A new insular species of skink of the genus Sphenomorphus Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Pulau Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia

Tropical Life Sciences Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-69

  Lee Grismer, L ^a,b   Wood Jr , Perry Lee ^c   Grismer, Jesse Leland ^c  

^a LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Perhentian Archipelago; Pulau Perhentian Besar; Scincidae; Sphenomorphus perhentianensis

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HERPETOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SPHENOMORPHUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 73349102061     PISSN: 19853718     EISSN: 19858345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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