TABLE 6. Meristic, mensural (mm), proportional value, and character data from the type series of W. korowai sp. nov. (n = 4). Data (mean ± standard deviation, range in parentheses below) for all examined W. korowai sp. nov. specimens (type series and two additional in-life examined specimens) and geographically close and genetically closely related congeners (W. maculata, n = 26 and W. “Mt Arthur”, n = 4). Abbreviations are listed in the Materials and methods. Key: ND = no data, na = not applicable. Individuals with regenerated tails were excluded from pooled (mean) data for TL, TW, and TH characters. Bold text indicates characters with statistical significance among the three taxa.
Woodworthia korowai sp. nov. W. maculata (n = 26) W. “Mt Arthur” (n = 4)
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Holotype Paratypes All examined W. korowai sp. nov. (n = 6, including in- life specimens)
AWMM LH2445 AWMM LH4069 AWMM LH4067 AWMM LH4068
Sex f m f m
Mensural
SVL 57.4 55.8 47.0 68.0 58.7 (± 6.52) (47.0–68.0) 62.1 (± 6.67) (48.8–74.0) 52.0 (± 4.38) (46.6–57.5)
TL 66.4 54.8 49.0 61.0 57.7 (± 8.7) (49.0–66.4) 71.1 (± 6.36) (60.5–81.0) ND
TW 6.5 8.0 4.4 4.4 5.45 (± 1.05) (4.4–8.0) 7.1 (± 0.98) (5.3–8.3) 7.2 (± 0.00) (7.2)
TH 5.9 6.4 4.2 4.6 5.05 (± 0.85) (4.6–6.0) 6.2 (± 0.88) (4.7–7.3) 6.4 (± 0.00) (6.4)
Regen. tail No Yes No Yes - - -
BH 11.2 6.5 ND 5.4 7.8 (± 1.97) (5.4–11.2) 9.4 (± 1.77) (6.6–12.6) 9.7 (± 1.37) (8.3–11.8)
BW 14.8 13.4 10.1 10.5 12.1 (± 1.63) (10.1–14.8) 13.2 (± 2.10) (10.0–18.2) 13.2(± 0.96) (12.1–14.7)
HL 16.2 17.9 15.8 18.9 17.2 (± 1.04) (15.8–18.9) 17.2 (± 1.68) (14.2–20.4) 15.3 (± 0.69) (14.5–16.3)
HW 11.4 11.1 9.4 12.3 11.4 (± 1.08) (9.4–12.8) 12.4 (± 1.25) (10.0–14.8) 10.8 (± 0.58) (9.9–11.4)
HD 8.1 8.7 5.9 5.5 7.2 (± 1.16) (5.5–8.7) 8.2 (± 0.81) (6.5–9.4) 7.9(± 0.62) (7.3–8.7)
EN 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.4 4.5 (± 0.3) (4.0–4.9) 4.6 (± 0.47) (3.6–5.4) 4.1 (± 0.28) (3.7–4.4)
SNT 6.3 6.5 5.7 6.3 6.2 (± 0.26) (5.7–6.5) 6.5 (± 0.70) (5.2–7.7) 5.7 (± 0.29) (5.3–6.1)
EE 5.6 6.0 4.6 5.4 5.5 (± 0.47) (4.6–6.0) 5.6 (± 0.53) (4.3–6.5) 5.2 (± 0.43) (4.6–5.7)
