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<emphasis id="B96EEAD925154340856AF8F366DDF8E3" bold="true" box="[267,473,1838,1864]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="61">Tiliqua maculata</emphasis>
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, and designation of a
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described
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92515434085D5F8A56580F83A" box="[436,644,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="61">Tiliqua maculata</emphasis>
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from
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,
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. Since its original description, various authors (
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A2515434085B4F8436597F813" author="Travassos" box="[469,659,1950,1976]" pageId="14" pageNumber="65" refString="Travassos, H. (1946) Estudo da variacao de Mabuya punctata (Gray, 1839). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Zoologia, 60: 1 - 56." type="journal article" year="1946">Travassos 1946</bibRefCitation>
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,
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) considered it as synonymous with
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92515434080F5F8436291F81C" box="[1172,1429,1950,1975]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="61">Trachylepis atlantica</emphasis>
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. Recently, Mausfeld & Vrcibradic (2002) examined two
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(NHM 1946.8.18.5–6) and strongly suspected that
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341852CFF4566D9FF1A" box="[333,477,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
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is a species distinct from
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418740FF4564A9FF1A" box="[801,941,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. atlantica</emphasis>
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. Comparing the two species, they noted differences in number of dorsal keels, midbody scales, dorsals, ventrals and subdigital lamellae under Finger IV and Toe IV. These authors also concluded that, “
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the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434180F2FF3867F0FE8E" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">should be considered dubious</emphasis>
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” as “
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some other specimens of lizards and snakes from ‘Demerara’ collected by Capt. Sabine turned out to be restricted to certain Caribbean islands such as
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and
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<collectingCountry id="F30D765B25144341800AFEEF63F9FEE0" box="[1131,1277,306,331]" name="Saint Lucia" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Santa Lucia</collectingCountry>
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(Underwood 1993),
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</emphasis>
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” and, consequently, “
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418593FE84648BFED9" box="[498,911,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
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it is likely that the
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locality of
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341806DFE84623AFED9" box="[1036,1342,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
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is
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or
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<collectingCountry id="F30D765B2514434180A0FE84623FFED9" box="[1217,1339,345,370]" name="Barbados" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Barbados</collectingCountry>
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.
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” These author also speculated that
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434185B7FE5D6564FE32" box="[470,608,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
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might be synonymous with
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<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434187CDFE5D639CFE32" box="[940,1176,384,409]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="falconensis">
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434187CDFE5D639CFE32" box="[940,1176,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya falconensis</emphasis>
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.
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When
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reconsidered the status of Gray’s names, he designated a
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of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434184F6FE106653FE4D" box="[151,343,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Tiliqua punctata</emphasis>
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. Regrettably, this author did not reference the specimen by its museum number stating only,
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434181ECFE106691FD98" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
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« aproveito a oportunidade para designar o exemplar macho, com
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depositado no Museu Británico como lectótipo […]».
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This imprecise text misled some subsequent authors such as
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to conclude that a
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of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418518FD9C6502FDF1" box="[377,518,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
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had been chosen. The measurement
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used to reference the specimen is its head length as indicated in the table he presents on page 207. The head measurement corresponds to the larger
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; thus
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designate NHM 1946.8.27.47 as the
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of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434184F6FD686653FD65" box="[151,343,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Tiliqua punctata</emphasis>
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Gray. He
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did not designate a
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of
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<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418721FD6864C3FD65" box="[832,967,693,718]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418721FD6864C3FD65" box="[832,967,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which he considered synonymous with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434184F6FD01661EFD5E" box="[151,282,732,757]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434184F6FD01661EFD5E" box="[151,282,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. punctata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA536CB2514434184A4FCDF67FBFB34" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1802]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
