treatments-xml/data/6E/16/87/6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999.xml
2024-06-21 12:39:46 +02:00

529 lines
51 KiB
XML

<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4660397" ID-GBIF-Dataset="3fb65f60-0e30-4201-b360-72058e04f055" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180873595" ID-ISSN="0067-1975" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4660397" checkinTime="1617227073522" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Shea, Glenn M." docDate="1995" docId="6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999" docLanguage="en" docName="RecAustMus.47.1.83-115.pdf.imf" docOrigin="Records of the Australian Museum 47 (1)" docSource="https://journals.australian.museum/shea-1995-rec-aust-mus-471-83115/" docStyle="DocumentStyle:D3147822FB22E0797CFA40BA2FBFB595.2:RecAustMus.1986-1997.journal_article" docStyleId="D3147822FB22E0797CFA40BA2FBFB595" docStyleName="RecAustMus.1986-1997.journal_article" docStyleVersion="2" docTitle="Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea 1995, n.sp." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="109" masterDocId="922FFF90E127FFD02F4316166F06FFCB" masterDocTitle="A taxonomic revision of the Cyclodomorphus casuarinae complex (Squamata: Scincidae)" masterLastPageNumber="115" masterPageNumber="83" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" updateTime="1634708750209" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>A taxonomic revision of the Cyclodomorphus casuarinae complex (Squamata: Scincidae)</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Shea, Glenn M.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem type="host">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Records of the Australian Museum</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part>
<mods:date>1995</mods:date>
<mods:detail type="pubDate">
<mods:number>1995-05-10</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="volume">
<mods:number>47</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="issue">
<mods:number>1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent unit="page">
<mods:start>83</mods:start>
<mods:end>115</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location>
<mods:url>https://journals.australian.museum/shea-1995-rec-aust-mus-471-83115/</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.3853/j.0067-1975.47.1995.1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="GBIF-Dataset">3fb65f60-0e30-4201-b360-72058e04f055</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="ISSN">0067-1975</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">4654787</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4660397" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180873595" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4660397" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="109" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">
<subSubSection box="[1473,2059,859,898]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph blockId="22.[1473,2059,859,898]" box="[1473,2059,859,898]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">
<heading box="[1473,2059,859,898]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" reason="2">
<taxonomicName authority="Shea, 1995" authorityName="Shea" authorityYear="1995" box="[1473,1950,859,898]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="praealtus" status="n.sp.">
<emphasis box="[1473,1950,859,898]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">Cyclodomorphus praealtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1978,2059,859,898]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" rank="species">n.sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[1667,1867,965,1004]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="22.[1667,1867,965,1004]" box="[1667,1867,965,1004]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">Figs 17-19</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="105" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="22.[1277,2258,1070,1272]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">
Type material.
<typeStatus box="[1544,1712,1070,1105]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
: MV D39I48, Three Mile Dam, Kiandra, collected by W.A. Rawlinson on 3 November, 1967.
<typeStatus box="[1277,1453,1154,1188]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">PARATYPES</typeStatus>
: AM
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164315" accessionNumber="R57876, R64896" box="[1566,1840,1154,1188]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<accessionNumber box="[1566,1840,1154,1188]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">R57876, R64896</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
, ANWC R5127-28, MV D8937,
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164317" accessionNumber="D39130" box="[1408,1531,1196,1230]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<accessionNumber box="[1408,1531,1196,1230]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39130" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">D39130</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
, D39I32,
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164303" accessionNumber="D39134" box="[1710,1841,1196,1230]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<accessionNumber box="[1710,1841,1196,1230]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39134" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">D39134</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
-37,
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164308" accessionNumber="D39147, D39149" box="[1918,2199,1196,1230]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<accessionNumber box="[1918,2199,1196,1230]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">D39147, D39149</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
-50,
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164319" accessionNumber="D39194" box="[1277,1407,1238,1272]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<accessionNumber box="[1277,1407,1238,1272]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39194" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">D39194</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
-95,
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164318" accessionNumber="D50053, D56467, D56483" box="[1488,1924,1238,1272]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<accessionNumber box="[1488,1924,1238,1272]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">D50053, D56467, D56483</accessionNumber>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="105" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="22.[1276,2258,1338,1699]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">
