. Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology : essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Williams, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward); Herpetology; Evolution. SPECTACLE N = 83 T \ r 30-1. "I 1 r WINDOWED EYELID N = 354 ^1^^ 1^1^ I °i r//¥ // ¥ 262 319 SCALY EYELID N=48l \W\Jl n^^^nnn I r 24 145 -^ II ^ll^ll^ II ^//^ 1 r 166 187 208 229 250 274 295 337 283 343 MAXIMUM SNOUT-VENT LENGTH (3 mm intervals) Figure 3. Frequency distributions of maximum snout-vent lengths for all skink species with one of the three basic eyelid types: scaly, windowed, and spectacled. largest of these (38 mm) has a wind
. Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology : essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Williams, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward); Herpetology; Evolution. SPECTACLE N = 83 T \ r 30-1. "I 1 r WINDOWED EYELID N = 354 ^1^^ 1^1^ I °i r//¥ // ¥ 262 319 SCALY EYELID N=48l \W\Jl n^^^nnn I r 24 145 -^ II ^ll^ll^ II ^//^ 1 r 166 187 208 229 250 274 295 337 283 343 MAXIMUM SNOUT-VENT LENGTH (3 mm intervals) Figure 3. Frequency distributions of maximum snout-vent lengths for all skink species with one of the three basic eyelid types: scaly, windowed, and spectacled. largest of these (38 mm) has a windowed eyeUd; the others have a spectacle. The novaeguineae species group's nearest relative appears to be the diurnal, spec- tacled Australian genus Menetia (5 spe- cies) (Greer, 1974; Ingram, 1977) which occurs throughout the arid and semi-arid interior of Australia and the seasonally dry north (Storr, 1976b, 1978; Rankin, 1979) in shrubland and open forest. No Menetia exceeds 38 mm. Taking these two groups together, it is evident that there is no significant size difference between the spectacled and window- eyed species (P < ) but the former occur in habitats that are generally drier. 6) The subsaharan African scincid sub- genus Panaspis (6 species) is diurnal and terrestrial. Five species have windowed eyelids; four of these occur in moist closed forest and the fifth occurs in wooded savanna (Fuhn, 1972; Ferret, 1973, 1975). A sixth species has a spec- tacle and inhabits dense humid forest, mangrove forest, and savanna at the edge of forest (Fuhn, 1970). This latter species is structurally similar to the hypothetical ancestor of the spectacled, subsaharan African subgenus Afroablepharus (6 species) (Fuhn, 1970) which is diurnal and terrestrial and associated with savanna (Ferret, 1975). The seven spec- tacle-eyed species in these two groups together are significantly smaller than the five window-eyed species (24-55 mm versus 43-68 mm; F < ) and appear to. Pl
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