensis HT M 582 233 815 190 103 35 paired 17-17-15 3+4 7 8 4 30186 BMNH australis HT M 503 135 638 205 77 27 paired 17-17-15 4+5 8 9 5 1946.1.14.93 AMS australis darnleyensis HT F 720 O O 198 53+ O paired 17-17-15 4+5 9 10 5 R31894 AMS australis plumbeus HT M 1025 250 1275 220 74 25 paired 17-17-15 3+4+5 9 10 5 R31895 BMNH batjanensis HT M 1239 321 1560 235 86 27 paired 17-17-15 3+4+5 8 10 5 1946.1.11.36 FMNH borneensis HT F 783 221 1004 195 79 29 paired 17-17-15 4+5 10 11 5 164746 MNHN cucullatus HT M 769 254 1023 209 91 30 paired 17-17-15 4+5 8 9 5 3412 MTKD a cucullatus magnus ST F O O O 207 74 26 paired O-19-O 4+5 8 O O 573 ZMB b cucullatus magnus ST M 975 265 1240 211 87 29 paired 19-19-17 3+4 8 10 5 8794 MZB derooijae HT M 455 193 648 181 94 34 paired 17-17-15 3+4 7 8 8 Ophi.3288 MWNH diehli HT juv 196 56 252 179 82 31 paired 15-15-15 3+4 7 8 4 1244 NMW dorsalis HT M 805 245 1050 208 88 30 paired 15-15-15 4+5 8 10 5 14861 ZMA 9R florensis HT M 447 109 556 217 65 23 single 21-21-19 3+4+5 10 5 11080 8L BMNH guentheri LT F 683 165 848 192 64 25 paired 15-15-13 4+5 8 9 4 1946.1.11.38 ……continued on the next page" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Table 1</tableCitation>
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), an adult male.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF25FA060E79FBA4" bold="true" box="[199,363,1089,1114]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Type locality.</emphasis>
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“Zentralsumba, Lindiwatju
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” [central Sumba Island,
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,
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<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFF5FFC4FF75FA220E18FB80" box="[151,266,1125,1150]" name="Indonesia" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
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]. The specific locality “Lindiwatju” is indicated in a map of the major travel routes and sampling locations in the travelogue of the Basel museum’s Sumba expedition (
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FC4DFACE0BE9FB5C" author="Buhler, A. & Sutter, E." box="[943,1275,1161,1186]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="181 - 217" refId="ref42541" refString="Buhler, A. & Sutter, E. (1951) Sumba-Expedition des Museums fur Volkerkunde und des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, 1949. Reisebericht und allgemeine Einfuhrung. Ferhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 62, 181 - 217." type="journal article" year="1951">
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Bühler & Sutter 1951:
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<figureCitation id="D89C13BAFFF5FFC4FB54FACE0BE9FB5C" box="[1206,1275,1161,1186]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="8.[151,250,182,204]" captionText="FIGURE 2. Eastern Indo-Australian type localities for species in the genus Stegonotus in parts of Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), as plotted on a main map and two inset maps. Localities are indicated by color-coded buttons for holotypes (red), paratypes (yellow), lectotypes (orange), and paralectotypes (white). White lines indicate exact localities, whereas buttons alone indicate approximate localities. The yellow line is the country boundary between Indonesia and PNG. The scale bar on the main map represents 1000 km. (Main Map) (20) Darnley Island: Stegonotus darnleyensis holotype (AMS R.31894). (21) Cape York: Stegonotus australis holotype (BMNH 1946.1.14.93). (22) Ripple Creek: Stegonotus plumbeus holotype (AMS R.31895). Monumbo: Stegonotus dorsalis, holotype (23; NMW 14861) and Stegonotus poechi holotype (24; NMW 23406). (25) Bogadjim: Stegonotus diehli holotype (MWNH 1244). Duke of York Island: Stegonotus heterurus lectotype (26A; BMNH 1946.1.14.95) and paralectotype (26B; BMNH 1946.1.15.10). (26C) New Britain Island: Stegonotus heterurus paralectotype (BMNH 1946.1.14.91). Fergusson Island: Stegonotus reticulatus lectotype (27A; BMNH 1946.1.14.87) and paralectotype (27B; BMNH 1946.1.14.88); Stegonotus guentheri lectotype (28A; BMNH 1946.1.11.38) and paralectotypes (28B; BMNH 1946.1.11.37, 1946.1.11.39). (Inset map A) Type localities in the Admiralty Islands. Scale = 50 km. Rambutyo Island: Stegonotus admiraltiensis holotype (29A; LSUMZ 93598) and paratypes (29B and 29C; LSUMZ 93599 and 93600, respectively). (29D) Los Negros Island: Stegonotus admiraltiensis paratype (LSUMZ 93597). (Inset map B) Type localities of Stegonotus melanolabiatus in Simbu and Southern Highlands Provinces, PNG. Scale = 50 km. Simbu Province: holotype (30A; AMS R.115343) and paratypes (30B and 30C; AMS R.115320 and AMS R.115361, respectively). Southern Highlands Province: paratype (30D; AMS R.122906)." pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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</bibRefCitation>