Diagnosis. A small
<taxonomicName box="[1659,1942,1338,1377]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1659,1942,1338,1377]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">Cyclodomorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(maximum
<collectionCode box="[2180,2258,1338,1377]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">SVL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[1279,1439,1384,1423]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.14" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" unit="mm" value="114.0">114 mm</quantity>
), differing from all other species in the combination of prefrontals usually contacting, postnarial groove absent, postmental usually contacting two infralabials on each side, subcaudal scales 48-57, midbody scales 24-26, supraciliaries modally five and adult dorsal colour pattern complex, including dark edges to scales and scattered paler scales.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="107" pageId="22" pageNumber="105" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="22.[1274,2260,1765,3183]" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">Description. Nasals usually in point to broad contact (80.0%, n = 20), rarely narrowly to moderately separated (20.0%); prefrontals usually in moderate to broad contact (75.0%, n = 20), less commonly in narrow contact (20.0%), rarely moderately separated (5.0%); transversely enlarged nuchals 2-5 on each side (51: = 2.9, sd = 0.70, n = 40), usually three (57.5%); loreals usually two bilaterally (90.0%, n = 20), rarely one unilaterally (10.0%); rarely rostral loreal double unilaterally (n = 1); supraoculars three bilaterally, rostral two in contact with frontal, second largest; supraciliaries 4-6 (51: = 5.3, sd = 0.53, n = 40), usually five (62.5%); presuboculars 2-3, usually two (71.8%, n = 39); postsuboculars 2-4 (51: = 3.2, sd = 0.45, n = 40), usually three (77.5%); upper palpebrals 6-8 (51: = 7.3, sd = 0.57, n = 18); lower palpebrals 7-9 (51: = 8.1, sd = 0.70, n = 17); secondary temporals usually in a-configuration bilaterally, rarely (n = 1) in {3-configuration unilaterally, or with only a single lower secondary temporal bilaterally (n = 1); supralabials 6-8 (51: = 7.0, sd = 0.39, n = 40), usually seven (85.0%), third-last below centre of eye, separating pre- and postsuboculars; infralabials 6-8 (51: = 7.2, sd = 0.68, n = 38), usually seven (50.0%) or eight (34.2%); usually first two infralabials contacting postmental, rarely first only unilaterally (n = 1); ear very small, usually with a single small lobule along rostral margin (76.3%, n = 38), rarely two (10.5%) or three (2.6%) or lobules absent (10.5%).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[1274,2260,1765,3183]" lastBlockId="23.[225,1211,1922,2421]" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="106" pageId="22" pageNumber="105">Body scales in 24-26 (51: = 25.0, sd = 0.97, n = 20) longitudinal rows at midbody; scales in paravertebral rows not or only slightly broader than adjacent scales, 62-75 (x = 68.9, sd = 3.58, n = 20); subcaudal scales 48-57 (x = 53.1, sd = 2.34, n = 11); lamellae below fourth toe 8-12 (x = 10.1, sd = 0.92, n = 40).</paragraph>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654812" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4654812" box="[384,2111,1783,1819]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654812/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="106" startId="23.[384,440,1783,1819]" targetBox="[325,2170,502,1739]" targetPageId="23">
<paragraph blockId="23.[384,2111,1783,1819]" box="[384,2111,1783,1819]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[384,509,1783,1819]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Fig. 17.</emphasis>
A live individual of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shea" authorityYear="1995" box="[864,1285,1783,1819]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="23" pageNumber="106" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="praealtus">
<emphasis box="[864,1285,1783,1819]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Cyclodomorphus praealtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Smiggin Holes (photograph by W. Osborne).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="23.[225,1211,1922,2421]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">
<collectionCode box="[275,355,2061,2101]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">SVL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[376,589,2061,2101]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.15" metricValueMax="11.9" metricValueMin="4.4" pageId="23" pageNumber="106" unit="mm" value="81.5" valueMax="119.0" valueMin="44.0">44-119 mm</quantity>
(n = 20);
<collectionCode box="[798,887,2061,2101]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">AGL</collectionCode>
/
<collectionCode box="[901,980,2061,2101]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">SVL</collectionCode>
59.1-68.5% (x = 64.1%, n = 20); TL/
<collectionCode box="[770,850,2107,2147]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">SVL</collectionCode>
47.7-77.6% (x = 67.3%, n = 11); FLL/
<collectionCode box="[646,725,2152,2192]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">SVL</collectionCode>
12.3-16.7% (x = 13.8%, n = 20); HLL/
<collectionCode box="[494,574,2198,2238]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">SVL</collectionCode>
15.5-22.7% (x = 18.5%, n = 20); FLL/HLL 69.8-81.3% (x = 74.7%, n = 20); HL/
<collectionCode box="[1131,1211,2244,2284]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">SVL</collectionCode>
14.3-20.5% (x = 15.6%, n = 20); HW/HL 64.0-74.0% (x = 68.2%, n = 19); HD/HL 50.9-61.2% (x = 55.4%, n = 19).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[223,1213,2487,3169]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[226,790,2487,2526]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Coloration (in preservative).</emphasis>
