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Table 1 in Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus) endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos with a key to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus
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Table 1. Definitions of, and abbreviations used for, measurements, mensural ratios, and scale counts.
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| Measurements | |
| A | Head length from snout to anterior dorsal margin of tympanum |
| B | Head width at maximum span of postorbital arch |
| C | Head depth at midpoint of orbit |
| D | Head–neck length from tip of snout to gular fold |
| E | Body length from gular fold to cloaca |
| F | Tail length from cloaca to tip of tail |
| G | Facial length from centre of nostril to anterior margin of orbit |
| H | Snout length from tip of snout to centre of nostril |
| TL | Total length |
| SVL | Snout to vent length |
| Mensural ratios | |
| 1 | Relative tail to body length – F/ SVL |
| 10 | Relative head length to head width – A/B |
| 11 | Relative head length to head height – A/C |
| Scale counts | |
| S | Midbody scale rows |
| XY | Dorsal scale rows from posterior margin of tympanic recess to anterior margin of hind limbs |
| T | Rows of ventral scales from gular fold to anterior margin of hind limbs |
| X | Rows of dorsal scales from posterior margin of tympanic recess to gular fold |
| m | Scales around neck at anterior margin of gular fold |
| N | Rows of ventral scales from tip of snout to gular fold |
| P | Scales from rictus to rictus across dorsum of head |
| Q | Scales around tail base |
| R | Scales around tail counted at 1/3 of tail length from the base |
| DOR | Number of dorsal scale rows from the last occipital scale to a point dorsal to the posterior margin of the cloaca |
| VEN | Ventral scales from the gular fold to the anterior margin of the cloaca |
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Published as part of Weijola, Valter & Kraus, Fred, 2023, Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus) endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos with a key to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus, pp. 950 in Journal of Natural History 57 (13 - 16) on page 950, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2218574, http://zenodo.org/record/8221626
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- Journal article: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2218574 (DOI)
- Journal article: urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FFD6FF8E9616FFAF5A44FFFCFFF4FFA9 (LSID)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD6FF8E9616FFAF5A44FFFCFFF4FFA9 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/8221626 (URL)