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||
During this study, we examined two of the three
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A18869251443418763FCDF6444FCB7" box="[770,832,770,796]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">types</typeStatus>
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of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418706FCDF632AFCB0" box="[871,1070,770,795]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418706FCDF632AFCB0" box="[871,1070,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Tiliqua maculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
: NHM 1946.8.18.6 (one of the two NHM
|
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<typeStatus id="54A1886925144341857AFCF4665FFCE8" box="[283,347,809,835]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">types</typeStatus>
|
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examined by Mausfeld & Vrcibradic, 2002) and MNHN 2932 (a third
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A188692514434180DFFCF463F6FCE8" box="[1214,1266,809,835]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">type</typeStatus>
|
||
housed at the MNHN) and compared them to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418679FC8D6413FCC2" box="[536,791,848,873]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atlantica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418679FC8D6413FCC2" box="[536,791,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Trachylepis atlantica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418747FC8D6313FCC2" box="[806,1047,848,873]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="falconensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418747FC8D6313FCC2" box="[806,1047,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya falconensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and various species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825144341815AFC8D6299FCC2" box="[1339,1437,848,873]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341815AFC8D6299FCC2" box="[1339,1437,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the Caribbean (Appendix II). Both specimens are in a very poor state of preservation, a fact noted by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A2514434184F6FC406676FC1C" author="Boulenger" box="[151,370,925,951]" pageId="15" pageNumber="63" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1887) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History), Vol. III, second edition. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 575 p." type="book" year="1887">Boulenger (1887)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. Fortunately,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251443418678FC4065D0FC1C" author="Bocourt" box="[537,724,925,951]" pageId="15" pageNumber="63" refString="Bocourt, M. - F. (1879) Etudes sur les Reptiles. In: Dumeril, A. H. A., Bocourt M. - F. & Mocquard, F. (1870 - 1909): Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques, 3 eme partie, Texte: 360 - 440." type="book chapter" year="1879">Bocourt (1879)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
illustrated and redescribed MNHN 2932 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13212A4E2514434180BBFC406220FC1C" box="[1242,1316,925,951]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1733,1757]" captionTargetBox="[265,1322,194,1708]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[265,1322,194,1710]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 7. Lectotype (MNHN 2932) of Trachylepis maculata as illustrated by Bocourt (1879, Plate XXII C)" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185820/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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||
). For this reason, it seems appropriate to designate this specimen as the
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341870DFC1E64D8FC76" bold="true" box="[876,988,963,989]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A1886925144341870DFC1E64D8FC76" box="[876,988,963,989]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418062FC19620AFC75" authority="Gray" authorityName="Gray" box="[1027,1294,964,990]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418062FC1963CEFC76" box="[1027,1226,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Tiliqua maculata</emphasis>
|
||
Gray
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, even if it is in a very poor state. The lecotype has 7 supralabials, the fifth below the eye, 15/15 lamellae under the fourth finger, 20/20 lamellae under the fourth toe, 37 ventrals, 58 dorsals, 32 scales around midbody, a pair of primary nuchals (secondary nuchals absent), and 5/5 supraciliaries. To avoid damaging this delicate specimen, we did not measure it, however
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A251443418672FB8365C6FBD3" author="Brygoo" box="[531,706,1118,1144]" pageId="15" pageNumber="63" refString="Brygoo, E. R. (1985) Les types de Scincides (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Catalogue critique. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 4, 7, Section A 3, 1 - 126." type="journal article" year="1985">Brygoo (1985)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
reported that it has a SVL of
|
||
<quantity id="4CE29B2E251443418045FB836383FBD3" box="[1060,1159,1118,1144]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.19" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="mm" value="219.0">219 mm</quantity>
|
||
and an incomplete tail,
|
||
<quantity id="4CE29B2E2514434184F6FB5867F8FB34" box="[151,252,1157,1183]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="mm" value="125.0">125 mm</quantity>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA536CB2514434184A4FB7167E7F8A1" blockId="15.[151,1437,152,1802]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
|
||
Although number of dorsals at midbody falls within the range of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434187B8FB71633FFB6E" box="[985,1083,1196,1221]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434187B8FB71633FFB6E" box="[985,1083,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, Gray’s species has auricular lobules and heavily keeled dorsals. Contact between the third supraocular and frontal also excludes
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418126FB0E660CFAB9" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Tiliqua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418126FB0E660CFAB9" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Tiliqua maculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418532FB2466B2FAB9" box="[339,438,1273,1298]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418532FB2466B2FAB9" box="[339,438,1273,1298]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A18869251443418674FB24655CFAB8" box="[533,600,1273,1299]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">types</typeStatus>
|
||