Dorsal ground color yellow-brown to dull olive-green or grey. On body and tail, centres of individual scales a little darker, often with very fine mid-brown streaks, lateral parts of scales paler, sometimes cream; extreme lateral margins of most dorsal body and basal tail scales with dark brown to black edges, producing a series of weak, irregularly defined, often broken, narrow dark longitudinal stripes, extending onto base of tail, often continued by pale stripes distally as dark margins are reduced and disappear. On body, some transverse rows of scales (generally alternate) may be paler.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[223,1213,2487,3169]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Head dorsum immaculate or (more commonly) with black flecks and spots along shield margins, tending to coalesce into dark margins to some shields.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[1282,2269,1923,2972]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Laterally, body and tail with dorsal ground color, gradually replaced ventrally by paler ventral ground colour. Many scales in alternate transverse scale rows largely black, especially centrally and apically, these dark macules often with cream edges laterally or basally, producing a series of roughly parallel, irregular, narrow dark bars, separated by one to three rows of unspotted scales.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[1282,2269,1923,2972]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Face with dorsal ground color, individual shields margined by black spots and flecks, especially around eye and adjacent supralabial shields.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[1282,2269,1923,2972]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Venter blue-grey to yellow, immaculate or with varying density and contrast of dark margins and central dark flecks to scales, leading to an often irregular pattern of narrow dark stripes or variegations on at least body, less commonly on throat and tail.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[1282,2269,1923,2972]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Limbs yellow-brown to green-grey above, grey-blue to yellow below, with fine dark streaks and spots. Soles yellow-brown, sometimes with slightly darker calli on granules and lamellae.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[1282,2269,1923,2972]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Juvenile coloration similar to adults, but with more prominent and contrasting dark and light markings on head, especially on face and sides of neck.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="23.[1283,2270,3038,3169]" lastBlockId="24.[233,1220,1929,2198]" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="107" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1284,1653,3038,3078]" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">
Coloration (in
<taxonomicName box="[1582,1642,3038,3078]" family="Life" pageId="23" pageNumber="110" rank="family">life</taxonomicName>
)
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1693,1835,3038,3078]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="23.[384,440,1783,1819]" captionTargetBox="[325,2170,502,1739]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Fig. 17. A live individual of Cyclodomorphus praealtus from Smiggin Holes (photograph by W. Osborne)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654812" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654812/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
). I have not examined any live individuals of this taxon. However, AM
<accessionNumber box="[1283,1418,3130,3169]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/R57876" pageId="23" pageNumber="106">R57876</accessionNumber>
was reported to have had &quot;much bright red, practically vermillion&quot; ventrally
<emphasis box="[861,935,1929,1970]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">(S.l.</emphasis>
Copland field notes, on file in AM), a coloration not now present in this specimen. Colour transparencies of live individuals taken by W. Osborne show orange-red irides, and a dorsal and lateral ground colour suffused with red, particularly on a subadult.
</paragraph>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654815" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4654815" box="[391,1547,1787,1823]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654815/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" startId="24.[391,447,1787,1822]" targetBox="[401,2173,572,1622]" targetPageId="24">
<paragraph blockId="24.[391,1547,1787,1823]" box="[391,1547,1787,1823]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
Fig. 18. Holotype of
<taxonomicName authority="Shea, 1995" authorityName="Shea" authorityYear="1995" box="[765,1191,1788,1823]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="praealtus" status="n.sp.">
<emphasis box="[765,1191,1788,1823]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">Cyclodomorphus praealtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164313" accessionNumber="D39148" box="[1215,1542,1788,1823]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" specimenCount="1">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1215,1284,1788,1823]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" rank="species">n.sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MY
<accessionNumber box="[1406,1532,1788,1823]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39148" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">D39148</accessionNumber>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="24.[231,1221,2264,2487]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
Allometry (
<tableCitation box="[453,595,2264,2303]" captionStart="Table 7" captionStartId="32.[314,405,706,746]" captionTargetBox="[431,1880,936,1390]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="Table 7. Allometric equations and calculated values for cranial and somatic proportions in C. praealtus. Values a and b solve the equation y = bxa, r = correlation coefficient, s.e. = standard error of a, C44' CS1 and C119 are calculated percentage proportions (y/x) at SVL = 44, 81 and 119 mm (minimum, minimum mature female and maximum size). Sample sizes are as for ratios." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/B2C06676E107FFF02E7914D468F5FCBE" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" tableUuid="B2C06676E107FFF02E7914D468F5FCBE">Table 7</tableCitation>
). With respect to SVL, AGL and TL show positive allometry, while FLL, HLL and HL show negative allometry. Neither HW and HD (with respect to HL) nor FLL (with respect to HLL) show significant departures from isometry.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="24.[231,1219,2553,2775]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
Sexual dimorphism. Sample sizes for males are too small to adequately test for sexual dimorphism. In most cases, the magnitude and direction of difference between the mean values for males and females is similar to that seen in C.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1937" box="[708,902,2737,2775]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="casuarinae">
<emphasis box="[708,902,2737,2775]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">casuarinae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and C.
