Brachymeles isangdaliri DAVIS, FELLER, BROWN & SILER, 2014
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Aurora Slender Skink |
Synonym | Brachymeles isangdaliri DAVIS, FELLER, BROWN & SILER 2014 |
Distribution | Philippines (Luzon) Type locality: near the campus of Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT), Barangay Zabali, Municipality of Baler, Aurora Province, Luzon Island, Philippines (15°44’31.2’’N, 121°34’33.6’’E; WGS-84) |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: PNM 9791 (formerly KU 323086; RMB Field No. 12651), adult female, collected on 8 June 2009, by A. Diesmos, R. M. Brown, and C. D. Siler. Paratopotypes: One juvenile (KU 323085) collected on 8 June 2009. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Brachymeles isangdaliri can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: 1) body size small (SVL 59.5 mm); 2) limbs unidactyl; 3) limb length short; 4) supralabials six; 5) infralabials six; 6) supraciliaries six; 7) supraoculars four; 8) midbody scale rows 22; 9) axilla–groin scale rows 73; 10) paravertebral scale rows 97; 11) pineal eye spot present; 12) prefrontal contact absent; 13) frontoparietal contact absent; 14) enlarged chin shields in two pairs; 15) nuchals enlarged; 16) auricular opening absent; 17) presacral vertebrae 47; and 18) uniform body color (Tables 3, 4). Additional details (531 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Habitat: under rotting logs in secondary-growth forest (1000–1230 h) Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The name of the new species is derived from the Tagalog (Filipino) terms ‘isa,’ meaning one, and ‘daliri,’ meaning digit, to represent the species unidactyl limbs. |
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