, these scales narrowly contact one another (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13212A4E251443418013FB2463BFFAB8" box="[1138,1211,1273,1299]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="13.[151,259,1797,1821]" captionTargetBox="[234,1363,197,1781]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[234,1368,194,1784]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 6. Cephalic morphology of Mabuya sensu lato, showing diagnostic features of supraocular and frontal contact in M. bistriata (a, MPEG 14561), M. mabouya (b, Holotype MNHN 5421), Eutropis multifasciata (c, representing the Asian clade, redrawn from Boulenger 1890: 181), Trachylepis tschudii (d, Holotype MHNN 91.2426) and T. maculata (e, NHM 1946.8. 18.6, and f, lectotype, MNHN 2932, redrawn from Bocourt 1879), T. atlantica (g, MNR 1175, redrawn from Travassos, 1946: plate III, fig. 5), Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (h, RMNH 17427 b, redrawn from Hoogmoed, 1974: 48), and Chioninia stangeri (i, syntype NHM 1946.8.2). Numbered scales are the most posterior supraoculars contacting the frontal (F) and frontoparietals (FP)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185819/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
e, f), whereas they never contact one another in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418588FAFD654DFA92" box="[489,585,1312,1337]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418588FAFD654DFA92" box="[489,585,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. On the other hand, this suite of characters allies Gray’s species with the Afro-Malagasy radiation and we formally transfer it to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418722FA9A64D6FACB" box="[835,978,1351,1376]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418722FA9A64D6FACB" box="[835,978,1351,1376]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Trachylepis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825144341879DFA9A6264FACB" authority="Gray" authorityName="Gray" box="[1020,1376,1350,1376]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341879DFA9A6202FACB" box="[1020,1286,1351,1376]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Trachylepis maculata</emphasis>
|
||
(Gray)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418109FA9B663EFA2C" bold="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57A2251443418109FA9B6637FA2C" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">new combination</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
This same suite of characters serves to distinguish
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434187EFFAB06311FA2D" box="[910,1045,1389,1414]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434187EFFAB06311FA2D" box="[910,1045,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825144341803FFAB0624CFA2D" box="[1118,1352,1389,1414]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Mabuya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="falconensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341803FFAB0624CFA2D" box="[1118,1352,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mabuya falconensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and its congeners from both the Caribbean and mainland Neotropics. We agree completely with Mausfeld & Vrcibradic (2002) that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434185CAFA66653CFA7F" box="[427,568,1467,1492]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434185CAFA66653CFA7F" box="[427,568,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a species distinct from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D48251443418714FA6664F9FA7F" box="[885,1021,1467,1492]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atlantica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD9251443418714FA6664F9FA7F" box="[885,1021,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. atlantica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, we do not know if it is synonymous with a species from the Afro-Malagasy region or if it actually once occurred in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30D765B251443418166FA3C626DFA50" box="[1287,1385,1505,1531]" name="Guyana" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Guyana</collectingCountry>
|
||
. We often think of exotic species as a 20–21st century problem. It is certainly possible that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434180B2F9D56266F98A" box="[1235,1378,1544,1569]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434180B2F9D56266F98A" box="[1235,1378,1544,1569]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was accidentally introduced to the port of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F30D765B251443418632F9F365C3F9E3" box="[595,711,1582,1608]" name="Guyana" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Demerara</collectingCountry>
|
||
during the transatlantic slave trade period and has since gone extinct. Both
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25144341855BF988652BF9C4" author="Bocourt" box="[314,559,1621,1647]" pageId="15" pageNumber="63" refString="Bocourt, M. - F. (1879) Etudes sur les Reptiles. In: Dumeril, A. H. A., Bocourt M. - F. & Mocquard, F. (1870 - 1909): Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques, 3 eme partie, Texte: 360 - 440." type="book chapter" year="1879">Bocourt (1879: 412)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25144341860BF988631FF9C4" box="[618,1051,1621,1647]" pageId="15" pageNumber="63" refString="Dumeril C. A. M. & Dumeril, A. (1851) Catalogue methodique de la collection des Reptiles. Gide et Baudry editeurs, Paris, 224 p." type="book">Duméril (Duméril & Duméril 1851)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
argued that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D482514434180D0F9886238F9C5" box="[1201,1340,1621,1646]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434180D0F9886238F9C5" box="[1201,1340,1621,1646]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. maculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to the African species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D4825144341866FF9A165A8F93E" box="[526,684,1660,1685]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Trachylepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perrotettii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD925144341866FF9A165A8F93E" box="[526,684,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">T. perrotettii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
: «
|
||
<emphasis id="B96EEAD92514434186B5F9A16211F949" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Nous trouvons parfaitement juste l’appréciation suivante donnée par M. Aug. Duméril (Cat. Méth. 1851, p. 159): « C’est avec l’Euprépis de Perrottet, originaire de la côte occidentale d’Afrique, que cette espèce a le plus de rapport par l’ensemble de ses caractères</emphasis>
|
||
» (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B3A25144341815AF91467D2F8A1" author="Bocourt" pageId="15" pageNumber="63" refString="Bocourt, M. - F. (1879) Etudes sur les Reptiles. In: Dumeril, A. H. A., Bocourt M. - F. & Mocquard, F. (1870 - 1909): Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques, 3 eme partie, Texte: 360 - 440." type="book chapter" year="1879">Bocourt 1879</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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