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137150137152 were collected in humus under a rotting log in original forest on
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(
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137153, 137154 were collected in humus under a rotting log in original forest on
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(
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. elev.).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A68E651EFF89FFAB9AC7CDC9C7195218" pageId="3" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF89FFAB9AC7CDC9C19F5314" blockId="3.[151,1437,605,2006]" pageId="3">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9AC7CDC9C45354E4" bold="true" box="[199,321,929,954]" pageId="3">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Following recent taxonomic revisions of
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9914CDC9C6B754E7" box="[788,933,929,953]" italics="true" pageId="3">Brachymeles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Siler
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB99F1CDCAC13B54E7" box="[1009,1065,929,953]" italics="true" pageId="3">et al.</emphasis>
2011; Davis
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9EBDCDCAC1E754E7" box="[1213,1269,929,953]" italics="true" pageId="3">et al.</emphasis>
2014) the new species is assigned to the
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9BBACDAEC73F5483" box="[442,557,965,989]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. bonitae</emphasis>
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Complex based on the following suite of morphological characters: (1) limbs present, (2) non-pentadactyl, (3) fore-limbs with 03 fingers. (4) hind limbs with 02 toes, (5) paravertebral scale rows ≥ 91, (6) presacral vertebrae 4753, (7) supraoculars four, (8) enlarged, differentiated nuchals present, (9) longitudinal rows of dark spots around the body absent, and (10) auricular opening absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF89FFAB9AC7CA3DC7195218" blockId="3.[151,1437,605,2006]" pageId="3">
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9AC7CA3DC71C5333" box="[199,526,1109,1133]" italics="true" pageId="3">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9816CA3DC7605330" bold="true" box="[534,626,1109,1134]" pageId="3">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body size small (SVL 66.0
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), (2) fore-limbs bidactyl, (3) hind limbs digitless, unidactyl, or bidactyl, (4) limb length short, (5) supralabials six or seven, (6) infralabials six or seven, (7) supraciliaries five, (8) supraoculars four, (9) midbody scale rows 24 or 25, (10) axillagroin scale rows 8083, (11) paravertebral scale rows 97101, (12) prefrontal contact absent, (13) frontoparietal contact present or absent, (14) enlarged chin shields in two pairs, (15) nuchals enlarged, (16) auricular opening absent, (17) presacral vertebrae 49, and (18) uniform body color (Tables 1, 2).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF89FFAC9AC7CB39C7D55789" blockId="3.[151,1437,605,2006]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,1979]" lastPageId="4" pageId="3">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9AC7CB39C47E5234" bold="true" box="[199,364,1361,1386]" pageId="3">Comparisons.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB9B73CB39C7A55237" box="[371,695,1361,1385]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dalawangdaliri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B73CB39C7A55237" box="[371,695,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="3">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98BECB39C6055234" bold="true" box="[702,791,1361,1386]" pageId="3">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9E46CB3AC1DC5237" box="[1094,1230,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. ilocandia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9EDCCB3AC0645237" box="[1244,1398,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. isangdaliri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F84CB3AC45452D3" italics="true" pageId="3">
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB9F84CB3AC45052D3" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mapalonggaon">B. mapalonggaon</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB9B81CB1EC70952D3" box="[385,539,1397,1421]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tridactylus">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B81CB1EC70952D3" box="[385,539,1397,1421]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. tridactylus</emphasis>
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by having bidactyl fore-limbs and 02 digits on the hind limbs (
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F0CCB1EC04652D3" box="[1292,1364,1398,1421]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
being digitless [
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB9B05CBF2C49C52EF" box="[261,398,1433,1457]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ilocandia">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B05CBF2C49C52EF" box="[261,398,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. ilocandia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB9B9CCBF2C77652EF" box="[412,612,1433,1457]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mapalanggaon">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B9CCBF2C77652EF" box="[412,612,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. mapalanggaon</emphasis>
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], unidactyl [
