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Geissler, Peter, Van Devender, Robert Wayne, Hartmann, Timo, Farkas, Balazs, Ziegler, Thomas and Boehme, Wolfgang (2011). A review of Indochinese skinks of the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Scincidae), with natural history notes and an identification key. Biologia, 66 (6). S. 1159 - 1177. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1336-9563

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Abstract

We review the supple skinks (Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) known to occur in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Here, the existence of seven species is documented: L. angeli, L. boehmei, L. bowringii, L. corpulentum, L. haroldyoungi, L. isodactylum (type of Squamicilia Mittleman, 1952), and L. quadrupes (type of Lygosoma). Based on morphological characters, L. carinatum Darevsky & Orlova, 1996 is shown to be a synonym of L. corpulentum. Although L. bowringii is expected to turn out as a complex of cryptic species when molecular methods are applied to a broad sampling, Indochinese representatives form a homogenous group based on morphology. Two further Lygosoma listed by Bourret (2009), viz. L. albopunctatum and L. punctatum (generotype of Riopa Gray, 1839) are distributed further west and probably fail to reach the Indochinese realm. We also provide natural history notes and an identification key for the seven species currently recognized from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Geissler, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Van Devender, Robert Wayne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hartmann, Timo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Farkas, Balazs UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ziegler, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Boehme, Wolfgang UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-483719
DOI:	10.2478/s11756-011-0130-2
Journal or Publication Title:	Biologia
Volume:	66
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1159 - 1177
Date:	2011
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1336-9563
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SAURIA; VIETNAM; TAYLOR; RECORD Multiple languages Biology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/48371