Abstract
We provide data supporting the continued recognition of Cnemaspis affinis (Stoliczka) and Cnemaspis flavolineata (Nicholls) as separate species and restrict their distribution to Pulau Pinang, Penang for the former and the Titi Wangsa Range and Gunung Benom, Peninsular Malaysia for the latter. For the montane population of Cnemaspis from Bukit Larut, Perak, which has been referred to as both C. affinis and C. kendallii, we demonstrate that it is discretely diagnosable from all other Southeast Asian Cnemaspis on the basis of size and numerous color pattern and scale characteristics and for it we provide the new name Cnemaspis mcguirei sp. nov. Two new lowland, karst-dwelling species from isolated locations along the foothills of the Titi Wangsa and Timur ranges in northern Peninsular Malaysia are demonstrably differentiable from all other Southeast Asia Cnemaspis on the basis of color pattern and scale morphology and are described herein as Cnemaspis karsticola sp. nov. from Gunung Reng, Kelantan and Cnemaspis bayuensis sp. nov. from Kampung Bayu, Kelantan.References
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