Oligosoma prasinum Melzer & Bell & Patterson 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Melzer, Sabine, Bell, Trent, Patterson, Geoff B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Squamata; Scincidae; Oligosoma; Oligosoma prasinum; Cromarty; New Zealand; Mackenzie Basin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5998923; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5998923

Oligosoma prasinum sp. nov. Figure 5a, b Oligosoma aff. lineoocellatum “Mackenzie Basin” HITCHMOUGH, R., BULL, L. & CROMARTY, P. 2007; HITCHMOUGH et al. 2010; HITCHMOUGH et al. 2013; HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016 b Holotype. Tekapo, Mt Hay (43° 59’S, 170° 28’E), NMNZ RE005462, male (coll. G. Patterson, 0 1 Nov 1990); Paratypes (9 specimens). Tekapo, Mt Hay (43° 00’S, 170° 34’E), 2 specimens (NMNZ RE005447, OR; NMNZ RE005448, organs removed) (coll. G. Patterson, 30 Nov 1984); Tekapo (44° 01’S, 170° 29’E), 3 specimens (NMNZ RE005464, male; NMNZ RE005465, OR; NMNZ RE005466, OR) (coll. G. Patterson, 0 1 Jan 1990); Tekapo (-44° 00’S, 170° 48’E), 4 specimens (NMNZ RE006222, OR; NMNZ RE006223, organs removed; NMNZ RE006224, organs removed; NMNZ RE006225, organs removed) (coll. C. Daugherty, 26 Nov 1985). Diagnosis. Oligosoma prasinum can be distinguished from other species in the O. lineoocellatum species complex by a combination of characters. The subdigital lamellae count is usually above 24, compared with O. ... : Published as part of Melzer, Sabine, Bell, Trent & Patterson, Geoff B., 2017, Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand, pp. 355-379 in Zootaxa 4300 (3) on pages 366-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/839470 ...