Taxonomic Partitioning within Papuan Members of the Carlia Novaeguineae Complex (Squamata: Scincidae)
Taxonomic Partitioning within Papuan Members of the Carlia Novaeguineae Complex (Squamata: Scincidae)
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Carlia Novaeguineae 复合体巴布亚成员的分类学划分（有鳞目：Scincidae）
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2007
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F. Kraus
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F. Kraus
摘要新几内亚卡里氏珊瑚复合体有三个名称。这三个种都曾被错误地诊断过，导致长时间以来Carlia macfarlani和Carlia curta与C.新几内亚族。这两个物种在1988年被从同义词中删除，但基于错误的诊断。我证明了这些物种中的每一个都是有效的，并提供了诊断来区分它们。由于C. novaeguineae，微薄的原始描述，并存在几个形态相似的种，我指定该种的一个新模式。颜色模式对于区分这一复合体中的物种很重要，但在保存后很快就会褪色，在许多情况下，博物馆标本的识别是有问题的。由于这个原因，新几内亚南部以外的这个复合体的成员仍然没有被分配，可能代表一个或多个新种，其描述必须等待新材料的提供。
Abstract Three names have been applied to members of the Carlia novaeguineae complex from New Guinea. All three species have been poorly or erroneously diagnosed, leading to the long-time synonymization of Carlia macfarlani and Carlia curta with C. novaeguineae. Both species were removed from synonymy in 1988 but on the basis of erroneous diagnoses. I show that each of these species is valid and provide diagnoses to distinguish among them. Because of the nomenclatural ambiguity occasioned by loss of the type of C. novaeguineae, the meager original description, and the presence of several morphologically similar species, I designate a neotype for that species. Color pattern is important for distinguishing among species in this complex but fades quickly upon preservation, making identification of museum specimens problematic in many instances. For this reason, members of this complex from outside the southern portion of New Guinea remain unassigned and likely represent one or more new species whose descriptions must await provision of fresh material.