Additional Locality of an Endemic Legless Skink, Isopachys roulei (Angel, 1920)(Squamata, Scincidae) from Northeastern Thailand

Authors

  • Kirati Kunya Nakhonratchasima Zoo, 111 M. 1, Ratchasima/Pak Tongchai Rd. Chaimonkol, Muang Nakon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand
  • Sumat Kamolnorranath Conservation Research and Education Division, The Zoological Park Organization Under The Royal Patronage of H.M. The King, Thailand
  • Tanya Chan-ard Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand
  • Michael Cota Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand
  • Sunchai Makchai Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand

Keywords:

Isopachys roulei, Lygosomine

Abstract

A single specimen of a legless skink in the genus Isopachys Lönnberg, 1916 was identified as I. roulei (Angel, 1920). The specimen described here was found living in a different habitat far from the type locality. The new location is recorded as a new locality for this species.

References

Lang, M. and W. Böhme, 1991. Description and phylogenetic position of a new species of Isopachys from Central Thailand and Southern Burma (Squamata: Scincidae). Bulletin de L’Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles de Belique, Biologie. 60: 231-240.

Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol.II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London. xii + 440 pp.

Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 44(14): 687-1077.

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2011-05-01

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Kunya, K., Kamolnorranath, S., Chan-ard, T., Cota, M., & Makchai, S. (2011). Additional Locality of an Endemic Legless Skink, Isopachys roulei (Angel, 1920)(Squamata, Scincidae) from Northeastern Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 5(1), 89–93. retrieved from https://li05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thnhmj/article/view/1798

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): May 2011

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