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1854
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FEDDFA6C2FF19380" box="[217,405,1419,1442]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Euprepis striatus</emphasis>
Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.
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, p. 98.
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locality: „
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“ (sic; corrected by
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to
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).
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1883
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(
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)
<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FFA5FA2C2F9793C0" box="[417,499,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">elegans</emphasis>
Fischer, Jahresber. Naturhist. Mus. Hamb.
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116, fig. ixv.
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locality:
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. 1884
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FED7FA0C2FF39020" box="[211,407,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Euprepes leoninus</emphasis>
Fischer, Abh. Geb. Naturw.
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, 8 (2): 4351.
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locality:
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.
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<typeStatus id="54AE7DFC6946B818FEC2F9D62F4F9069" box="[198,299,1585,1611]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="syntype">Syntype</typeStatus>
: ANSP 9535
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, leg. Ford, 1854
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<typeStatus id="54AE7DFC6946B818FEC2F9BF2F4F9050" box="[198,299,1624,1650]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="syntype">Syntype</typeStatus>
: ANSP 9536
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, leg. Ford, 1854
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FEC2F9992F2C90BA" bold="true" box="[198,328,1662,1688]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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is distinguishable from the other taxa of the genus
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FA18F9982AD490BA" box="[1052,1200,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Lepidothyris</emphasis>
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by different aspects in morphology and colouration:
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FEC1F92B2F5790C7" box="[197,307,1740,1765]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. hinkeli</emphasis>
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is smaller in size and also has an ear opening with two lobule scales.
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FA5EF92B2AAC90C7" box="[1114,1224,1740,1765]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. hinkeli</emphasis>
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has 34 to 38 scale rows around midbody instead of
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; longitudinal ventral scales differs from
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instead of
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, colouration of the throat is speckled black instead of the pure white throat of
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FF06F8A72F15917B" box="[258,369,1856,1881]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. hinkeli</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FEC1F8802F2391A2" box="[197,327,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. fernandi</emphasis>
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has the same size but lobule scales as in
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FD2DF8802DFB91A2" box="[809,927,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. striatus</emphasis>
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are lacking.
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FA33F8802ADD91A2" box="[1079,1209,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">L. fernandi</emphasis>
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has 31 to 34 scales rows around midbody and 56 to 67 longitudinal ventral scales.
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6946B818FEC1F8542F0D91EF" bold="true" box="[197,361,1971,1997]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Colouration.</emphasis>
Both taxa differ in colouration from
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: both have distinct lateral dark bars and stripes, which are lacking in
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, who is speckled black, red and white. The belly of both
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and
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FE93FF7F2F759693" box="[151,273,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. striatus</emphasis>
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is white, and only more or less white in
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FD04FF7F2DE29693" box="[768,902,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. fernandi</emphasis>
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, who shows consistently pale red stripes;
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FB80FF7F2E9F96FA" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. fernandi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FF37FF582FCE96FA" box="[307,426,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. striatus</emphasis>
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have a throat speckled with darker spots,
<taxonomicName id="4C15B8DD6959B807FD92FF582A6196FA" box="[918,1029,191,216]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lepidothyris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hinkeli">
<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FD92FF582A6196FA" box="[918,1029,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. hinkeli</emphasis>
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has a pure white throat.
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<paragraph id="8BAAC35E6959B807FE93FA012AAB9002" blockId="16.[151,1436,1510,1568]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FE93FA012F7B93DC" bold="true" box="[151,287,1510,1534]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">FIGURE 11</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FF29FA012C6F93DF" box="[301,523,1510,1533]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Lepidothyris striatus</emphasis>
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, above an adult specimen from Gamba region, Gabon, Photo by W. Branch; below a juvenile specimen from Gamba, OgoouéMaritime Province, southwestern Gabon, Photo by E. Tobi.
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FEC1F9B52F259049" box="[197,321,1618,1643]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. striatus</emphasis>
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has the following combination of characters: body long and bulky; head short but high and bulky, not well set off against the body, scales on head smooth; nostrils positioned laterally; ear opening with two lobule scales; dorsal scales with three strong keels, lateral scales weaker keeled with three keels, ventral scales smooth; limbs are short but strong; tail strong and not compressed, tail scales with three keels.
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<paragraph id="8BAAC35E6959B807FEC1F90B2DCC9159" blockId="16.[151,1436,1618,1992]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FEC1F90B2FDC9124" bold="true" box="[197,440,1772,1798]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Colouration in life:</emphasis>
dorsal and lateral parts of the body speckled red, black and white, front part of the body and lateral sides of the head predominantly red, lateral parts of the body and tail predominantly black in colour; upper side of the extremities dark red to black, underside white to cream; belly ground coloured white to cream with chestnut brown to dark red pale stripes on the throat.
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<paragraph id="8BAAC35E6959B807FEC1F8602EA891EA" blockId="16.[151,1436,1618,1992]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FEC1F8602E9B9183" bold="true" box="[197,255,1927,1953]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Size.</emphasis>
In average
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<emphasis id="B9611F4C6959B807FF8AF86F2C6C9183" box="[398,520,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. striatus</emphasis>
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reaches a SVL of 155.6 with a maximum of 166.5 and a minimum of 137.0 mm.
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