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Strophurus horneri | |||||||
Pronunciation | stroff-YUHR-uss HORN-err-ee | ||||||
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Etymology |
Strophurus: 'turning-tail'
horneri: "Named in honor of Dr. Paul Horner, Emeritus Curator of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, in recognition of his significant contributions to Australian reptile systematics."1 |
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Description
"A very small (SVL ~ 36 mm) and slender-bodied Strophurus with a narrow head (HW/SVL 0.15–0.16), no caudal spines or tubercles, rostral separated from the nostril by an internasal scale, a high number of relatively small supralabials (13–15), and body coloration in life consisting of four broad yellow longitudinal stripes on a greyish or brown background. As more specimens of this species are examined it may be confirmed that rostral not or only partially divided by a strongly defined medial groove is another useful diagnostic character. Males of all related taxa (S. jeanae, S. robinsoni, S. taeniatus and Strophurus cf. horneri from elsewhere on the Arnhem Plateau) also lack post-cloacal or femoral pores, and it is presumed that this species also shares this character state."1 Similar species"Strophurus horneri sp. nov. is distinguished from most Strophurus (S. assimilis (Storr), S. ciliaris (Boulenger), S. intermedius (Ogilby), S. krisalys Sadlier, S. rankini (Storr), S. spinigerus (Gray), S. strophurus (Duméril & Bibron), S. taenicauda (De Vis), S. wellingtonae (Storr) and S. williamsi (Kluge)) by its smaller size (SVL < 50mm) and further differs from most of these species by lacking distinctive rows of tubercles or spines on the tail. It also presumably further differs in lacking post-cloacal or femoral pores, however this needs to be confirmed."1 Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Oliver & Parkin in 2014.1
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