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB98F4CBF2C69C52EF" box="[756,910,1433,1457]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isangdaliri">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98F4CBF2C69C52EF" box="[756,910,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. isangdaliri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
], or tridactyl [
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9E32CBF2C1DB52EF" box="[1074,1225,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. tridactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]); from
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF89FFAB9F28CBF2C08E52EF" box="[1320,1436,1433,1457]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bonitae">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F28CBF2C08E52EF" box="[1320,1436,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. bonitae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having fewer number of presacral vertebrae (49
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98EACBD6C620528B" box="[746,818,1470,1493]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
53), fewer number of axillagroin scale rows (8083
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9A97CB8AC5CD52A7" box="[151,223,1506,1529]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
8390), fewer number of paravertebral scale rows (97101
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB99CECB8AC10752A7" box="[974,1045,1506,1529]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
103110), a greater number of infralabials (6, 7
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B5EC861C4B4517E" box="[350,422,1545,1568]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
5), and by the absence (
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98C6C861C61F517E" box="[710,781,1545,1568]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
presence) of a 3rd chin shield and fused mental; from
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F84C861C413511A" italics="true" pageId="3">B. ilocandia</emphasis>
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by having a longer fore-limb (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98E5C845C63E511A" box="[741,812,1581,1604]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
1.11.4) and hind limb length (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F1CC845C076511A" box="[1308,1380,1581,1604]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
1.6 1.9), fewer number of presacral vertebrae (49
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98ACC83CC7E65135" box="[684,756,1620,1643]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
5053), and by the absence (
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9E4BC83CC1815135" box="[1099,1171,1620,1643]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
presence) of a 3rd chin shield pair; from
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B5DC810C4EA51D1" box="[349,504,1655,1679]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. isangdaliri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a longer snoutvent length (66.0
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9E67C810C1BC51D1" box="[1127,1198,1656,1679]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
59.5), a longer forelimb length (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9BBFC8F4C71451ED" box="[447,518,1692,1715]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
1.3), a greater number of presacral vertebrae (49
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9E48C8F4C18251ED" box="[1096,1168,1692,1715]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
47), greater number of midbody scale rows (24, 25
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9BD9C8A8C7335189" box="[473,545,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
22), a greater number of axillagroin scale rows (8083
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9EA8C8A8C1E25189" box="[1192,1264,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
73), and fewer number of supraciliaries (5
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9BCFC88CC70551A5" box="[463,535,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
6); from
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9883C88CC7F351A5" box="[643,737,1763,1787]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. ligtas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a longer fore-limb length (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F1CC88CC07651A5" box="[1308,1380,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
1.2 1.4), fewer number of presacral vertebrae (49
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98A4C960C7FE5041" box="[676,748,1800,1823]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
50), a greater number of midbody scale rows (24, 25
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F54C960C0895041" box="[1364,1435,1800,1823]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
22), a greater number of axillagroin scale rows (8083
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9927C944C67C501D" box="[807,878,1836,1859]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
7476), a greater number of paravertebral scale rows (97101
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B38C93AC4925037" box="[312,384,1874,1897]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
9193), and by the absence (
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB98C8C93AC6025037" box="[712,784,1874,1897]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
presence) of a 3rd chin shield pair; from
