Resolution of the systematic status of Eublepharis macularius fuscus Boerner, 1981 (Eublepharidae: Sauria: Squamata)
The disjunct population of leopard geckos, genus Eublepharis from western India (Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka) is shown to be non conspecific with E. macularius. Originally described as a subspecies of E. macularius by Borner (1981), E. fuscus is demonstrated to be both diagnosable and allopat...
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Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
1997
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11951/1/Resolution%20of%20the%20systematic%20%28abstract%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11951/ https://www.zenscientist.com/index.php/pdflibrary2/Open-Access-Journals/Hamadryad-1976-2008/1997-Hamadryad-22(1)-Das-1/ |
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| Summary: | The disjunct population of leopard geckos, genus Eublepharis from western India (Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka) is shown to be non conspecific with E. macularius. Originally described as a subspecies of E. macularius by Borner (1981), E. fuscus is demonstrated to be both diagnosable and allopatric with congeners, and therefore elevated to species status and a neotype designated. Eublepharis fuscus differs from known congeners in possessing the following combination of characters: six postnasals contacting nasals; eight supralabials to a point below pupil; mental small, hexagonal, longer than wide and about twice as long as the first pair of postmentals; prefrontal region with smooth, flat scales,; large granular and non-spinose tubercles on the dorsum. |
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