<emphasis box="[1058,1218,2737,2775]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wells &amp; Wellington" authorityYear="1984" box="[1058,1213,2737,2775]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="michaeli">michaeli</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="107" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="24.[230,1221,2842,3203]" lastBlockId="24.[1292,2277,1929,2337]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
Distribution. Australian Alps, above
<quantity box="[957,1102,2842,2881]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
, from Kiandra in the north to Mount Hotham in the south (
<figureCitation box="[243,351,2933,2974]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[1275,1331,2494,2530]" captionTargetBox="[1335,2193,399,2450]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 1. Distribution of members of the C. casuarinae complex on mainland Australia. Dots are C. michaeli, triangles are C. praealtus. Dashed lines and numbers indicate populations of C. michaeli used for analysing geographic variation, as follows: 1, Eden; 2, Illawarra; 3, Central Coast; 4, Blue Mountains; 5, Barrington Tops. Thin solid lines represent 1000 m contour; thicker solid lines represent 1500 m contour." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4660399" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4660399/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). In addition to the localities cited below, there are several literature records of C.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1937" box="[917,1111,2980,3018]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="casuarinae">
<emphasis box="[917,1111,2980,3018]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">casuarinae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Australian Alps that are probably based on this species: Daner's Gap (
<bibRefCitation author="Loveridge, A" box="[695,1015,3071,3111]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" pagination="243 - 383" refId="ref19727" refString="Loveridge, A, 1934. Australian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoiilogy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77 (6): 243 - 383." type="journal article" year="1934">Loveridge, 1934</bibRefCitation>
; see also
<bibRefCitation author="Copland, S. J." box="[230,495,3117,3158]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" pagination="69 - 72" refId="ref19130" refString="Copland, S. J., 1947. Reptiles occurring above the winter snowline at Mt. Kosciusko. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72 (1 - 2): 69 - 72." type="journal article" year="1947">Copland, 1947</bibRefCitation>
); Mount Buffalo National Park (lenkins &amp; Bartell, 1980) and Mount Higginbotham (Norris
<emphasis box="[1190,1343,1929,3203]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">et ai.,</emphasis>
1983). P. Harlow (pers. comm.) observed an individual of this species at
<quantity box="[1830,1946,1976,2015]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="m" value="200.0">200 m</quantity>
east of Valentine Hut, on the banks of Valentine Creek at
<quantity box="[2082,2219,2022,2060]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.68" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="m" value="1680.0">1680 m</quantity>
in
<date box="[1292,1557,2067,2107]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" value="1990-02">February 1990</date>
. This locality is about
<quantity box="[1999,2109,2067,2107]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
north of Guthega Power Station, NSW. W. Osborne (pers. comm.) has recorded the species from Smiggin Holes, Daner's Gap, Mount Blue Cow (
<geoCoordinate box="[1931,2071,2204,2245]" degrees="36" direction="south" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" precision="925" value="-36.383335">36°23'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[2101,2266,2204,2245]" degrees="148" direction="east" minutes="23" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" precision="925" value="148.38333">148°23'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity box="[1295,1440,2250,2291]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="m" value="1550.0">1550 m</quantity>
), Mount Gutherie (
<geoCoordinate box="[1821,1961,2250,2291]" degrees="36" direction="south" minutes="25" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" precision="925" value="-36.416668">36°25'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[1991,2156,2250,2291]" degrees="148" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" precision="925" value="148.33333">148°20'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="m" value="1800.0">1800 m</quantity>
) and Etheridge Range (
<geoCoordinate box="[1763,1904,2296,2337]" degrees="36" direction="south" minutes="27" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" precision="925" value="-36.45">36°27'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[1925,2090,2296,2337]" degrees="148" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" precision="925" value="148.26666">148°16'E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity box="[2117,2255,2296,2337]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.02" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="m" value="2020.0">2020 m</quantity>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="107" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="24.[1292,2279,2401,2947]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164320" collectionCode="SVL, AGL, HLL" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="holotype">
Details of
<typeStatus box="[1506,1670,2401,2441]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">holotype</typeStatus>
. The
<typeStatus box="[1795,1946,2401,2441]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">holotype</typeStatus>
(
<figureCitation box="[1986,2132,2401,2441]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="24.[391,447,1787,1822]" captionTargetBox="[401,2173,572,1622]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Fig. 18. Holotype of Cyclodomorphus praealtus n.sp. (MY D39148)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654815" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654815/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">Figs 18</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[2169,2209,2401,2441]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[368,423,2519,2554]" captionTargetBox="[474,1974,498,2448]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 19. Dorsal and lateral views of head shields of holotype of Cyclodomorphus praealtus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654817" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654817/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">19</figureCitation>