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9ED5C93AC08E5034" box="[1237,1436,1874,1898]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. mapalanggaon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a longer fore-limb (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9890C91EC7C550D3" box="[656,727,1910,1933]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
0.81.0) and hind limb length (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9EE5C91EC03F50D3" box="[1253,1325,1910,1933]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
1.21.6), fewer number of presacral vertebrae (49
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB985DC9F2C7B650EF" box="[605,676,1946,1969]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
51), and a greater number of midbody scale rows (24, 25
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9F2BC9F2C06050EF" box="[1323,1394,1946,1969]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
22, 23); from
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB9B0DC9D6C4B4508B" box="[269,422,1981,2005]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. tridactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having a shorter hind limb length (
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF89FFAB99FAC9D6C153508B" box="[1018,1089,1982,2005]" italics="true" pageId="3">versus</emphasis>
2.63.6), a greater number of presacral vertebrae (49
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9BA2CEF1C4F857EE" box="[418,490,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4">versus</emphasis>
47), a greater number of axillagroin scale rows (8083
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9E76CEF1C1AF57EE" box="[1142,1213,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4">versus</emphasis>
7279), and by the absence (
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9B00CEA8C45A5789" box="[256,328,192,215]" italics="true" pageId="4">versus</emphasis>
presence) of a 3rd chin shield pair.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8EFFAC9AC7CE8BC465561D" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1979]" pageId="4">
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8EFFAC9AC7CE8BC71957A5" box="[199,523,227,251]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dalawangdaliri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9AC7CE8BC71957A5" box="[199,523,227,251]" italics="true" pageId="4">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9812CE8AC77957A5" bold="true" box="[530,619,226,251]" pageId="4">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from all limbless species of
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9E95CE8BC03457A5" box="[1173,1318,227,251]" italics="true" pageId="4">Brachymeles</emphasis>
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by having limbs, and from all pentadactyl species of
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by having bidactyl fore-limbs and digitless, unidactyl, or bidactyl hind limbs.
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Description of
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.
</emphasis>
Details of the head scalation are shown in
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. Adult, male, body small, slender, SVL
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; head weakly differentiated from neck, nearly as wide as body, HW 7.9% SVL, 107.3% HL; HL 37.1% SnFa; SnFa 19.7% SVL; snout narrow, sharply rounded in dorsal and lateral profile, SNL 60.2% HL; ear completely hidden by scales; eyes small, ED 17.9% HL, 40.5%
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, pupil subcircular; body slightly depressed, nearly uniform in thickness, MBW 100.0% MBH; scales smooth, glossy, imbricate; longitudinal scale rows at midbody 24; paravertebral scale rows 97; axillagroin scale rows 80; limbs short, diminutive, bluntly rounded, with digits reduced to two small digit growths on fore-limbs, single digit growth on hind limb; finger and toe lamellae absent; FLL 3.6% AGD, 2.8% SVL; HLL 3.9% AGD, 3.0% SVL; tail not as wide as body, TW 72.6% MBW, autotomized posterior to cloaca, length unavailable.
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Rostral projecting onto dorsal snout to level in line with posterior edge of nasal, roughly equal in width and height, in contact with frontonasal; frontonasal wider than long; nostril small, ovoid, in center of single trapezoidal nasal, longer axis directed posterodorsally and anteroventrally; supranasals present; postnasals absent; prefrontals moderately separated; frontal roughly hexagonal-shaped, its anterior margin in moderate contact with frontonasal, in contact with first two anterior supraoculars, 4× wider than anterior supraocular; supraoculars four; frontoparietals moderate in size, in moderate medial contact, frontoparietals in contact with supraoculars two and three; interparietal moderate in size, its length roughly equal to 2× midline length of frontoparietal, longer than wide, diamond-shaped, wider anteriorly, pineal eyespot not visible; parietals wider than frontoparietals, in moderate contact behind interparietal; head scales damaged in nuchal region; enlarged nuchals present; loreals two, anterior loreal about as long as and slightly higher than posterior loreal; preoculars two; presubocular one; supraciliaries five, the anteriormost contacting prefrontal and separating posterior loreal from first supraocular, posteriormost extending to midline edge of fourth supraocular; subocular scale row single, incomplete, in contact with supralabials; lower eyelid with one row of scales; supralabials seven, first twice the width of others, third, fourth and fifth subocular; infralabials seven (
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,
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).
