Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species
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Slavenko, Alex
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Tamar, Karin
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Tallowin, Oliver J S
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Kraus, Fred
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Allison, Allen
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Carranza, Salvador
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Meiri, Shai
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2022-05-01
195
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220
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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/195/1/220/6365875
journal article
305183
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052
5d568649-8c5b-44f0-b551-a6f53e38ecea
0024-4082
6530695
Table 1. Ranges of morphometrics and meristics for specimens of species treated in this study (mean values in parentheses). Only adult specimens were examined for morphometric measurements, but juveniles were included for meristics| Species | N (adult) | N (total) | SVL (mm) | Forelimb length (% of SVL) | Hindlimb length (% of SVL) | Midbody scale rows | Paravertebrals | Subdigital lamellae | Single supradigital scales |
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| Nubeoscincus (Clade I) |
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| N. glacialis | 5 | 5 | 47.4–58.0 (52.4) | 32.2–34.4% (33.1%) | 34.6–38.6% (37.1%) | 34–36 (34.6) | 66–70 (67.6) | 13–16 (14.8) | 2–3 (2.4) |
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| N. stellaris | 1 | 1 | 50.9 | 28.7% | 36.2% | 36 | 75 | 14 | 2 |
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| Prasinohaema (Clade II) |
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| Pr. flavipes | 2 | 2 | 59.7–85.3 (72.5) | 30.1–30.4% (30.3%) | 33.5–34.1% (33.8%) | 38–39 (38.5) | 66–69 (67.5) | 17–20 (18.5) | 3–4 (3.5) |
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| Pr. prehensicauda | 2 | 2 | 57.2–64.5 (60.9) | 27.7–31.4% (29.5%) | 29.9–33.3% (31.6%) | 38–45 (41.5) | 70–92 (81) | 17–18 (17.5) | 3–4 (3.5) |
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| Lobulia (Clade III) |
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| Lo. brongersmai | 1 | 1 | 48.7 | 43.2% | 49.7% | 30 | 51 | 22 | 4 |
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| Lo. elegans | 1 | 1 | 55.7 | 34.5% | 44.6% | 31 | 55 | 19 | 3 |
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| Lo. fortis | 21 | 29 | 45.7–60.5 (53.6) | 40.6–47.6% (43.3%) | 46.0–54.8% (50.2%) | 34–37 (35.3) | 55–65 (58.9) | 20–25 (22.9) | 3–5 (3.5) |
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| Lo. huonensis | 17 | 19 | 45.2–63.9 (54.0) | 37.7–43.6% (42.1%) | 46.1–51.9% (49.8%) | 33–38 (36.2) | 59–68 (62.7) | 19–25 (21.3) | 3–4 (3.1) |
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| Lo. lobulus | 5 | 10 | 42.5–55.8 (52.2) | 32.9–41.6% (39.6%) | 42.0–51.5% (47.7%) | 32–40 (35.3) | 54–61 (57.7) | 19–24 (21) | 3–7 (4) |
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| Lo. marmorata | 29 | 33 | 41.9–56.9 (48.1) | 36.8–47.0% (42.4%) | 44.1–53.4% (47.5%) | 30–34 (31.5) | 46–56 (51.2) | 20–25 (22.5) | 3–4 (3.2) |
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| Lobulia sp. Muller | 1 | 1 | 57.2 | 41.3% | 48.6% | 35 | 63 | 21 | 3 |
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| Range | | | | | | | | | |
