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Aphaniotis fusca (Peters, 1864):

Otocryptis (Aphaniotis) fusca W. C. H. Peters. 1864. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin 1864: 385.

Aphaniotis fusca G. A. Boulenger. 1885. Cat. Lizards British Mus. 1: 274.

Aphaniotis fusca E. Bartlett. 1895. J. Str. Br. Royal Asiatic Soc. (28): 84.

Aphaniotis fusca T. Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 181.

Aphaniotis fusca N. De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 90.

Aphaniotis fusca H. Wermuth. 1967. Das Tierreich 86: 34.

Aphaniotis fusca K. R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 35.

Aphaniotis fusca U. Manthey & W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens: 158.

Type locality: ZMB 5032 (holotype; fide Denzer et al., 1997), from “Nähe von Malacca (Forest Hill)” (ca. 02° 14’N; 102° 14’E; Melaka, West Malaysia).

Distribution: Southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Simalur, Nias (Mentawei Islands), Borneo, Singkep and the Natuna Islands (Manthey and Grossmann, 1997: 159; Wermuth, 1967: 34).

Localities in Borneo: SARAWAK: Santubong (Denzer, 1996); Bako National Park (FMNH 223209); Mount Matang (BMNH 99.1.20.1; ZRC 2.4661); SABAH: Mount Kinabalu (BMNH 94.6.30.14) and Kiau, Mount Kinabalu (BMNH 1929.12.22.88).

Derivation: Latin for dark-coloured.

 

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