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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A4967EBFC9EAE33D8B9" bold="true" box="[151,333,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Vhembelacerta</emphasis>
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Edwards, Herrel, Vanhooydonck, Measey, Tolley& Branch
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, gen. nov.
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species.
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A496645FC49AE88D8FE" box="[313,502,942,967]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Lacerta rupicola</emphasis>
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FitzSimons 1933
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A496649FC2AAD3BD8D3" box="[309,581,979,1003]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Vhembelacerta rupicola</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A4967BBFC0FAD3CDF37" bold="true" box="[199,578,1014,1039]" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Characterization and diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The monophyly of the monotypic genus
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is established on the basis of a suite of mitochondrial and nuclear markers (Edwards
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2012; this study). Morphologically similar to
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A4967EBFBC7AE39DF6E" box="[151,327,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Australolacerta</emphasis>
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(differences noted in brackets below), it can be distinguished from all other lacertids by the following combination of characteristics (FitzSimons 1943; Jacobsen 1989; Branch 1998;Kirchhof& Richter 2009): size small, (SVL ~
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), maximum snout-vent length (SVL)
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, tail somewhat depressed basally, cylindrical distally, nearly 1.5x SVL (up to
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SVL); upper head shields smooth; nostril pierced between a supranasal, 2 postnasals and narrowly separated from first upper labial (in contact with first upper labial); supranasals in contact behind rostral; frontonasal much broader than long; prefrontals in contact; frontal hexagonal; supraoculars 4, 1st smallest and separated from frontal; parietals in contact with 4th supraocular; shallow parietal foramen present (absent); rostral not entering nostril; 5 (4) upper labials anterior to subocular, whose lower border is not distinctly narrowed (lower border much shorter than upper) and only feebly keeled; lower eyelid scaly but with a about 3 enlarged and elongate scales in the middle (no enlarged scales in lower eyelid); elongate tympanic shield on upper anterior border of large, exposed ear-opening; five pairs of chin shields, first smallest, first
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contact in midline; gular fold distinct (present, but not strongly marked); collar present, straight, free, composed of 7–8 scales; dorsal scales flat, hexagonal, faintly keeled posteriorly and in 34–43 rows across midbody (small, granular, non-keeled and about 68 across midbody); ventral plates quadrangular, feebly imbricate and in 6 longitudinal and about 26 (28) transverse rows; a very large preanal plate, bordered by smaller plates (enlarged preanal preceded by two smaller ones); femoral pores 15–19; subdigital lamellae smooth, about 26 below 4th toe (23–25); and the adpressed hindlimb reaches the armpit (to collar).
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A4967BBF8EDAE1EDC15" bold="true" box="[199,352,1812,1837]" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Endemic to the Soutpansberg mountain range in Limpopo Province,
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(Branch 1998).
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A4967BBF8A4AE31DC4D" bold="true" box="[199,335,1885,1909]" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The species is endemic to the Vhembe region of Limpopo Province,
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, after which the genus name is partially constructed. The second part of the name “lacerta’ (L. lizard) also retains the historical link to the genus
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<emphasis id="B95D0A34FF9D2A496659F85CAE02DC84" box="[293,380,1957,1980]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="108">Lacerta</emphasis>
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to which the single species was originally referred.
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