) is a gravid female with the following combination of character states: nasals in broad contact; prefrontals in moderate contact; presuboculars two; postsuboculars three; supraciliaries five; supralabials seven; infralabials seven; rostral ear lobules one; nuchals three; upper palpebrals
<emphasis box="[1769,1833,2677,2717]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">7/8;</emphasis>
lower palpebrals
<emphasis box="[2211,2275,2677,2717]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">9/8;</emphasis>
midbody scales 24; paravertebral scales 73; subcaudal scales 52; subdigital lamellae ten;
<collectionCode box="[1935,2015,2770,2809]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">SVL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[2034,2163,2770,2809]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.3" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="93.0">93 mm</quantity>
;
<collectionCode box="[2190,2278,2770,2809]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">AGL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[1293,1422,2816,2854]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.1" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="61.0">61 mm</quantity>
; TL
<quantity box="[1520,1651,2816,2854]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.7" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="57.0">57 mm</quantity>
; FLL
<quantity box="[1777,1937,2816,2854]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.15" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="11.5">11.5 mm</quantity>
;
<collectionCode box="[1965,2048,2816,2854]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">HLL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[2069,2195,2816,2854]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="16.0">16 mm</quantity>
; HL
<quantity box="[1295,1459,2861,2900]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.42" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="14.2">14.2 mm</quantity>
; HW
<quantity box="[1584,1731,2861,2900]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="9.2">9.2 mm</quantity>
; HD
<quantity box="[1847,1992,2861,2900]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7" pageId="24" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="7.7">7.7 mm</quantity>
. There are 2L/ 3R oviducal egg masses
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="107" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="24.[1287,2278,3012,3143]" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">
Etymology. The specific epithet is from the Latin
<emphasis box="[1287,1466,3058,3097]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="107">praeaitus,</emphasis>
very high, and alludes to the high altitudes inhabited by this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654817" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4654817" box="[368,1929,2519,2554]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4654817/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" startId="25.[368,423,2519,2554]" targetBox="[474,1974,498,2448]" targetPageId="25">
<paragraph blockId="25.[368,1929,2519,2554]" box="[368,1929,2519,2554]" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[368,498,2519,2554]" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">Fig. 19.</emphasis>
Dorsal and lateral views of head shields of holotype of
<emphasis box="[1492,1929,2519,2554]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shea" authorityYear="1995" box="[1492,1924,2519,2554]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="praealtus">Cyclodomorphus praealtus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="108" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph blockId="25.[210,1197,2677,3176]" lastBlockId="25.[1267,2256,2676,3175]" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[212,600,2677,2715]" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">Habitat and habits.</emphasis>
Little is known of the habitat preferences and habits of this species. The specimen from Daner's Gap reported by
<bibRefCitation author="Loveridge, A" box="[799,1107,2767,2808]" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" pagination="243 - 383" refId="ref19727" refString="Loveridge, A, 1934. Australian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoiilogy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77 (6): 243 - 383." type="journal article" year="1934">Loveridge (1934)</bibRefCitation>
was taken from a
<taxonomicName box="[460,630,2814,2853]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[460,630,2814,2853]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">Myrmecia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nest, the Mount Higginbotham record was found amongst ground litter in subalpine woodland (Norris
<emphasis box="[569,682,2906,2946]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">et ai.,</emphasis>
1983), the Lankey Plain specimen (MV
<accessionNumber box="[509,646,2952,2992]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D50053" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">D50053</accessionNumber>
) was found frozen in snow (Cherry
<emphasis box="[363,462,2998,3038]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">et ai.,</emphasis>
1987; note, however, that the specimen is a neonate, not an adult as reported by Cherry
<emphasis box="[1092,1195,3044,3084]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">et ai.)</emphasis>
in an alpine herbfield (
<bibRefCitation author="Norris, K. &amp; Mansergh, L. D. &amp; Ahern, C. &amp; A Belcher &amp; D. Temby &amp; N. G. Walsh" box="[639,1005,3089,3130]" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" pagination="1 - 158" refId="ref20037" refString="Norris, K. c., 1. M. Mansergh, L. D. Ahern, C. A Belcher, 1. D. Temby &amp; N. G. Walsh, (1983). Vertebrate fauna of the Gippsland Lakes catchment, Victoria. Fisheries and Wildlife Division, Victoria. Occasional Paper (1): 1 - 158." type="journal article" year="1983">