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Mental wider than long, in contact with first infralabial on left side of head, fused with first infralabial on right side of head; postmental single, enlarged, its width equal to width of mental; followed by two pairs of enlarged chin shields, first pair moderately separated, second pair slightly smaller than first, broadly separated by three medial scales (
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,
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). Scales on limbs smaller than body scales.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9AC7CB72C429526D" bold="true" box="[199,315,1306,1331]" pageId="4">Variation.</emphasis>
Differences in digit number and scalation patterns were observed between the
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and
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series. The
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(CAS 137149) and three
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(CAS 137148, 137153, 137154) possessed seven supralabials and seven infralabials, with three other
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(CAS 137150137152) having six supralabials and six infralabials. Unlike the
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and majority of
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, the frontoparietal scales were observed to contact medially in two specimens (CAS 137153, 137154). Observed digit number variation included body plans with two fingers and one toe (CAS 137149 [
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], 137151, 137153, 137154), two fingers and two toes (CAS 137148, 137150), and two fingers and no toes (CAS 137152).
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9AC7C87EC7355171" bold="true" box="[199,551,1558,1583]" pageId="4">
Coloration of
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in life.
</emphasis>
Coloration in life is unrecorded; however, because
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9E6CC87FC1EF5171" box="[1132,1277,1559,1583]" italics="true" pageId="4">Brachymeles</emphasis>
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specimens do not change significantly during preservation (Siler &amp; Brown 2010;
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Siler
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC99C2C853C6E8510D" box="[962,1018,1595,1619]" italics="true" pageId="4">et al.</emphasis>
2011a
</bibRefCitation>
,
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; Davis
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9EEDC853C037510D" box="[1261,1317,1595,1619]" italics="true" pageId="4">et al.</emphasis>
2014), we suspect that the preserved coloration and patterns are much like those in life.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9AC7C8EAC78B51C5" bold="true" box="[199,665,1666,1691]" pageId="4">
Coloration of
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in preservative.
</emphasis>
The background color on the dorsal, lateral and ventral sides of the body and tail is a solid Prouts Brown (Color 47;
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). The ventral side of the head is the same solid color as the ventral side of the body (
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; Prouts Brown; Color 47;
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). On the dorsal and lateral sides of the head, a single Fuscous splotch can be seen just above each orbit (
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; Color 283;
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A68E651EFF8EFFAC9AC7C97AC19A502D" pageId="4" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8EFFAC9AC7C97AC19A502D" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1979]" pageId="4">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9AC7C97AC45C5075" bold="true" box="[199,334,1810,1835]" pageId="4">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name of the new species presented in this paper is derived from the Tagalog (Filipino) terms dalawa, meaning two, and daliri, meaning finger, referencing one of the defining characteristics of the new species, the two digits on the fore-limbs. Suggested common name: Tablas Slender Skink.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8EFFAC9AC7C916C46550E5" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1979]" pageId="4">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9AC7C916C47250C9" bold="true" box="[199,352,1918,1943]" pageId="4">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC9B66C917C7B850C9" box="[358,682,1919,1943]" italics="true" pageId="4">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8EFFAC98B1C916C61850C9" bold="true" box="[689,778,1918,1943]" pageId="4">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is known only from Tablas Island,
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Island Group,
