Plestiodon toyamai KURITA & HIKIDA, 2025
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Plestiodon toyamai
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Plestiodon toyamai KURITA & HIKIDA 2025: 271 Eumeces barbouri — VAN DENBURGH 1912 (part.) Plestiodon barbouri — MAENOSONO & TODA 2007 (part.) |
| Distribution | Japan (Okinawa: Okinawajima) Type locality: Okinawajima island, Okuma, Kunigami-son, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (26°43'54.0"N, 128°12'32.7"E), |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: KUZ R70182, a subadult male, collected by N. Sata on 29 July 2015. Paratypes (n=21): all from Okinawajima island. KUZ R29282-R29285, two adult males, and an adult and a yearling females from Yona, Kunigami-son, collected by M. Toda on 7 April 1994; KUZ R29286, R30385, an adult and a subadult females from Yona, by an unknown collector on 17 July 1994; KUZ R35051-R35053, R35055, R35056, four adult males and an adult female from Yona, collected by J. Kato and H. Yamada on 19 August 1995; KUZ R39045, an adult male from Yona, collected by M. Toyama on 6 July 1991; KUZ R70177- R70179, R70181, CAS 267586 (former KUZ R70180), five adult females from the same locality and by the same collector of the holotype on 28-29 July 2015; KUZ R77441, an adult male from Hentona, Kunigami-son (26°44'26.0"N, 128°11'15.7"E ), collected by T. Makino on 26 July 2016; KUZ R77449, R77455, two adult females from Ogimi, Ogimi-son (26°41'7.2"N, 128°7'56.5 "E; 26°41'16.8"N, 128°7'43.6"E), collected by T. Makino on 27 July 2016; KUZ R77457, an adult female from Nuuha, Ogimi-son (26°41'16.6"N, 128°7'58.0 E), collected by T. Makino on 27 July 2016. Additional materials: 47 specimens, all from Okinawa Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Okinawajima island (n =44): KUZ R39037, R68590-R68599 (former TY b-01-09, 33), R69970-R69996 (former TY b-10, 12-21, 23-26, 28-32, 36-39, 41-43), OPM-H-405, TY b-11, 27, 34, 35, 40. Tokashikijima island (n = 3): KUZ R13645, R13646, R71010. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Plestiodon toyamai sp. nov. is assigned to the P. latiscutatus species group, but can be distinguished from the relatives by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) MSR 21-24 (mean = 22.9, mode = 22; n =68); (2) male PVS 48-52 (mean = 50.3, mode = 50; n = 23); (3) SC 101-110 (mean = 105.0; n=4) (4) CIOSR 9-12 (mean =10.9, mode =11; n=60); (5) PoSO 3-5 (mean = 3.8, mode = 4; n=68); (6) Nu 1-2 (mean = 1.2, mode = 1; n = 66); (7) TIV 16-22 (mean = 17.5, mode = 17; n = 66); (8) PPN usually absent (absent in 41 and present in 27 cases; n = 68); (9) longitudinal light line five; (10) DLL usually passing on both second and third dorsal scale rows at midbody (second and third rows in 39 and third row in 19 cases; n = 58); (11) LL usually passing on both fifth and sixth dorsal scale rows at midbody (fifth row in one, fifth and sixth rows in 40, sixth row in 18, and sixth and seventh rows in one cases; n = 60); (12) EISPF absent; (13) body coloration of juvenile very vivid. (Kurita & Hikida 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 14235 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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