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). However, as this village is not found on contemporary maps of Sumba Island, it requires some additional explanation. In Kapunduku, the local dialect of central Sumba, the term “palindi” is used to describe a hill or a house on a slope (
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FF7CFAB20E21FAF0" author="Adams, M. J." box="[158,307,1269,1294]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="265 - 279" refId="ref41624" refString="Adams, M. J. (1973) Structural aspects of a village art [sic]. American Anthropologist, 75, 265 - 279. https: // doi. org / 10.1525 / aa. 1973.75.1.02 a 00160" type="journal article" year="1973">Adams 1973</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FEDDFAB10E69FAF0" author="Adams, M." box="[319,379,1270,1294]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="324 - 347" refId="ref41574" refString="Adams, M. (1974) Symbols of the organized community in East Sumba, Indonesia. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Folkenkunde, 130 (2 / 3), 324 - 347. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 22134379 - 90002699" type="journal article" year="1974">1974</bibRefCitation>
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). The term wacu (also spelled watju) means stone. The terms combined, as Palindi Wacu (or Lendiwacu on Google Maps), indicates a rocky outcropping. The location that fits the description and the map in
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FF75FB7A0E89FAA8" author="Buhler, A. & Sutter, E." box="[151,411,1341,1366]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="181 - 217" refId="ref42541" refString="Buhler, A. & Sutter, E. (1951) Sumba-Expedition des Museums fur Volkerkunde und des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, 1949. Reisebericht und allgemeine Einfuhrung. Ferhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 62, 181 - 217." type="journal article" year="1951">Bühler & Sutter (1951)</bibRefCitation>
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is at ca.
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="259369F8FFF5FFC4FD96FB790DF2FAA8" box="[628,736,1342,1366]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" precision="555" value="119.78">119.78°E</geoCoordinate>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="40180F3FFFF5FFC4FF25FB260A75FA84" blockId="50.[151,1437,222,1920]" box="[199,1383,1377,1402]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF25FB260E55FA84" bold="true" box="[199,327,1377,1402]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Collection.</emphasis>
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According to
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FE0AFB250D8FFA84" author="Forcart, L." box="[488,669,1377,1402]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="356 - 388" refId="ref43614" refString="Forcart, L. (1953) Die Amphibien und Reptilien von Sumba, ihre zoogeographischen Beziehungen und Revision der Unterarten von Typhlops polygrammicus. Ferhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Basel, 64, 356 - 388." type="journal article" year="1953">Forcart’s (1953)</bibRefCitation>
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description, the specimen was obtained on
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<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FB64FB250A71FA84" box="[1158,1379,1377,1402]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="1949-09-30">30 September 1949</date>
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.
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF25FBC20D78FA60" bold="true" box="[199,618,1413,1438]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
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Key characteristics of the
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<typeStatus id="9F1CB19DFFF5FFC4FE1FFBC20D74FA60" box="[509,614,1413,1438]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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535 (567) mm SVL + 150 (144) mm TL = 685 (711) mm TTL. V
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= 231 (230), SC
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= 82 (83), SCR
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= 0.26 (0.27), D = O-21-O (21-21-19), SL
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= 3+4+5 (3+4+5), SL = 9 (9), IL = 11 (10), IL
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= 5 (5). Subcaudal scales are unpaired.