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(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A77CCDBC0965447" blockId="5.[119,1861,691,865]" pageId="5">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8FFFAD9A77CCDBC5F65596" bold="true" box="[119,228,691,712]" pageId="5">TABLE ·.</emphasis>
Summary of meristic anđ mensural characters among species of the
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8FFFAD99A3CCDBC1675596" box="[931,1141,691,712]" italics="true" pageId="5">Brachymeles bonitae</emphasis>
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Complex. Sample size, bođy length anđ total length among males anđ females, anđ general geographical đistribution (PAIC = Pleistocene Aggregate Islanđ Complexes, sensu
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) are incluđeđ for reference (SVL, TotL, FLL, HLL given as range over mean ± stanđarđ đeviation; all bođy proportions given as percentage over mean ± stanđarđ đeviation).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8FFFAD9B23CD59C7B65418" box="[291,676,817,838]" italics="true" pageId="5">
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8FFFAD9B23CD59C47F5418" box="[291,365,817,838]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bonitae">bonitae</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8FFFAD98AACD59C7EA5418" bold="true" box="[682,760,817,838]" pageId="5">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8FFFAD9937CD59C2115418" box="[823,1795,817,838]" italics="true" pageId="5">
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8FFFAD9937CD59C6865418" box="[823,916,817,838]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ilocandia">ilocandia</taxonomicName>
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(
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, 5 f) (9 f) (1 f) (
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A7FCDEBC3C354ED" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" pageId="5">Range Luzon &amp; Polillo Tablas Islanđ Luzon &amp; Luzon Islanđ Lubang Islanđ Masbate Islanđ West Visayan islanđs Camiguin Norte PAIC</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9937CDD1C6695490" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" box="[823,891,953,974]" pageId="5">islanđs</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A7FCDB3C21C5355" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" pageId="5">SVL (f) 69.4 69.8=80.9 65.7=77.6 59.5 60.7=69.2 61.7=75.8 59.9=82.3 (73.6 ± 4.4) (73.7 ± 3.7) (65.0 ± 6.0) (67.2 ± 5.4) (71.4 ± 6.9)</paragraph>
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SVL (m) 69.7=78.4 66.0=
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/A N/A 69.4=79.6 65.1=72.7 60.7=77.6 (72.8 ± 4.8) (70.4 ± 6.3) (74.5 ± 5.1) (68.4 ± 3.9) (69.0 ± 6.0)
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9937CA01C6A55320" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" box="[823,951,1129,1150]" pageId="5">(134.1 ± 8.0)</paragraph>
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TotL (m)
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/A N/A N/A 160.6 112.6=118.6 120.9=154.1 (115.6 ± 4.3) (136.0 ± 9.8)
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A9DCAA9C3E453AF" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" pageId="5">/SVL 73 N/A 81=90 78 97=102 67=84 85=112 (85 ± 3) (99 ± 4) (78 ± 9) (95 ± 10)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A7FCA96C2135270" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" pageId="5">FLL 1.0=1.7 1.4=2.2 1.1=1.4 1.3 1.2=1.4 0.8=1.0 1.5=2.5 (1.3 ± 0.3) (1.9 ± 0.3) (1.3 ± 0.1) (1.3 ± 0.1) (0.9 ± 0.1) (2.0 ± 0.3)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A7FCB54C3CE5235" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" pageId="5">FLL/SVL 1=2 2=3 1=2 2 2=2 1=2 2=4 (2 ± 0) (3 ± 0) (2 ± 0) (2 ± 0) (1 ± 0) (3 ± 0)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8FFFAD9A7FCB10C21352F7" blockId="5.[127,1827,899,1510]" pageId="5">HLL 1.5=2.3 1.9=2.2 1.6=1.9 2.2 1.6=2.0 1.2=1.6 2.6=3.6 (1.9 ± 0.3) (2.1 ± 0.1) (1.8 ± 0.1) (1.8 ± 0.1) (1.4 ± 0.1) (3.1 ± 0.3)</paragraph>
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HLL/SVL 2=3 2=3 2=3 4 2=3 2=2 3=6 (3 ± 0) (3 ± 0) (2 ± 0) (3 ± 0) (2 ± 0) (5 ± 1)
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8CFFAE9A82CCF5C5FC55EC" bold="true" box="[130,238,669,690]" pageId="6">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Summary of meristic anđ qualitative điagnostic characters (present, absent) among species of the
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8CFFAE9ECDCCF4C08855EF" box="[1229,1434,668,689]" italics="true" pageId="6">Brachymeles bonitae</emphasis>
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Complex. The pairs of enlargeđ scales posterior to the postmental scale are abbreviateđ as chin shielđ pairs with reference to the 1st, 2nđ, anđ 3rđ pairs (when present). In cases of scale count variation within species, numbers of inđiviđuals showing specific counts are given in parentheses.
