The unexpected gecko: A new cryptic species within Urocotyledon inexpectata (Stejneger, 1893) from the northern granitic Seychelles
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Lobón-Rovira, Javier
Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099 - 002 Porto, Portugal. & BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485 - 661 Vairão, Portugal. Phylogenomics Lab, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, España.
Author
Rocha, Sara
Author
Gower, David J.
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, UK. & Island Biodiversity and Conservation Centre, University of Seychelles, Mahé, Seychelles.
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Perera, Ana
0000-0002-7466-4753
annapereraleg @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7466 - 4753
annapereraleg@gmail.com
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Harris, D. James
0000-0001-5144-2421
james @ cibio. up. pt; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5144 - 2421
james@cibio.up.pt
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-06-09
5150
4
556
578
journal article
71411
10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.5
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1175-5326
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TABLE 2. Scales, lamellae and tooth loci accounts of holotype and paratypes of U. norzilensis sp. nov., and holotype and additional material of U. inexpectata used for the osteological and meristic analysis.| Species | U. inexpectata | U. inexpectata | U. inexpectata | U. norzilensis sp. nov. | U. norzilensis sp. nov. | U. norzilensis sp. nov. | U. norzilensis sp. nov. | U. norzilensis sp. nov. |
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| Specimen | USNM 20433 | BMNH 1907.10.15.6 | BMNH 1907.10.15.7 | BMNH 1987.1388 | BMNH 1987.1389 | BMNH 1907.10.15.31 | BMNH 1987.1391 | BMNH 1987.1392 |
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| Skull length (mm) | – | 6.01 | 7.94 | 9.06 | 9.14 | 9.29 | 7.97 | 9.04 |
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| Scales around the nares | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| Internasal scales | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| Post-cloacal (tail) spurs | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| Supralabials (right/left) | 12/12 | 12/10 | 11/11 | 12/10 | 10/10 | 11/10 | 10/10 | 12/12 |
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| Infralabials (right/left) | 11/10 | 11/11 | 10/10 | 12/12 | 12/12 | 10/11 | 11/11 | 11/12 |
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| Maxillary Tooth Loci (right/left) | – | 27/27 | 27/26 | 30/29 | 31/31 | 31/31 | 30/31 | 31/31 |
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| Dentary Tooth Loci (right/left) | – | 27/27 | 27/27 | 30/30 | 30/30 | 30/30 | 30/30 | 30/30 |
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| Premaxilla Tooth Loci | – | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
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| Scales between eye and naris (right/left) | 15/14 | 15/16 | 15/16 | 17/17 | 15/14 | 15/16 | 16/16 | 16/16 |
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| Lamellae under 1st finger* | – | 4–5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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| Lamellae under 2nd finger* | – | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| Lamellae under 3rd finger* | – | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
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| Lamellae under 4th finger* | – | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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| Lamellae under 5th finger* | – | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
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| Lamellae under 1st toe* | – | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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| Lamellae under 2nd toe* | – | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
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| Lamellae under 3rd toe* | – | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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| Lamellae under 4th toe* | – | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| Lamellae under 5th toe* | – | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
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