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Zoological Research
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 2095-8137
Vol. 40, No. 5, 2019, pp. 358-393
Bioline Code: zr19038
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Zoological Research, Vol. 40, No. 5, 2019, pp. 358-393

 en Counting stripes: revision of the Lipinia vittigera check for this species in other resources complex (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) with description of two new species from Indochina
Poyarkov, Nikolay A.; Geissler, Peter; Gorin, Vladislav A.; Dunayev, Evgeniy A.; Hartmann, Timo & Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon

Abstract

We provide an integrative taxonomic analysis of the Lipinia vittigera species complex from mainland Southeast Asia. Based on examination of external morphology, color pattern, and 681 base pairs of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene, we demonstrate the presence of four morphologically distinct lineages of Lipinia in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia, showing a sequence divergence ranging 15.5% – 20.4%. All discovered lineages are discretely diagnosable from one another by a combination of scalation traits and color patterns. A review of the published distribution data and a re-examination of available type material revealed the following results: (1) distribution of L. vittigera (Boulenger, 1894) sensu stricto is restricted to Sundaland and the Thai-Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra; (2) L. microcercus (Boettger, 1901) stat. nov. is elevated to full species rank; the species has a wide distribution from central and southern Vietnam across Cambodia to eastern Thailand; we regard Lygosoma vittigerum kronfanum check for this species in other resources Smith, 1922 and Leiolopisma pranensis check for this species in other resources Cochran, 1930 as its junior synonyms; (3) Lipinia trivittata sp. nov. occurs in hilly areas of southern Vietnam, Cambodia, and eastern Thailand; and (4) Lipinia vassilievi sp. nov. is currently known only from a narrow area along the Vietnamese-Cambodian border in the foothills of the central Annamite Mountain Range. We further provide an identification key for Lipinia occurring in mainland Southeast Asia.

Keywords
Lipinia microcercus stat. nov.; Lipinia trivittata sp. nov.; Lipinia vassilievi sp. nov.; Vietnam; Thailand; Cambodia; Biogeography; mtDNA; COI-barcoding

 
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