FIG. 1 in Variations on a bauplan: description of a new Malagasy "mermaid skink" with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003)

FIG. 1. — Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003: A-D, S. mobydick n. sp., preserved holotype UADBA R70487, lateral view of the entire specimen (A), lateral (B) and ventral (C) views of the anterior body part, showing highly reduced flipper-like forelimbs, and close-up of the forelimb (D); the constriction of the body posterior to the forelimbs is an artefact of the fastening of the collection label; E-G, living specimen of S. yamagishii Sakata & Hikida, 2003 from Ankarafantsika, Madagascar, lateral view of the anterior body part (E), dorsolateral view of the entire specimen (F), and close-up of the right forelimb with four claws (G). Scale bars: 1 mm (not shown for S. yamagishii because unavailable). (Photographs E-G: Falk S. Eckhardt.)