Norris
<emphasis box="[785,889,3089,3130]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">et al.,</emphasis>
1983
</bibRefCitation>
) and AM
<accessionNumber box="[211,342,3135,3176]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/R57876" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">R57876</accessionNumber>
was found under stones in grass (SJ. Copland field notes), while the individual observed by Harlow was basking in a grass tussock by day.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="109" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" type="description">
<subSubSection lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="109" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="25.[1267,2256,2676,3175]" lastBlockId="26.[235,1214,414,1144]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="109" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
W. Osborne (pers. comm.) has field data on six individuals: one from Mount Blue Cow disturbed from grass cover in open shrubland of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
<taxonomicName box="[1919,2245,2860,2899]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Proteaceae" genus="Grevillea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Proteales" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="australis">Grevillea australis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName box="[1267,1646,2906,2945]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Prostanthera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cuneata">Prostanthera cuneata</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName box="[1762,2051,2906,2945]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Proteaceae" genus="Orites" kingdom="Plantae" order="Proteales" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lancifolia">
<emphasis box="[1762,2051,2906,2945]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">Orites lancifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
over
<emphasis box="[2175,2253,2906,2945]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
<taxonomicName box="[2175,2246,2906,2945]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Poa</taxonomicName>
;
</emphasis>
one from Mount Gutherie captured in a small mammal trap in open shrubland with grassy ground cover; a subadult from Etheridge Range collected in a tall alpine herbfield dominated by
<emphasis box="[1709,1788,3090,3129]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="108">
<taxonomicName box="[1709,1781,3090,3129]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="25" pageNumber="108" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Poa</taxonomicName>
;
</emphasis>
a subadult from Daner's Gap was found active, moving over sod tussock grassland with scattered emergent shrubs; a gravid female from Smiggin Holes basking on grass surface in
<taxonomicName box="[1147,1213,460,499]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1147,1213,460,499]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Poa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
grassland clearing in
<taxonomicName box="[637,908,506,546]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Bossiae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="foliosa">
<emphasis box="[637,908,506,546]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Bossiae foliosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
open shrubland, and a second animal from the same locality disturbed from within a grass tussock in
<taxonomicName box="[820,887,598,637]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[820,887,598,637]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Poa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
tussock grassland in an area disturbed by clearing of trees and taller shrubs at the edge of a ski run. On the basis of his experience, Osborne considers the preferred habitat to be open shrubland with a thick ground cover of snow grasses
<emphasis box="[236,316,828,869]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
(
<taxonomicName box="[248,316,828,869]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Poa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Poa</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
spp.). The species appears to be absent from many alpine habitats, including snow gum forest, wet heath, bog, rock outcrops or wet grassland
<emphasis box="[890,946,920,960]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">(yV.</emphasis>
Osborne, pers. comm.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="109" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="26.[235,1214,414,1144]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
Preferred body temperatures of 27.8-33.0°C (x = 31.2°C) have been reported for a single animal from Kosciusko National Park (
<bibRefCitation author="Bennett, AF &amp; H. John-Alder" box="[695,1194,1104,1144]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" pagination="57 - 64" refId="ref18754" refString="Bennett, AF. &amp; H. John-Alder, 1986. Thermal relations of some Australian skinks (Sauria: Scincidae). Copeia 1986 (1): 57 - 64." type="journal article" year="1986">Bennett &amp; John-Alder, 1986</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="26.[232,1215,1210,1617]" lastBlockId="26.[1286,2268,413,868]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
Reproduction. Of the
<specimenCount box="[635,867,1210,1249]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" type="generic">20 specimens</specimenCount>
examined, one was a neonate, three (
<collectionCode box="[536,616,1255,1295]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">SVL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[633,851,1255,1295]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.325" metricValueMax="9.75" metricValueMin="8.9" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="mm" value="93.25" valueMax="97.5" valueMin="89.0">89-97.5 mm</quantity>
) were mature males, and the remainder (
<quantity box="[592,797,1301,1341]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" metricValueMax="1.19" metricValueMin="0.8099999999999999" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="mm" value="100.0" valueMax="119.0" valueMin="81.0">81-119 mm</quantity>
