DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14053194
title: TABLE A 2 in A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia

description: TABLE A2. Morphological characters measured and counted in this study. Linear measurements were taken with digital Vernier callipers unless otherwise stated. Unilateral measurements were taken from the right side.
VariableDetailsSVLSnout-vent length; from tip of snout to posterior edge of cloacal scale. Specimens were straightened out against a flat surfaced ruler, which ensures the body is kept straight. Measured with 0.5mm precision.SnLSnout length; from tip of snout to anterior margin of eye. Measured with 0.5mm precision.TLTail length; from posterior edge of cloacal scale to tail tip. Only measured on complete original tails. Specimens were straightened out against a flat surfaced ruler, which ensures the tail is kept straight. Measured with 0.5mm precision.HLHead length; from tip of snout to anterior margin of ear. Measured with 0.1mm precision.HWHead width; across widest point of the temporal region. Measured with 0.1mm precision.HDHead depth; from the top of the parietal table to the ventral surface of the lower jaw. Measured with 0.1mm precision.AGLAxilla-groin length; from anterior edge of hindlimb, to posterior edge of the forelimb, with the limbs held at right angles to the body axis; measured with internal jaws of callipers. Measured with 0.5mm precision.BWBody width; across body at the halfway point between forelimb and hindlimb. Measured with 0.5mm precision.FLLForelimb length; from the most medial extent of the post-axillary crease to the tip of the claw of the fourth digit, with the forelimb held at a right angle to the body axis. Measured with 0.5mm precision.HLLHindlimb length; from the most medial extent of the post-inguinal crease to the tip of the claw of the fourth digit, with the forelimb held at a right angle to the body axis. Measured with 0.5mm precision.MSRMidbody scale rows; number of scale rows counted at a midline around the circumference of the body.SubDigSubdigital lamellae; number of scales under fourth toe, beginning with the scale adjoining the claw and extending to the last large scale distinguishable from the plantar scales.NucalsNuchal scales; counted series of broad paired scales on the nape, immediately posterior to the parietal scales.SupLabSupralabials; scales bordering the upper lip, counted as a series beginning at the scale adjoining the rostral to the last scale above the jaw hinge.SupCilSupraciliaries; beginning with scale that adjoins prefrontal and loreal, and ends with the last scale still contacting both the ciliaries and last supraocular (Horner 1992).CilCiliaries (or palpebrals); counted series of enlarged scales along free edge of upper eyelid.LobEar lobules, counted series of large projecting scales along the anterior margin of the ear opening. Presence of the much smaller upper ear lobules were noted, but were not included in analysis.
description: Published as part of Farquhar, Jules E., Mulder, Jordan A., Russell, Wyn, Haines, Margaret L., Rangers, Anangu & Chapple, David G., 2024, A new species of rock skink (Scincidae: Liopholis) from the Central Ranges bioregion of arid Australia, pp. 176-177 in Zootaxa 5536 (1) on page 176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/14024191