ger ▁to ▁per tain ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁species , ▁which ▁was ▁initially ▁named ▁M ab u ya ▁pun ct ata ▁but ▁renamed ▁M ab u ya ▁mac ul ata ▁by ▁Anderson ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁because ▁the ▁latter ▁name ▁was ▁pre occup ied ▁by ▁an ▁older ▁name . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁D unn ▁disput ed ▁that ▁the ▁two ▁were ▁identical , ▁re inst ated ▁M ab u ya ▁pun ct ata ▁as ▁the ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁Nor on ha ▁species , ▁apparently ▁una ware ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁is ▁pre occup ied , ▁and ▁considered ▁mac ul ata ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁M ab u ya ▁m ab ou ya . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁Tra v ass os ▁again ▁syn onym ized ▁the ▁two , ▁naming ▁the ▁Nor on ha ▁sk ink ▁as ▁M ab u ya ▁mac ul ata . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁the ▁matter ▁was ▁revis ited ▁by ▁M aus feld ▁and ▁V r ci br adic , ▁who ▁exam ined ▁the ▁type ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁pun ct ata ▁and ▁mac ul ata . ▁They ▁noted ▁that ▁pun ct ata ▁diff ers ▁from ▁mac ul ata ▁in ▁having ▁five ▁instead ▁of ▁three ▁ke els ▁on ▁the ▁d ors al ▁scales ; ▁generally ▁fewer ▁scales ; ▁par iet al ▁scales ▁separated , ▁not ▁in ▁contact ▁as ▁in ▁pun ct ata ; ▁and ▁fewer ▁sub dig ital ▁l am ella e ▁below ▁the ▁fourth