[Taxacom] New lizard species

[Geoffrey Read]

If we are going to dice and slice the word meanings in 13.1.1 then how
about 'characters that are'. Gosh, that's a plural. If one character alone
sufficed for availability different wording would undoubtedly have been
used in the ICZN Article. Ergo, logically the code requires more than one
character to be present in the diagnosis. Otherwise the name is
unavailable.  See also recommendation 13A on differentiating which wants
"a *summary* of the characters".

I see no characters, but how many Thorpian-defined characters can you see
in this diagnosis Stephen?

"Diagnosis. This species includes all populations that cluster with those
from the southern portion of the Congolian rainforest included in this
study (southern Cameroon, Gabon and Congo), with strong support in the
Bayesian species delimitation model"


Geoff

>>> On 7/06/2010 at 11:49 a.m., Stephen Thorpe
<stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:


> Once again:
>
> 13.1.1. be accompanied by a description or definition that states in words
> characters that are purported to differentiate the taxon, or
>
> character, n.
> Any attribute of organisms used for recognizing, differentiating, or
> classifying taxa (ICZN Glossary)
>