An assessment of vouchered records and field observations of the rare anguid, Dopasia buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) in Borneo

By

Jablonski, Daniel, 1987-
Lawson, Martina
Boyce, Andy J.
Molls, Christian
Das, Indraneil, 1964-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-5-7

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

33

Pages

59--65

Subjects

Anguidae , coloration , diversity , Indonesia , legless lizards , Malaysia , rare species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.33.e51089

 

Abstract

We report recent observations, two new locality records and an updated overview of the distribution of Dopasia buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905) from Borneo, as well as photographic documentation of this species showing colouration and patterns in living individuals and the holotype. This note represents the first complete compilation of distributional knowledge of this rarely-encountered member of the family Anguidae.