taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444824/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444824	FIGURE 1. Map showing distribution of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (blue diamonds) and H. brevis (red circles) on Mahé. The dashed pink box on the full map of Mahé indicates the area that has been amplified (representing Morne Seychellois National Park).	FIGURE 1. Map showing distribution of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (blue diamonds) and H. brevis (red circles) on Mahé. The dashed pink box on the full map of Mahé indicates the area that has been amplified (representing Morne Seychellois National Park).	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444826/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444826	FIGURE 2. Holotype of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (BMNH 2005.1824). Scale bar increments in mm.	FIGURE 2. Holotype of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (BMNH 2005.1824). Scale bar increments in mm.	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444828/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444828	FIGURE 3. All six paratypes of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. from largest (top) to smallest (bottom), showing (from left to right) head and collars in dorsal and right lateral views, and posteriormost part of body in ventral view. (a) BMNH 2005.1820, (b) BMNH 2005.1822, (c) BMNH 2005.1823, (d) BMNH 2005.1821, (e) BMNH 2005.1926, (f) BMNH 2005.1927. Scale bars 2 mm.	FIGURE 3. All six paratypes of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. from largest (top) to smallest (bottom), showing (from left to right) head and collars in dorsal and right lateral views, and posteriormost part of body in ventral view. (a) BMNH 2005.1820, (b) BMNH 2005.1822, (c) BMNH 2005.1823, (d) BMNH 2005.1821, (e) BMNH 2005.1926, (f) BMNH 2005.1927. Scale bars 2 mm.	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444830/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444830	FIGURE 4. Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. holotype (BMNH 2005.1824) in life.	FIGURE 4. Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. holotype (BMNH 2005.1824) in life.	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444832/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444832	FIGURE 5. Habitat in immediate vicinity of where type specimens of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. were found on Mahé. Left: Congo Rouge (type locality) at ca. 725 m elevation photographed on 20th March 2015. Right: Morne Seychellois at ca. 730 m elevation photographed on 19th September 2015.	FIGURE 5. Habitat in immediate vicinity of where type specimens of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. were found on Mahé. Left: Congo Rouge (type locality) at ca. 725 m elevation photographed on 20th March 2015. Right: Morne Seychellois at ca. 730 m elevation photographed on 19th September 2015.	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444834/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444834	FIGURE 6. (a) Principal coordinate analysis for all morphometric characters reported in Table 1 for Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti, (b) bivariate plot showing total number of vertebrae with respect to collection site elevation for specimens of H. montanus sp. nov. and H. brevis from Mahé, (c) bivariate plot of TL vs ST–NG1 for H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti, (d) bivariate plot of TL vs WH for H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti, (e) bivariate plot of E–TA vs ST-NG1 for H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti. Data for H. brevis and H. pti are from Maddock et al. (2017). Colours + symbols correspond to species as follows: H. montanus sp. nov. = blue squares, H. brevis = red circles, H. pti = green triangles.	FIGURE 6. (a) Principal coordinate analysis for all morphometric characters reported in Table 1 for Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti, (b) bivariate plot showing total number of vertebrae with respect to collection site elevation for specimens of H. montanus sp. nov. and H. brevis from Mahé, (c) bivariate plot of TL vs ST–NG1 for H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti, (d) bivariate plot of TL vs WH for H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti, (e) bivariate plot of E–TA vs ST-NG1 for H. montanus sp. nov., H. brevis and H. pti. Data for H. brevis and H. pti are from Maddock et al. (2017). Colours + symbols correspond to species as follows: H. montanus sp. nov. = blue squares, H. brevis = red circles, H. pti = green triangles.	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
03BCCE38FFC06F5F72E10FF8FE4EFE74.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/1444836/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1444836	FIGURE 7. Phylogenetic relationships of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (a) 16s rRNA maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of Seychelles caecilians. Numbers on internal branches are ML bootstrap percentages. (b) SplitsTree NeighborNet of the three diminutive, phenotypically superficially similar Hypogeophis species, inferred from standardised p-distances of the multilocus nuclear dataset. Colours refer to species designation used in Fig. 7a: blue = H. montanus sp. nov., red = H. brevis, green = H. pti.	FIGURE 7. Phylogenetic relationships of Hypogeophis montanus sp. nov. (a) 16s rRNA maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of Seychelles caecilians. Numbers on internal branches are ML bootstrap percentages. (b) SplitsTree NeighborNet of the three diminutive, phenotypically superficially similar Hypogeophis species, inferred from standardised p-distances of the multilocus nuclear dataset. Colours refer to species designation used in Fig. 7a: blue = H. montanus sp. nov., red = H. brevis, green = H. pti.	2018-07-25	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.		Zenodo	biologists	Maddock, Simon T.;Wilkinson, Mark;Gower, David J.			