; x =
<quantity box="[925,1103,1301,1341]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.029" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="mm" value="102.9">102.9 mm</quantity>
, sd = 9.51, n = 16) were mature females. The two males for which dates of collection were known were collected 9- 28 March, and had grossly enlarged, turgid testes
<quantity metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="mm" value="14.0">14 mm</quantity>
long. Of the females, 13 (
<specimenCode box="[787,1005,1485,1525]" collectionCode="SVL" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">SVL 81-119</specimenCode>
, x =
<quantity metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.019" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="mm" value="101.9">101.9 mm</quantity>
, sd = 10.32), collected 3
<collectorName box="[801,977,1531,1571]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">November</collectorName>
(n = 4), 2- 4
<collectorName box="[277,406,1577,1617]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">January</collectorName>
(n = 5), 3
<collectorName box="[644,795,1577,1617]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">February</collectorName>
(n = 2) and 2
<collectorName box="[1106,1213,1577,1617]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">March</collectorName>
(n = 2) were gravid, with 2-9 (x = 4.9, sd = 1.97) oviducal embryos, those collected in
<collectorName box="[1949,2056,459,499]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">March</collectorName>
being fully scaled and pigmented.
<collectorName box="[1733,1786,505,545]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">All</collectorName>
of the three non-gravid mature females (
<collectionCode box="[1588,1669,551,592]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">SVL</collectionCode>
<quantity box="[1693,1924,551,592]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.065" metricValueMax="1.08" metricValueMin="1.05" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="mm" value="106.5" valueMax="108.0" valueMin="105.0">105-108 mm</quantity>
) were collected in
<collectorName box="[1286,1417,597,637]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">January</collectorName>
, although two were held in captivity for varying periods before death.
<collectorName box="[1680,1752,643,683]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Two</collectorName>
gravid females collected by
<collectorName box="[1286,1491,689,729]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">W. Osborne</collectorName>
gave birth to litters of two and five young at the end of
<collectorName box="[1557,1707,736,775]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">February</collectorName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="26.[1286,2268,413,868]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">There is a positive correlation between litter size and maternal SVL (litter = 0.126SVL - 7.96; r = 0.6595').</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="26.[1286,2268,933,1203]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Sex ratio. The adult sex ratio is heavily skewed towards females (3:16; XI= 7.58'*). A similar seasonal pattern to that seen in other species was apparent, with only females found between November and 2 March, during the gestation period, and two males collected on 9 and 28 March.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="109" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="26.[1286,2269,1257,1618]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
Specimens examined. AM
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164322" accessionNumber="R57876" location="Mount Hotham" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1774,1908,1257,1296]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/R57876" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">R57876</accessionNumber>
, MV D8937,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA272D12FF6A96FAF6" name="Mount Hotham" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Mount Hotham</location>
; AM
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164306" accessionNumber="R64896" box="[1535,2106,1303,1341]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1535,1668,1303,1341]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/R64896" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">R64896</accessionNumber>
, ANWC R5127-28, MV
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164304" accessionNumber="D39130, D39132, D39134" location="Smiggin Holes" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber isEnumeration="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D39130, D39132, D39134</accessionNumber>
--37,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA29D113536891FAA7" box="[1682,1943,1349,1388]" name="Smiggin Holes" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Smiggin Holes</location>
; MV
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164305" accessionNumber="D39147" location="Three Mile Dam" municipality="Kiandra" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[2061,2204,1349,1388]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39147" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D39147</accessionNumber>
-50,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA2A4513646943FA52" box="[1286,1605,1394,1433]" municipality="Kiandra" name="Three Mile Dam" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Three Mile Dam</location>
,
<collectingMunicipality box="[1644,1780,1394,1433]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Kiandra</collectingMunicipality>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164310" accessionNumber="D39194" location="Mount Hotham Hotel" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1819,1955,1394,1433]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39194" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D39194</accessionNumber>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA288913646A64FA03" name="Mount Hotham Hotel" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Mount Hotham Hotel</location>
