An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos

Abstract

Since the book-formatted, monographic treatment of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent islands by Grismer (2011), 47 additional species have been added to that fauna bringing the total to 174. One species, Cyrtodactylus stresemanni, was removed from the lizard fauna based on its likely mislabeled type locality; 44 species were described as new—29 gekkonids, 11 scincids, five agamids, and one dibamid; and three others, Cnemaspis narathiwatensis, Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus, and Scincella melanosticta were recently discovered in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Taxonomic changes for seven previously described species occurring after 2011 are noted and significant, new locality records are documented here for additional species. The intent of this review is to provide an up to date peer-reviewed checklist for the lizard species of this region prior to a pending updated book monograph.

Systematics of Eutropis rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870) (Squamata: Scincidae) including the redescription of the holotype

“…Subsequently, Asian Mabuya species were placed in the genus Eutropis by Mausfeld et al (2000). The following authors recorded Eutropis rugifera from various locations in Nicobar Island, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Greater Sundaic Islands (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Bali), Sulawesi and surrounding islands of the above locations (Mertens 1959;Cox et al 1998;Chan-ard et al 1999;Malkmus et al 2002;Das 2004;Onn et al 2010;Venugopal 2010;Grismer 2011;Barley et al 2014 etc.). Eutropis rugifera has long been considered a widely distributed species and the taxonomy of the species has not yet been critically compared.…”

First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia

“…We recorded 18 species of amphibians from the families Bufonidae, Dicroglossidae, Megophryidae, Microhylidae, Ranidae, and Rhacophoridae and 16 species of reptiles from the families Agamidae, Gekkonidae, Scin-cidae, Colubridae, Pareidae, Viperidae, Testudinidae, and Trionychidae. Below, we provide detailed accounts for each confirmed species and a collated checklist for the Titiwangsa Range (Table 1), which includes records from Fraser's Hill, Cameron Highlands, and Genting Highlands (Berry 1975, Tweedie 1983, Lim et al 2002, Leong and Lim 2003, Ahmad et al 2011, Grismer 2011, Manthey and Denzer 2014, Davis et al 2016, Grismer and Quah 2019. Identification.…”

“…Asterisks (*) denote new records; dagger ( †) denotes an unconfirmed record. This list was compiled from results of this study as well as published works of Berry (1975), Tweedie (1983), Lim et al (2002), Leong and Lim (2003b), Ahmad et al (2011), Grismer (2011), Manthey and Denzer (2014), Grismer et al (2015Grismer et al ( , 2018, Davis et al (2016), and Grismer and Quah (2019). (Wood et al 2008), it is likely that it will also occur at higher elevations where habitat is suitable, but not much lower than 700 m where the transition from hill to lowland dipterocarp forest occurs.…”

Sympatric competitors have driven the evolution of temporal activity patterns in Cnemaspis geckos in Southeast Asia

“…This pattern might be caused by incomplete records. Firstly, even though several new species of the Cyrtodactylus genus have been described in south Thailand and Malaysia [23][24][25][26] , there is still insufficient information about the fine-scaled distribution of some Cyrtodactylus species, especially for those potentially new ones. Secondly, competition from other geckos, including other sympatric Cnemaspis congeners, might also led to the temporal niche partition, leading to the somewhat inconsistent relationship between diel niche and sympatry between Cnemaspis and Cyrtodactylus species.…”