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8CFFAE9BB8CD70C6155473" box="[440,775,792,813]" italics="true" pageId="6">
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9BB8CD70C7125473" box="[440,512,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bonitae">bonitae</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9873CD70C6155473" box="[627,775,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dalawangdaliri" status="sp. nov.">dalawangdaliri</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8CFFAE990DCD71C6485470" bold="true" box="[781,858,793,814]" pageId="6">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8CFFAE9976CD70C3F05473" box="[886,1762,792,813]" italics="true" pageId="6">
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9976CD70C6C25473" box="[886,976,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ilocandia">ilocandia</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9E48CD70C1A35473" box="[1096,1201,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="isangdaliri">isangdaliri</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9F04CD70C02B5473" box="[1284,1337,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ligtas">ligtas</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9FBFCD70C35D5473" box="[1471,1615,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mapalanggaon">mapalanggaon</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8CFFAE9C7BCD70C3F05473" box="[1659,1762,792,813]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tridactylus">tridactylus</taxonomicName>
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(
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, 5 f) (9 f) (1 f) (
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, 2 f) (
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, 6 f) (
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, 9 f)
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCD1DC4CC54C7" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" pageId="6">Number of đigits (fingers/toes) 0/0 1 2/0=2 0/0 1/1 2/0 0/0 3/3 2/1 1</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCDC6C381549D" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[125,1683,942,963]" pageId="6">PSV 53 49 50=53 47 50 51 47</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCDA4C3A554BF" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[125,1719,972,993]" pageId="6">MBSR 21=24 24, 25 22=24 22 22 22, 23 22=24</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCD83C3AA535E" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[125,1720,1003,1024]" pageId="6">AGSR 83=90 80=83 80=82 73 74=76 80=84 72=79</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCA61C3955390" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" pageId="6">
PVSR 103=110 97=101 97=100 97 91=93 99=102 90=
<date id="9A2A1055FF8CFFAE9CA0CA61C76D5363" pageId="6" value="1998-06-06">98 6 6</date>
(3) 6 6 6 6 6 (13) 7 (4) 7 (8) 5 6 (3) 5 (3) 6 6 5 (8) 6 (13) 7 (4) 6 (6) 6 (1) 7 (8) 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCABFC6A95256" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" pageId="6">Prefrontal contact Absent Absent Absent or Point Absent Absent Absent Absent contact</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCB79C310521F" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" pageId="6">Frontoparietal contact Absent Present or Absent Absent Absent Present Point contact or Absent Absent</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A99CB22C2375201" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[153,1829,1354,1375]" pageId="6">chin shielđ pair contact Absent Absent Absent Absent Present or Absent Absent Present or Absent</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A9CCB01C3D35220" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[156,1729,1385,1406]" pageId="6">chin shielđ pair Present Absent Present Absent Present Present or Absent Present</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCBEFC3AD52C2" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[125,1727,1410,1436]" pageId="6">Mental/1st IFL fusion Present Absent Present or Absent Absent Absent Present or Absent Absent</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCBCEC3D352E5" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[125,1729,1446,1467]" pageId="6">Enlargeđ nuchals Present Present Present Present Present Present Present</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A7DCBACC3AD5287" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[125,1727,1476,1497]" pageId="6">Longituđinal rows of đark Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A95CBB7C5D452AA" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[149,198,1503,1524]" pageId="6">spots</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8CFFAE9A8BCB95C4B8514C" blockId="6.[125,1829,880,1554]" box="[139,426,1533,1554]" pageId="6">Observeđ for two inđiviđuals.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF8DFFAF9A97C951C78550B6" blockId="7.[151,1436,1849,2024]" pageId="7">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8DFFAF9A97C951C4075010" bold="true" box="[151,277,1849,1871]" pageId="7">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Illustration of the head of
<taxonomicName id="29944D16FF8DFFAF982FC951C6445011" box="[559,854,1849,1871]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Brachymeles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dalawangdaliri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8DFFAF982FC951C6445011" box="[559,854,1849,1871]" italics="true" pageId="7">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF8DFFAF995FC951C6A35010" bold="true" box="[863,945,1849,1870]" pageId="7">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(CAS 137149, holotype) in dorsal, lateral, and ventral views. Taxonomically diagnostic head scales are labeled as follows: C, chin shield; F, frontal; FN, frontonasal; FP, frontoparietal; IL, infralabial; IP, interparietal; L, loreal; M, mental; N, nasal; Nu, nuchal; P, parietal; PF, prefrontal; PM, postmental; PO, preocular; PSO, presubocular; R, rostral; SC, supraciliary; SL, supralabial; SN, supranasal; and SO, supraocular. Roman numerals indicate scales in the supraocular series, with Arabic numbers indicating scales in the supraciliary series. Illustrations by MLP and CDS.
