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Issue: Vol. 4438 No. 3: 22 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
Page range: 528–550
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On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900

Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92515, USA.
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia.
118, Jalan Puncak Jelapang 2, Puncak Jelapang Maju, 30020 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
Sabah Parks, Research and Education Division, Kinabalu Park Hq. Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 10626, 88806 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Reptilia Sundaland skinks systematics new species

Abstract

A reassessment of the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei based on morphology and color pattern indicates that it is a species complex containing L. bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 from the Rajang River, Sarawak and Croker Range, Sabah in East Malaysia; L. peninsulare sp. nov. from Bukit Larut, Perak and 13.5 km east of Jeli, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia; L. kinabatanganensis sp. nov. from the Kinabatangan District, Deramakot camp (=Deramakot Sabah Forestry Department), Sabah, East Malaysia; and L. schneideri Werner, 1900 from Djapura, Indragiri, Sumatra, Indonesia—resurrected herein from the synonymy of L. bampfyldei. The new taxonomy aligns itself well with a growing body of literature demonstrating that semi-fossorial and fossorial Sundaic skinks are more diverse than previously considered.

 

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