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Table 1 in 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nubeoscincus (Clade I) | |||||||||
| 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) |
| N. stellaris | 1 | 1 | 50.9 | 28.7% | 36.2% | 36 | 75 | 14 | 2 |
| Prasinohaema (Clade II) | |||||||||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Lobulia (Clade III) | |||||||||
| Lo. brongersmai | 1 | 1 | 48.7 | 43.2% | 49.7% | 30 | 51 | 22 | 4 |
| Lo. elegans | 1 | 1 | 55.7 | 34.5% | 44.6% | 31 | 55 | 19 | 3 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Lobulia sp. Muller | 1 | 1 | 57.2 | 41.3% | 48.6% | 35 | 63 | 21 | 3 |
| Range | |||||||||
| 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) |
| Palaia (Clade IV) | |||||||||
| 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) |
| Papuascincus (Clade V) | |||||||||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Pap. stanleyanus | 1 | 1 | 57.9 | 31.4% | 42.9% | 31 | 64 | 23 | 11 |
| Alpinoscincus (Clade VI) | |||||||||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Ornithuroscincus (Clade VII) | |||||||||
| O. bengaun | 1 | 1 | 48.2 | 36.3% | 47.3% | 30 | 55 | 20 | 6 |
| O. inornatus | 1 | 1 | 47.9 | 32.7% | 41.2% | 35 | 51 | 21 | 3 |
| O. noctua Morobe 1 | 1 | 1 | 29.4 | 31.9% | 41.7% | 24 | 49 | 23 | 6 |
Notes
Published as part of Slavenko, Alex, Tamar, Karin, Tallowin, Oliver J S, Kraus, Fred, Allison, Allen, Carranza, Salvador & Meiri, Shai, 2022, Revision of the montane New Guinean skink genus Lobulia (Squamata: Scincidae), with the description of four new genera and nine new species, pp. 229 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (1) on page 229, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052, http://zenodo.org/record/6530695
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