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF82FFA09A97CC09C7A155C8" blockId="8.[151,1435,609,662]" pageId="8">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09A97CC09C4065528" bold="true" box="[151,276,609,631]" pageId="8">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Photograph of lateral and ventral views of head of preserved holotype of
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09E1ACC09C0525529" box="[1050,1344,609,631]" italics="true" pageId="8">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09F49CC09C0895528" bold="true" box="[1353,1435,609,630]" pageId="8">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(CAS 137149). Photographs taken by JLW and MLP.
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF82FFA09AC7CCAAC4F054D1" blockId="8.[151,1436,706,1091]" pageId="8">
<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09AC7CCAAC4955585" bold="true" box="[199,391,706,731]" pageId="8">Natural history.</emphasis>
Presumably,
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09821CCABC67A5585" box="[545,872,707,731]" italics="true" pageId="8">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09970CCAAC6D95585" bold="true" box="[880,971,706,731]" pageId="8">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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once occurred in primary growth forest; however, little to no primary forest remains on Tablas Island. This species has never been observed in high densities, a pattern consistent with many members of the
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09924CD63C68A547D" box="[804,920,779,803]" italics="true" pageId="8">B. bonitae</emphasis>
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Complex. Furthermore, no recent collections of this species have been made, with the last documented observation of
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA099E3CD58C1A35419" box="[995,1201,815,839]" italics="true" pageId="8">B. dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09EBACD46C0045419" bold="true" box="[1210,1302,814,839]" pageId="8">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in the wild occurring more than four decades ago.
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA0985BCD3BC6B35435" box="[603,929,851,875]" italics="true" pageId="8">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA099ABCD3AC1145435" bold="true" box="[939,1030,850,875]" pageId="8">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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may be found in sympatry with
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09F84CD3BC5CF54D1" italics="true" pageId="8">B. talinis</emphasis>
(Siler &amp; Brown 2010)
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.
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<paragraph id="EE2B3695FF82FFA09AC7CDF2C4FC531D" blockId="8.[151,1436,706,1091]" pageId="8">
Little is known about the ecology and distribution of
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09929CDF3C17D54ED" box="[809,1135,923,947]" italics="true" pageId="8">Brachymeles dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09E77CDF2C1C054ED" bold="true" box="[1143,1234,922,947]" pageId="8">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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on Tablas Island. However, this species is endemic to an island with complete or near complete deforestation and no recent observations of wild populations. Therefore, in evaluating
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA09927CD8BC6E154A5" box="[807,1011,995,1019]" italics="true" pageId="8">B. dalawangdaliri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DCE0EA87FF82FFA099FACD8AC14654A5" bold="true" box="[1018,1108,994,1019]" pageId="8">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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against the IUCN criteria for classification, we find that it qualifies for the status of Vulnerable (VU) based on the following criteria: VU B2ab(iii,iv); D2 (IUCN 2015).
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