ED 3.2 3.3 2.5 3.8 3.2 (± 0.38) (2.5–3.8) 3.6 (± 0.51) (2.5–4.5) 2.9(± 0.24) (2.6–3.2)
EW 1.4 1.17L 1.5 0.9 1.2 (± 0.28) (0.7–1.5) 0.9 (± 0.29) (0.4–1.5) 0.9 (± 0.12) (0.7–1.1)
EL 2.0 1.34L 1.1 2.5 2.0 (± 0.57) (1.1–2.6) 1.9 (± 0.44) (0.9–2.9) 1.6 (± 0.12) (1.5–1.8)
IN 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 (± 0.25) (2.3–3.0) 2.8 (± 0.30) (2.2–3.4) 2.4 (± 0.20) (2.2–2.7)
SF 21.2 23.8 20.6 25.8 22.9 (± 1.82) (20.6–25.8) 24.4 (± 2.82) (18.5–29.4) 21.5 (± 0.51) (21.1–22.4)
Holotype Paratypes All examined W. korowai sp. nov. (n = 6, including in- life specimens)
AWMM LH2445 AWMM LH4069 AWMM LH4067 AWMM LH4068
Sex f m f m
AG 29.5 23.9 21.2 29.2 27.2 (± 3.59) (21.2–31.8) 27.6 (± 4.30) (17.1–35.6) 21.2 (± 3.51) (1.75–25.3)
HUM 7.2 7.5 6.7 8.5 7.8 (± 0.70) (6.7–8.6) 8.8 (± 1.11) (6.5–10.7) 8.0 (± 0.56) (7.2–8.8)
ULN 5.5 7.2 6.2 7.3 6.9 (± 0.81) (5.5–8.0) 7.4 (± 1.05) (5.2–9.6) 6.2(± 0.73) (5.2–7.2)
FEM 10.2 9.0 8.3 10.7 10.0 (± 1.10) (8.3–11.7) 11.0 (± 1.39) (8.5–13.2) 8.8 (± 0.46) (8.0–9.2)
TIB 7.7 8.5 6.5 8.5 8.1 (± 0.85) (6.5–9.2) 8.6 (± 1.21) (6.5–10.8) 7.8 (± 0.57) (6.9–8.4)
4TL 5.8 6.2 5.0 6.9 6.0 (± 0.57) (5.0–6.9) 6.7 (± 1.01) (4.5–8.5) 5.4 (± 0.26) (5.1–5.8)
4TLAML 4.9 4.7 3.5 5.1 4.7 (± 0.57) (3.5–5.2) 4.7 (± 0.84) (3.2–6.7) 4.0 (± 0.16) (3.8–4.2)
4TLAMW 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.53 1.6 (± 0.19) (1.3–1.8) 1.8 (± 0.27) (1.3–2.3) 1.6 (± 0.13) (1.4–1.7)
4TDPL 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.36 1.4 (± 0.23) (1.2–1.9) 2.0 (± 0.36) (1.3–3.0) 1.8 (± 0.21) (1.6–2.1)
SF/AG 0.72 1.00 0.97 0.88 0.86 (± 0.10) (0.72–1.00) 0.90 (± 0.12) (0.7–1.2) 1.04 (± 0.16) (0.84–1.22)
AG/SVL 0.51 0.43 0.45 0.43 0.46 (± 0.04) (0.43–0.51) 0.44 (± 0.04) (0.40–0.50) 0.41 (± 0.04) (0.36–0.44)
HW/SVL 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.18 0.19 (± 0.01) (0.18–0.21) 0.20 (± 0.01) (0.20) 0.21 (± 0.02) (0.19–0.24)
HW/HL 0.70 0.62 0.59 0.65 0.66 (± 0.05) (0.59–0.73) 0.72 (± 0.06) (0.6–0.8) 0.71 (± 0.03) (0.68-0.75)
HD/HL 0.50 0.49 0.37 0.29 0.42 (± 0.07) (0.29-0.50) 0.48 (± 0.04) (0.4-0.5) 0.51 (± 0.02) (0.49–0.53)
SNT/HL 0.39 0.36 0.36 0.33 0.36 (± 0.02) (0.33–0.39) 0.38 (± 0.03) (0.3–0.4) 0.37 (± 0.01) (0.37–0.39)