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| Lo. vogelkopensis | 3 | 3 | 56–58.3 (57.4) | 35.7–41.3% (37.7%) | 41.6–47.8% (45.0%) | 34–36 (35.0) | 69–77 (72.7) | 19–23 (21) | 3–4 (3.3) |
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| Palaia (Clade IV) |
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| Pal. pulchra | 8 | 8 | 37.3–41.2 (39.2) | 29.9–34.4% (32.0%) | 36.7–43.8% (40.5%) | 23–25 (23.9) | 42–48 (44.3) | 19–21 (20.0) | 7–8 (7.6) |
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| Papuascincus (Clade V) |
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| Lineage I | 154 | 198 | 41.2–56.7 (50.4) | 28.1–37.1% (32.9%) | 36.8–46.1% (41.3%) | 25–43 (29.9) | 46–71 (60.1) | 19–28 (23.3) | 3–13 (9.1) |
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| Lineage II | 13 | 13 | 36.6–48.1 (45.0) | 28.1–35.5% (31.8%) | 38.3–45.4% (42.2%) | 26–32 (29.8) | 52–58 (54.2) | 24–29 (25.7) | 10–13 (11.5) |
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| Lineage III | 95 | 112 | 36.3–57.9 (47.0) | 25.1–36.8% (31.8%) | 33.6–47.4% (41.3%) | 24–36 (28.2) | 45–67 (52.3) | 15–26 (22.2) | 7–15 (11.9) |
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| Lineage IV | 83 | 136 | 44.4–63.7 (55.9) | 27.8–38.6% (32.9%) | 38.8–48.8% (43.2%) | 24–41 (30.4) | 57–76 (66.0) | 18–27 (22.8) | 7–14 (11.0) |
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| Lineage V | 66 | 79 | 42.6–52.9 (48.8) | 27.9–35.9% (32.1%) | 34.8–46% (40.1%) | 26–42 (29.0) | 50–64 (55.1) | 19–24 (21.3) | 8–14 (11.7) |
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| Lineage VI | 25 | 28 | 51.6–65.3 (60.5) | 29.4–36.3% (33.6%) | 37.4–46.5% (41.5%) | 29–42 (32.7) | 59–72 (65.6) | 21–27 (24.1) | 8–14 (10.8) |
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| Lineage VII | 23 | 44 | 45.3–62.6 (56.7) | 31.2–37.8% (34.7%) | 38.3–46.5% (44.0%) | 28–35 (30.2) | 55–69 (60.7) | 21–28 (23.8) | 8–12 (9.9) |
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| Lineage VIII | 90 | 128 | 45.3–67.8 (58.6) | 29.1–38.9% (34.8%) | 39.2–49.6% (44.0%) | 28–38 (32.9) | 58–79 (68.1) | 21–29 (25.1) | 6–14 (10.5) |
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| Lineage IX | 35 | 40 | 43.2–65.6 (59.8) | 30.3–36.8% (33.9%) | 39.5–47.3% (44.1%) | 31–51 (35.4) | 67–83 (73.6) | 21–26 (24.1) | 8–11 (9.5) |
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| Pap. morokanus | 2 | 2 | 42.9–45.6 (44.2) | 29.1–30.8% (29.9%) | 39.1–41.7% (40.4%) | 28–29 (28.5) | 44–50 (47.0) | 23–24 (23.5) | 6–7 (6.5) |
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| Pap. stanleyanus | 1 | 1 | 57.9 | 31.4% | 42.9% | 31 | 64 | 23 | 11 |
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| Alpinoscincus (Clade VI) |
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| A. alpinus | 9 | 10 | 46.1–64.7 (56.5) | 27.0–38.0% (33.2%) | 31.7–46.1% (41.0%) | 37–51 (44.6) | 70–89 78.9) | 12–19 (15.7) | 4–9 (6.5) |
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| A. subalpinus | 37 | 43 | 46.5–72.7 (58.2) | 30.0–39.8% (35.7%) | 40.4–48.7% (44.4%) | 35–44 (38.4) | 64–84 (74.9) | 18–23 (19.2) | 3–10 (5.7) |
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| Ornithuroscincus (Clade VII) |
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| O. bengaun | 1 | 1 | 48.2 | 36.3% | 47.3% | 30 | 55 | 20 | 6 |
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| O. inornatus | 1 | 1 | 47.9 | 32.7% | 41.2% | 35 | 51 | 21 | 3 |
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| O. noctua Morobe 1 | 1 | 1 | 29.4 | 31.9% | 41.7% | 24 | 49 | 23 | 6 |
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