. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REDISCOVERY OF PHYLLODACTYLUS PERINGUEYI 19 REDESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES FitzSimons (1943) provided a description of the species, modified from that of Boulenger (1910). We have been able to determine a number of additional features that either extend or correct previous descriptions. The head is flattened above; the snout is elongate and pointed, and almost twice the diameter of the eye and a little longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening (Fig. 3). The latter is small and rounde
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. REDISCOVERY OF PHYLLODACTYLUS PERINGUEYI 19 REDESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES FitzSimons (1943) provided a description of the species, modified from that of Boulenger (1910). We have been able to determine a number of additional features that either extend or correct previous descriptions. The head is flattened above; the snout is elongate and pointed, and almost twice the diameter of the eye and a little longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening (Fig. 3). The latter is small and rounded, whereas the eye has a vertical pupil. Head measurements of the syntypes are: length of head (tip of snout to rear of skull), mm (SAM-777) and mm (SAM-8628); width of head (at rear), mm (both syntypes). Boulenger (1910) and Fitz- Simons (1943) described the head as being times as long as broad, but the syntype measurements give a slightly higher ratio ( and ). Fresh material gives an even higher ratio (males, n = 5, range , mean ; females, n = 4, range , mean ), with no evidence of sexual Fig. 3. Profile of Phyllodactylus peringueyi showing details of scalation (based on PEM R6908; lower Kromme River, Humansdorp District, Eastern Cape). Boulenger (1910) and FitzSimons (1943) described the nostril as pierced between the rostral and four small nasal scales. However, in all fresh material, the nostril pierces a small nasal scale that is bordered by the rostral, first upper labial, two supranasal (the anterior larger and slightly wider than long), and by 2-3 small postnasal granules. Damage to the snout region of both syntypes makes it impossible to determine whether the original type description of the nasal condition is correct. The narrow borders of the nasal scale that surrounds the nostril make it easily overlooked. The rostral is twice as broad as deep and lacks a median cleft. Boulenger (1910) noted that the gr
Size: 2453px × 1019px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectnaturalhistory, booky