ED/HL 0.20 0.18 0.16 0.20 0.19 (± 0.01) (0.16–0.20) 0.21 (± 0.02) (0.2–0.3) 0.19 (± 0.01) (0.17–0.20)
EL/HL 0.12 0.07 0.07 0.13 0.11 (± 0.03) (0.07–0.15) 0.11 (± 0.02) (0.10) 0.11 (± 0.01) (0.10–0.11)
EN/ED 1.47 1.30 1.60 1.16 1.42 (± 0.15) (1.16–1.60) 1.29 (± 0.13) (1.0–1.5) 1.44 (± 0.05) (1.39–1.49)
EN/EE 0.84 0.72 0.87 0.81 0.82 (± 0.05) (0.72–0.87) 0.82 (± 0.06) (0.7–0.9) 0.80 (± 0.20) (0.69–0.95)
4TL/SVL 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.10 (± 0.01) (0.10–0.11) 0.12 (± 0.01) (0.10) 0.10 (± 0.01) (0.09–0.12)
4 T D P L / 4FTL 0.21 0.23 0.26 0.20 0.24 (± 0.04) (0.20–0.32) 0.30 (± 0.05) (0.2–0.4) 0.34 (± 0.06) (0.30–0.40)
Holotype Paratypes All examined W. korowai sp. nov. (n = 6, including inlife specimens)
AWMM LH2445 AWMM LH4069 AWMM LH4067 AWMM LH4068
Sex f m f m
4T L A M W / 4TLAML 0.37 0.40 0.37 0.30 0.40 (± 0.04) (0.30–0.40) 0.40 (± 0.07) (0.3–0.5) 0.40 (± 0.04) (0.3–0.4)
Meristic
MSR 125 120 129 120 122.8 (± 5.4) (114–129) 131.7 (± 11.62) (105–156) 120.5 (± 6.54) (111–129)
SL 11 11 9 10 10.1 (± 0.69) (9–11) 12.0 (± 1.19) (10–14) 10.8 (± 0.83) (10–12)
IL 10 11 10 8 9.5 (± 0.96) (8–11) 11.4 (± 1.17) (9–14) 9.8 (± 0.43) (9–10)
NLS 4 4 4 4 4.0 (± 0.00) (4) 4.3 (± 0.60) (4–6) 4 (± 0.00) (4)
CS 11 10 13 12 11.3 (± 0.94) (10–13) 11.8 (± 1.09) (10–14) 11.5 (± 0.50) (11–12)
SMO 28 33 29 29 30.5 (± 2.22) (28–34) 30.8 (± 3.00) (25–37) 32 (± 1.87) (29–34)
INS 1 1 2 1 1.5 (± 0.50) (1–2) 1.3 (± 0.73) (0–3) 1.3 (± 0.43) (1–2)
LAMF4 13 13 10 14 12.6 (± 1.36) (10–14) 12.2 (± 1.23) (10–15) 10.5 (± 0.50) (10–11)
LAMT4 14 14 13 15 13.8 (± 0.69) (13–15) 13.2 (± 1.30) (10–16) 11 (± 1.22) (9–12)
4TDP 4 4 5 3 3.7 (± 0.75) (3–5) 6.3 (± 1.05) (5–8) 5.5 (± 0.50) (5–6)
CPR na 4 na 4 4.0 (± 0.00) (4) 4 (± 0.74) (3–6) 4 (± 0.00) (4)
POR na 62 na 81 76.0 (± 10.03) (62–85) 68.1 (± 19.25) (29–98) 46 (± 0.00) (46)
CSP 1 1 0 1 0.7 (± 0.47) (0–1) 1.0 (± 0.56) (0–3) 1.0 (± 0.00) (1)
Apical scansor on pes moderate to well developed moderately developed moderately developed moderately developed moderately to well developed weakly to well developed weakly developed
Scale rows between tail annuli 6 6 6 no visible annuli 6.0 (± 0.00) (6) 7.1 (± 0.43) (6–8) 6.8 (± 0.83) (6–8)