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Issue: Vol. 2894 No. 1: 27 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2894.1.4
Page range: 58–68
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the genus Dopasia Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Anguidae) in the Indochina subregion

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai Str., Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH, Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany
Reptilia China Vietnam new record morphology taxonomy

Abstract

A review of the genus Dopasia Gray, 1853 in the Indochina subregion is provided with the first country record of D. hainanensis for Vietnam and new distribution records for other species. In addition, we herein confirm the validity of Dopasia ludovici, previously a synonym of D. harti, based on overlooked external morphological differences.

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