A new species of African legless skink, genus Acontias Cuvier, 1816 “1817” (Squamata: Scincidae) from Serra da Neve inselberg, south-western Angola

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI:10.1080/21564574.2023.2246487

Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Aaron M. Bauer, Luis M. P. Ceríaco

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ABSTRACTDuring a recent survey of the Serra da Neve inselberg in south-western Angola, a population of legless skinks of the genus Acontias was found. Only three species of this genus have been recorded for the country so far – A. occidentalis, A. kgalagadi and A. jappi. Using an integrative approach and combining molecular and morphological data we found that the Serra da Neve population represents a new species, closely related to species such as A. percivali and some members of the A. occidentalis species complex. In this paper, we describe this population as a new species, Acontias mukwando sp. nov. and provide brief comments on its conservation and biogeography.RESUMONo decorrer de um levantamento herpetológico da ilha-montanha da Serra da Neve no sudoeste de Angola, descobriu-se uma população de escincos-lança do género Acontias. Apenas três espécies deste género foram até agora registadas para Angola - A. occidentalis, A. kgalagadi and A. jappi. Adotando uma abordagem integrativa e combinando dados morfológicos e moleculares, os nossos resultados indicam que a população da Serra da Neve representa uma nova espécie, com relações próximas a outras espécies rupícolas tais como A. percivali e membros do complexo de espécies A. occidentalis. Neste artigo descrevemos esta população como uma nova espécie, Acontias mukwando sp. nov. e apresentamos breves comentários sobre a sua conservação e biogeografia.KEYWORDS: Acontinaetaxonomyendemismspeciationsystematics AcknowledgementsThe present work is a result of the ongoing collaboration between the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação (INBAC) from the Ministry of Environment of Angola and its international partners. Angolan specimens were collected and exported under permits issued by INBAC (65/INBAC.MINAMB/2022). We also thank the provincial and local authorities for their support and cooperation during our fieldwork. We thank Adam Ferguson, Ben Marks and Daryl Coldren for their support during fieldwork. Special thanks to Álvaro (Varito) Baptista and his team from Omahua Lodge, for all the assistance, great support, and friendship during the fieldwork. Luis Querido and João Serôdio de Almeida provided critical support for the success of this expedition. Werner Conradie, Harith Farooq and an anonymous reviewer are thanked for their important suggestions on the improvement of the manuscript.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was funded by the National Geographic Society Explorer Grant (NGS-73084R-20) to LMPC. DP is supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) grant (2021.05238.BD). MPM was supported by FCT grants (SFRH/BD/129924/2017, COVID/BD/152155/2022). Work co-funded by the project NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000063, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). AMB was supported by grant DEB 2146654 from the US National Science Foundation.

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非洲无腿蜥蜴属一新种，1816“1817”(鳞片目:蜥蜴科)产自安哥拉西南部内维因塞尔贝格山

在最近对安哥拉西南部的Serra da Neve inselberg进行的一次调查中，发现了乌头属的无腿石龙子种群。到目前为止，该国只记录了三种该属植物- A. occidentalis, A. kgalagadi和A. jappi。通过分子和形态学的综合分析，我们发现Serra da Neve种群是一个新种，与a . percivali和a . occidentalis物种复合体的一些成员关系密切。本文将该种群描述为一个新种——乌头(Acontias mukwando sp. 11 .)，并对其保护和生物地理学作了简要评述。萨尔瓦多-黑山共和国-安哥拉共和国-黑山共和国共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国-黑山共和国。阿佩纳斯três在安哥拉注册的农业信息系统-阿佩纳斯、阿佩纳斯和阿佩纳斯。Adotando uma abordagem integratede combinandododados morfológicos e分子，os nosso resultados indicam que a populacatal o da Serra da Neve代表uma nova espacacia, com relações próximas a outras espacacia rupícolas tais como a . percivale membros . complexes de espacacia a . occidental。Neste artigo descrevemos esta populaal。目前的工作是安哥拉环境部国家生物多样性研究所Áreas de conserva (INBAC)及其国际合作伙伴之间持续合作的结果。安哥拉的标本是根据INBAC颁发的许可证(65/INBAC. minamb /2022)收集和出口的。我们也感谢省和地方当局在我们实地工作期间给予的支持与合作。我们感谢Adam Ferguson, Ben Marks和Daryl Coldren在实地工作中的支持。特别感谢Álvaro (Varito) Baptista和他的团队在实地工作期间给予的所有帮助、大力支持和友谊。Luis Querido和jo o Serôdio de Almeida为这次探险的成功提供了关键的支持。感谢Werner Conradie, Harith Farooq和一位匿名审稿人对手稿的改进提出的重要建议。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本研究由国家地理学会探险家基金(NGS-73084R-20)资助给LMPC。DP由funda o para a Ciência e tecologia (FCT)资助(2021.05238.BD)。MPM由FCT资助(SFRH/BD/129924/2017, COVID/BD/152155/2022)。工作由Norte -01-0246-联邦-000063项目共同资助，由北葡萄牙区域业务计划(NORTE2020)根据《葡萄牙2020伙伴关系协定》通过欧洲区域发展基金(ERDF)提供支持。AMB由美国国家科学基金会拨款DEB 2146654资助。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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