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<paragraph id="40180F3FFFF5FFC4FF25FBBE0B39F932" blockId="50.[151,1437,222,1920]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF25FBBE0D76F9EC" bold="true" box="[199,612,1529,1554]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Key characteristics of the species.</emphasis>
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We have been able to examine only three specimens of
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FB18FBBD0A72F9EC" box="[1274,1376,1530,1554]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">S. sutteri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, two males (the
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and WAM
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<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FE11F85A0D5AF9C8" box="[499,584,1565,1590]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="57-10-19">101957</date>
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) and one female (WAM
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<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FCB9F85A0CA1F9C8" box="[859,947,1565,1590]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="80-10-16">101680</date>
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), and our species-level synopsis is therefore tentative. Based on these specimens the following characteristics apply: V
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= 210, V
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= 210–230; SC
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFF5FFC4FAE6F8170A02F9A0" box="[1284,1296,1616,1630]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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= 76, SC
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFF5FFC4FA98F8170A94F9A0" box="[1402,1414,1616,1630]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
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= 83; SCR
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFF5FFC4FF1AF8300E16F97B" box="[248,260,1655,1669]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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= 0.27, SCR
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<specimenCount id="56A1C4B6FFF5FFC4FE78F8300EB4F97B" box="[410,422,1655,1669]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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</subScript>
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= 0.27; D = 21-21-19; SL
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= 3+4+5; SL = 9; IL = 9 or 10; IL
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= 4 or 5. There does not appear to be a difference in V between males and females, whereas the difference in SC might indicate sexual dimorphism. Of course, given the small sample size, this statement is speculative.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="08BD5CB4FFF5FFC4FF25F8900B90F87E" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="40180F3FFFF5FFC4FF25F8900B90F87E" blockId="50.[151,1437,222,1920]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FF25F8900E56F90E" bold="true" box="[199,324,1751,1776]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Comment.</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FEB2F89F0EE5F90E" author="Forcart, L." box="[336,503,1751,1776]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="356 - 388" refId="ref43614" refString="Forcart, L. (1953) Die Amphibien und Reptilien von Sumba, ihre zoogeographischen Beziehungen und Revision der Unterarten von Typhlops polygrammicus. Ferhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Basel, 64, 356 - 388." type="journal article" year="1953">Forcart (1953)</bibRefCitation>
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considered his new species to be most closely related to
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<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFF5FFC4FB49F89F0E40F8EA" authority="(Macleay, 1884)" baseAuthorityName="Macleay" baseAuthorityYear="1884" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plumbeus">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FB49F89F0A8EF90E" box="[1195,1436,1751,1776]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Stegonotus plumbeus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FF7CF8BC0E5BF8EA" author="Macleay, W." box="[158,329,1787,1812]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="432 - 436" refId="ref45167" refString="Macleay, W. (1884) Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8, 432 - 436. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 28670" type="journal article" year="1884">Macleay, 1884</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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. Only a year after its description, in a somewhat curious turn of events, he then placed it into the synonymy of
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<taxonomicName id="87A774BCFFF5FFC4FED2F9670D45F8C6" authority="(Forcart 1954)" baseAuthorityName="Forcart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[304,599,1823,1848]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Stegonotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="florensis">
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<emphasis id="72D3D32DFFF5FFC4FED2F9670EB9F8C6" box="[304,427,1823,1848]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">S. florensis</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FE5BF9670D5DF8C6" author="Forcart, L." box="[441,591,1823,1848]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="7 - 8" refId="ref43652" refString="Forcart, L. (1954) Die Taxonomie von Lycodon florensis Rooij und Stegonotus sutteri Forcart (Ophidia, Colubridae). Ferhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Basel, 65, 7 - 8." type="journal article" year="1954">Forcart 1954</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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. It appears from
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||
<bibRefCitation id="243672CEFFF5FFC4FCF1F9670CDAF8C6" author="Forcart, L." box="[787,968,1823,1848]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="7 - 8" refId="ref43652" refString="Forcart, L. (1954) Die Taxonomie von Lycodon florensis Rooij und Stegonotus sutteri Forcart (Ophidia, Colubridae). Ferhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Basel, 65, 7 - 8." type="journal article" year="1954">Forcart’s (1954)</bibRefCitation>
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||
explanatory text that he was prompted by the well-known and senior herpetologist Robert Mertens (
|
||
<date id="341929FFFFF5FFC4FCDEF9040CADF8A2" box="[828,959,1859,1884]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" value="1894" valueMax="1975">1894–1975</date>
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||
), curator at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt,
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||
<collectingCountry id="38B04FAFFFF5FFC4FEECF92F0E65F87E" box="[270,375,1896,1920]" name="Germany" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Germany</collectingCountry>
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, to rethink his description and to revise his assessment of the species.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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