Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India
A lineage of lygosomines, allocated in the past variously to Scincella, Lygosoma, Leiolopisma and Asymblepharus, comprising five nominal species endemic to the Western Ghats of south-western India, is allocated to a new genus, Kaestlea.The genus includes the following species: Mocoa bilineata Gra...
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| description | A lineage of lygosomines, allocated in the past variously to Scincella,
Lygosoma, Leiolopisma and Asymblepharus, comprising five nominal species endemic to
the Western Ghats of south-western India, is allocated to a new genus, Kaestlea.The genus
includes the following species: Mocoa bilineata Gray, 1846; Mocoa travancorica Beddome,
1870; Lygosoma beddomii Boulenger, 1887; Lygosoma laterimaculatum Boulenger, 1887
and Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) travancoricum var. palnica Boettger, 1892. Lectotypes of all
recognised species are designated. The relationships of these species with others
lygosomine skinks of Asia and America (including the genera Scincella, Sphenomorphus
and Asymblepharus) are discussed. Diagnoses and a key to the species of Kaestlea are
provided. |
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| spelling | unimas-119352016-05-12T03:14:48Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11935/ Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India Eremchenko, Valery K. Das, I. GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology A lineage of lygosomines, allocated in the past variously to Scincella, Lygosoma, Leiolopisma and Asymblepharus, comprising five nominal species endemic to the Western Ghats of south-western India, is allocated to a new genus, Kaestlea.The genus includes the following species: Mocoa bilineata Gray, 1846; Mocoa travancorica Beddome, 1870; Lygosoma beddomii Boulenger, 1887; Lygosoma laterimaculatum Boulenger, 1887 and Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) travancoricum var. palnica Boettger, 1892. Lectotypes of all recognised species are designated. The relationships of these species with others lygosomine skinks of Asia and America (including the genera Scincella, Sphenomorphus and Asymblepharus) are discussed. Diagnoses and a key to the species of Kaestlea are provided. Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust 2004 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11935/1/Kaestlea%20a%20new%20genus%20%28abstract%29.pdf Eremchenko, Valery K. and Das, I. (2004) Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India. Hamadryad, 28 (1-2). pp. 43-50. ISSN 0972-205X http://www.zenscientist.com/index.php/pdflibrary2/Open-Access-Journals/Hamadryad-1976-2008/2004-Hamadryad-28(1-2)-Eremchenko-and-Das/ |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology Eremchenko, Valery K. Das, I. Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India |
| title | Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India |
| title_full | Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India |
| title_fullStr | Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India |
| title_short | Kaestlea: A new genus of scincid lizards (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Western Ghats, south-western India |
| title_sort | kaestlea: a new genus of scincid lizards (scincidae: lygosominae) from the western ghats, south-western india |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences QL Zoology |
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