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Delma vescolineata MAHONY, CUTAJAR & ROWLEY, 2022

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Higher TaxaPygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymDelma vescolineata MAHONY, CUTAJAR & ROWLEY 2022 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales)

Type locality: Muswellbrook (-32.2°, 150.9°), New South Wales, Australia.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. AMS R.185998, male, collected by S. Mahony and R. Seeto 10 November 2018.
Paratypes. AMS R.185999, male, collection details as for holotype; AMS R.186619, female, Jerrys Plains (- 32.4°, 150.8°), New South Wales, collected by A. Dudley 25 November 2018. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small–moderate sized Delma (SVL 71–101mm) distinguished from all congeners, except D. impar, by a combination of: internasal scales typically fused to postnasal and first supralabial; two internasals; two precloacals; midbody scales in 14 rows; 65–71 ventral scale number (male mean 65.67, female 71); and typical presence of an obscure pale body stripe along the upper lateral zone. Delma vescolineata sp. nov. is diagnosed from D. impar and all other members of the D. molleri species group genetically, by 29 diagnostic nucleotide sites in the ND2 gene (Table 2). (Mahony et al. 2023)


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EtymologyThe specific epithet, “vescolineata”, is derived from the Latin adjective ‘vescus’ meaning weak, poor, thin or little and the Latin adjective ‘lineata’ meaning lined. This is in reference to the weak and obscure pale lines of this species in comparison to the usually bolder pale lines of its sister taxon D. impar. 
References
  • MAHONY, S. V., CUTAJAR, T., & ROWLEY, J. J. 2022. A new species of Delma Gray 1831 (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from the Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains of New South Wales. Zootaxa 5162 (5): 541-556 - get paper here
 
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