Revision of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and adjacent archipelagos off western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the description of four new species

Das, I. (2005) Revision of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from the Mentawai and adjacent archipelagos off western Sumatra, Indonesia, with the description of four new species. Journal of Herpetology, 39 (2). pp. 233-247. ISSN 0022-1511

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Abstract

Four new species of Cnemaspis are described from the Mentawai and adjacent archipelagos along the northwest to the southwest coast of Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia, and one each from Simeulue, Nias, Siberut, and Enggano. These populations were allocated by earlier workers to Cnemaspis kandiana (Kelaart, 1852), a Sri Lankan highland endemic. The high levels of endemicity of the fauna of these islands have been attributed to their geographical isolation, historical lack of aridity, and effects of glacial emergence of the Sunda Shelf caused by its maritime climate.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Genus Cnemaspis Strauch,Sauria, Gekkonidae, Mentawai, Adjacent Archipelagos, Western Sumatra, Indonesia, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Depositing User:	Karen Kornalius
Date Deposited:	25 Apr 2016 01:42
Last Modified:	17 May 2019 07:34
URI:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11586

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