[Taxacom] New lizard species

[dipteryx at freeler.nl]

Van: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu namens Gary Rosenberg
Verzonden: zo 13-6-2010 

> Wow, I take some time off to write a grant proposal and find
> this debate still raging when I return. I think Stephen is
> correct that Article 13.1.1 is ambiguous about the meaning
> of "attribute", but I don't agree that means we must take 
> the broadest possible interpretation. The ICZN can act to 
> clarify provisions of the Code (Article78.3.2.). In this 
> case the clarification would address whether Article 13.1.1
> refers only to intrinsic attributes or also to extrinsic ones.

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As I pointed out earlier, the easiest way to clarify this would be 
to add (real-life) Examples to the Code. The botanical Code has
three Examples on this topic (Art. 32, Ex. 3-5), with Ex. 4 
looking to be most relevant here:

   Ex. 4. “Crepis praemorsa subsp. tatrensis” (Dvorák & Dadáková 
   in Biológia (Bratislava) 32: 755. 1977) appeared with 
   “a subsp. praemorsa karyotypo achaeniorumque longitudine 
   praecipue differt”. This statement specifies the features 
   by which the two taxa differ but not how these features differ 
   and so it does not satisfy the requirement of Art. 32.1(d) 
   for a “description or diagnosis”.

Paul van Rijckevorsel