(top)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164309" accessionNumber="D39195" box="[1512,2260,1440,1480]" location="Mount Hotham Ski Lodges" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1512,1648,1440,1480]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D39195" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D39195</accessionNumber>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA29CF13B6676AFA03" box="[1676,2156,1440,1480]" name="Mount Hotham Ski Lodges" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Mount Hotham Ski Lodges</location>
(top)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164312" accessionNumber="D50053" box="[1286,1707,1486,1526]" location="Lankey Plain" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1286,1424,1486,1526]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D50053" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D50053</accessionNumber>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA2AF413D869ADFA3D" box="[1463,1707,1486,1526]" name="Lankey Plain" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Lankey Plain</location>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164307" accessionNumber="D56467" location="Mount Loch" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1746,1883,1486,1526]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D56467" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D56467</accessionNumber>
,
<quantity box="[1922,2056,1486,1526]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="km" value="0.7">0.7 km</quantity>
south-west
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA2A4413EA6AECF9EF" box="[1287,1514,1532,1572]" name="Mount Loch" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Mount Loch</location>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3068164314" accessionNumber="D56483" location="Mount Hotham" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" specimenCount="1">
<accessionNumber box="[1550,1686,1532,1572]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/D56483" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">D56483</accessionNumber>
,
<locationDeviation box="[1722,2079,1532,1572]" location="north Loch" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<quantity box="[1722,1852,1532,1572]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" unit="km" value="0.3">0.3 km</quantity>
north Loch
</locationDeviation>
car park,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA2A45103D691DF999" box="[1286,1563,1579,1618]" name="Mount Hotham" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Mount Hotham</location>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4660403" ID-GBIF-Taxon="180873594" ID-Zenodo-Dep="4660403" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<subSubSection box="[627,1873,1712,1751]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph blockId="26.[627,1873,1712,1751]" box="[627,1873,1712,1751]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
A key to the species of the
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" baseAuthorityYear="1839" box="[1193,1700,1712,1751]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="casuarinae">
<emphasis box="[1193,1700,1712,1751]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Cyclodomorphus casuarinae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="26" pageNumber="109" type="key">
<keyStep pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<paragraph blockId="26.[389,2115,1817,1903]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<keyLead pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
1. Tail short, subcaudals on original tails 57 or fewer; midbody scales 24 or more; Australian Alps....................................................................... C.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shea" authorityYear="1995" box="[1952,2115,1862,1903]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="praealtus">
<emphasis box="[1952,2115,1862,1903]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">praealtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="26.[384,1568,1957,2042]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<keyLead pageId="26" pageNumber="109">--Tail moderate tolong,subcaudalson onoriginal tails68ormore; TODO TODO TODO TODO TODO TODO midbodyscales usually24or fewer..........................................................................................</keyLead>
</paragraph>
</keyStep>
<keyStep pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<paragraph blockId="26.[385,2115,2096,2181]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<keyLead pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
2. Subcaudals on original tails 84 or fewer; dorsal colour pattern often complex;
<collectingRegion box="[774,936,2142,2181]" country="Australia" name="Tasmania" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Tasmania</collectingRegion>
........................................................................................C.
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" baseAuthorityYear="1839" box="[1931,2115,2143,2179]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="casuarinae">
<emphasis box="[1931,2115,2143,2179]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">casuarinae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="26.[383,2116,2235,2366]" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
<keyLead pageId="26" pageNumber="109">
--Subcaudalson original tailsusually 91or more;dorsal colour TODO TODO TODO patternusually simple, either immaculateor withdarkmargins TODO TODO TODO TODO to scales;
<collectingRegion box="[581,642,2327,2366]" country="Australia" name="Victoria" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">Victoria</collectingRegion>
orNew
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6E1687E8E131FFCA2A82154D6926F999:E3606025E13DFFCA2C7D1F016CC3F6F5" box="[830,965,2327,2366]" name="South Wales" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" stateProvince="Victoria">South Wales</location>
.................................................................
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wells &amp; Wellington" authorityYear="1984" box="[1972,2116,2326,2365]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="109" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="michaeli">
<emphasis box="[1972,2116,2326,2365]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="109">michaeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
</keyStep>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>