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A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia

A new species of Gongylosoma is described from Pulau Tioman, a small island 38 km off the southeast coast of Pahang, West Malaysia, in the South China Sea. This species differs from all other Gongylosoma in having a single, enlarged, posterior temporal; chinshields of equal size; and a thin nuchal b...

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Main Authors: Das, Indraneil, Grismer, L. Lee, Tzi, Ming Leong
Format: E-Article
Language:English
Published: The Herpetologists’ League, Inc. 2003
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QL Zoology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24896/1/243-%20Grismer%20et%20al.%20%28Gongylosoma%20mukutense%29.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.248962019-05-15T07:39:19Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24896/ A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia Das, Indraneil Grismer, L. Lee Tzi, Ming Leong Q Science (General) QL Zoology A new species of Gongylosoma is described from Pulau Tioman, a small island 38 km off the southeast coast of Pahang, West Malaysia, in the South China Sea. This species differs from all other Gongylosoma in having a single, enlarged, posterior temporal; chinshields of equal size; and a thin nuchal band that contacts a vestigial vertebral stripe. The new species forms a clade with G. nicobariense from the Nicobar Islands and G. longicauda from Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and is the sister species of the latter. The Herpetologists’ League, Inc. 2003 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24896/1/243-%20Grismer%20et%20al.%20%28Gongylosoma%20mukutense%29.pdf Das, Indraneil and Grismer, L. Lee and Tzi, Ming Leong (2003) A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia. Herpetologica, 59 (4). pp. 567-574. ISSN 1938-5099 https://www.hljournals.org/
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QL Zoology
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QL Zoology
Das, Indraneil
Grismer, L. Lee
Tzi, Ming Leong
A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia
description A new species of Gongylosoma is described from Pulau Tioman, a small island 38 km off the southeast coast of Pahang, West Malaysia, in the South China Sea. This species differs from all other Gongylosoma in having a single, enlarged, posterior temporal; chinshields of equal size; and a thin nuchal band that contacts a vestigial vertebral stripe. The new species forms a clade with G. nicobariense from the Nicobar Islands and G. longicauda from Borneo, Java, and Sumatra and is the sister species of the latter.
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author Das, Indraneil
Grismer, L. Lee
Tzi, Ming Leong
author_facet Das, Indraneil
Grismer, L. Lee
Tzi, Ming Leong
author_sort Das, Indraneil
title A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia
title_short A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia
title_full A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia
title_fullStr A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A New Species Of Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) From Pulau Tioman, West Malaysia
title_sort new species of gongylosoma (squamata: colubridae) from pulau tioman, west malaysia
publisher The Herpetologists’ League, Inc.
publishDate 2003
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/24896/1/243-%20Grismer%20et%20al.%20%28Gongylosoma%20mukutense%29.pdf
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