Recently extinct reptile populations from Mauritius and Réunion, Indian Ocean
Recently extinct reptile populations from Mauritius and Réunion, Indian Ocean
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印度洋毛里求斯和留尼汪最近灭绝的爬行动物种群
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2009
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E. N. Arnold
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E. N. Arnold
以前从未报道的材料最近灭绝的爬行动物从毛里求斯和留尼汪岛进行了讨论。它证实了毛里求斯最初存在的三个物种，现在大部分或完全局限于附近的圆岛：壁虎Cyrtodactylus serpensaries，石龙子，Leiolopisma telfairii和蟒蛇，Casarea dussumieri。在留尼旺岛也首次发现了Leiolopisma telfairii。Telfairii的Leiolopisma和已灭绝的巨型毛里求斯狄多龙（Dido-saurus mauritianus）被证明彼此非常相似，很可能是单一入侵物种的衍生物。D. mauritianus因此被转移到Leiolopisma。这种形式的明显病理性牙齿结构也有报道。
Previously unreported material of recently extinct reptiles from Mauritius and Reunion is discussed. It confirms the original presence on Mauritius of three species now largely or entirely confined to nearby Round Island: the gecko Cyrtodactylus serpensinsula, the skink, Leiolopisma telfairii and the boa, Casarea dussumieri. Leiolopisma telfairii is also recorded from Reunion for the first time. Leiolopisma telfairii and the extinct giant Dido–saurus mauritianus are shown to be very similar to each other and quite probably derivatives of a single invading species. D. mauritianus is consequently transferred to Leiolopisma. Apparently pathological tooth structure in this form is also reported.