Ornithuroscincus, Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri, 2022, Slavenko & Tamar & Tallowin & Kraus & Allison & Carranza & Meiri, 2022
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab052 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6536358 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF4E77-7C22-CA4C-FD9D-FB6625E8FEEB |
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Plazi |
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Ornithuroscincus |
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KEY TO SPECIES IN ORNITHUROSCINCUS View in CoL View at ENA
1. (a) Light yellow-white patch on occiput absent ................................................................................................2
(b) Light yellow-white patch on occiput present............................................................ O. noctua View in CoL –moth skink
2. (a) Frontoparietals fused....................................................................................................................................3
(b) Frontoparietals unfused ...............................................................................................................................4
3. (a) Adult SVL <50 mm; paravertebrals <70; uniform olive dorsum coloration with thick bronze dorsolateral stripes ............................................................................................. O. bengaun View in CoL — Daga smooth-eared skink
(b) Adult SVL> 50 mm; paravertebrals> 70; dark brown to black dorsal coloration with golden striations .......................................................................................... O. shearmani View in CoL — Shearman’s smooth-eared skink
4. (a) Dorsolateral stripes absent ..........................................................................................................................5
(b) Dorsolateral stripes present.........................................................................................................................7
5. (a) Parietal eye spot present ..............................................................................................................................6
(b) Parietal eye spot absent.................................................................... O. viridis View in CoL — green smooth-eared skink
6. (a) Dark vertebral stripe absent from dorsum.......................... O. albodorsalis View in CoL — white-backed slender skink
(b) Dark vertebral stripe present on dorsum ............................... O. nototaenia View in CoL — Setekwa slender tree skink
7. (a) Thick dorsolateral stripes (> 1 scale wide) ..................................................................................................8
(b) Thin dorsolateral stripes (1 scale wide) .......................................................................................................9
8. (a) Mid-dorsal field dark olive grey spotted with brown; midbody scale rows <30.......................................... ............................................................................................. O. venemai — Brongersma’s slender tree skink
(b) Mid-dorsal field uniform light brown; midbody scale rows> 30 .................................................................. ...................................................................................................... O. inornatus View in CoL — plain smooth-eared skink
9. (a) Parallel fragmented white vertical stripes on flank; venter blue (lime green in life) ......................... ........................................................................... O. pterophilus View in CoL — Mount Victoria smooth-eared skink (b) Scattered white specks on flank; venter pearl white (lemon yellow or white in life).................................. .......................................................................................... O. sabini View in CoL — Mount Simpson smooth-eared skink
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