Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo

Two new species of Dibamus are described from Sabah, east Malaysia (Borneo), one each from the highlands of Mendolong, Sipitang District, and the other from the lowland rainforests of Danum Valley, Lahad Datu District. The new highland species from Mendolong, Dibamus ingeri, differs from all cong...

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Main Authors: Das, I., Lim, Kelvin K. P.
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Language:English
Published: National University of Singapore 2003
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description Two new species of Dibamus are described from Sabah, east Malaysia (Borneo), one each from the highlands of Mendolong, Sipitang District, and the other from the lowland rainforests of Danum Valley, Lahad Datu District. The new highland species from Mendolong, Dibamus ingeri, differs from all congeneric species in the following combination of characters: SVL 96.0 mm; body relatively stout, body width 4.7% SVL, postoculars two; midbody scale rows 20; subcaudals 36; frontonasal divided; incomplete rostral sutures, preanal pores absent; nuchal collar starts from back of head, and relatively short tail (14.8% SVL). The new lowland species from Danum Valley, Dibamus vorisi, differs from all congeneric species in the following combination of characters: SVL to 90.1 mm; body relatively slender, body width 3.9% SVL, postoculars two; midbody scale rows 20; subcaudals 33 in a male, 11 in a female; frontonasal entire; nasal suture complete; labial suture absent; preanal pores absent; nuchal collar absent; pale body band situated in the anterior half of body, and a relatively short tail (14.2% SVL in a male; 6.1% SVL in a female).
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spelling unimas-117582016-05-04T01:37:35Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11758/ Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo Das, I. Lim, Kelvin K. P. GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology Two new species of Dibamus are described from Sabah, east Malaysia (Borneo), one each from the highlands of Mendolong, Sipitang District, and the other from the lowland rainforests of Danum Valley, Lahad Datu District. The new highland species from Mendolong, Dibamus ingeri, differs from all congeneric species in the following combination of characters: SVL 96.0 mm; body relatively stout, body width 4.7% SVL, postoculars two; midbody scale rows 20; subcaudals 36; frontonasal divided; incomplete rostral sutures, preanal pores absent; nuchal collar starts from back of head, and relatively short tail (14.8% SVL). The new lowland species from Danum Valley, Dibamus vorisi, differs from all congeneric species in the following combination of characters: SVL to 90.1 mm; body relatively slender, body width 3.9% SVL, postoculars two; midbody scale rows 20; subcaudals 33 in a male, 11 in a female; frontonasal entire; nasal suture complete; labial suture absent; preanal pores absent; nuchal collar absent; pale body band situated in the anterior half of body, and a relatively short tail (14.2% SVL in a male; 6.1% SVL in a female). National University of Singapore 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11758/1/Two%20new%20species%20of%20Dibamus%20%28abstract%29.pdf Das, I. and Lim, Kelvin K. P. (2003) Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin Of Zoology, 51 (1). pp. 137-141. ISSN 2345-7600 http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30597333/51rbz137-141.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1461723979&Signature=M6TlUrk%2BCgSn1jxpxbrHiK8cTDM%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTWO_NEW_SPECIES_OF_DIBAMUS_SQUAM
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
QL Zoology
Das, I.
Lim, Kelvin K. P.
Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo
title Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo
title_full Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo
title_fullStr Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo
title_short Two new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Borneo
title_sort two new species of dibamus (squamata: dibamidae) from borneo
topic GE Environmental Sciences
QL Zoology
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11758/
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