A NEW SPECIES OF GONGYLOSOMA (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM PULAU TIOMAN, WEST MALAYSIA

L. Lee Grismer; Indraneil Das; Tzi Ming Leong

doi:10.1655/02-38

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L. Lee Grismer,^1,* Indraneil Das,² Tzi Ming Leong³

¹aDepartment of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA 92515-8247, USA
²bInstitute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300, Kota
³cDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260

^*Correspondence: lgrismer@lasierra.edu

Abstract

A new species of Gongylosoma is described from Pulau Tioman, a small island 38 km off the southeast coast of Pahang, West Malaysia, in the South China Sea. This species differs from all other Gongylosoma in having a single, enlarged, posterior temporal; chinshields of equal size; and a thin nuchal band that contacts a vestigial vertebral stripe. The new species forms a clade with G. nicobariense from the Nicobar Islands and G. longicauda from Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and is the sister species of the latter.

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L. Lee Grismer, Indraneil Das, and Tzi Ming Leong "A NEW SPECIES OF GONGYLOSOMA (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM PULAU TIOMAN, WEST MALAYSIA," Herpetologica 59(4), 565-572, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1655/02-38

Accepted: 1 March 2003; Published: 1 December 2003

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