EUBLEPHARIDAE
View Image Gallery of Eublepharidae.


Aeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864):

Pentadactylus felinus A. C. L. Günther. 1864. Rept. Brit. India: 117; Pl. XII; Figs. F and F’.

Pentadactylus borneensis A. C. L. Günther. 1864. Rept. Brit. India: 117. (type locality: “Borneo”; BMNH RR 1972.1251 [holotype]).

Pentadactylus dorsalis W. C. H. Peters. 1871. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin 1871: 569. (type locality: “Sarawak” [in East Malaysia; Borneo]; MSNG 9504 [holotype]; fide Capocaccia, 1961.)

Æluroscalabotes felinus G. A. Boulenger. 1885. Cat. Lizards British Mus. 1: 73.

Æluroscalabotes dorsalis G. A. Boulenger. 1885. Cat. Lizards British Mus. 1: 74.

Æluroscalabotes ? brunneus G. A. Boulenger. 1885. Cat. Lizards British Mus. 1: 74.

Ælurosaurus felinus E. Bartlett. 1895. J. Str. Br. Royal Asiatic Soc. (28): 77.

Ælurosaurus dorsalis E. Bartlett. 1895. J. Str. Br. Royal Asiatic Soc. (28): 77.

Aeluroscalabotes felinus T. Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 179.

Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis T. Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 179.

Aeluroscalabotes felinus N. De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 26.

Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis N. De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 27.

Aeluroscalabotes longicaudatus L. G. Andersson. “1923” 1924. Meddelelser Fra Det Zool. Mus., Kristiana 61: 122. (type locality: “Bulungan, north-east Borneo” [= Bulangan, 02° 22’N; 125° 25’E; Kalimantan, Indonesia {Borneo}].)

Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis multituberculatus F. Kopstein. 1927. Treubia 9: 438. (type locality: “Sula Island” [= Pulau-Pulau Sula, 01° 52’S; 125° 22’E; Indonesia])

Aeluroscalabotes felinus H. Wermuth. 1965. Das Tierreich 80: 3.

Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis dorsalis K. R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 5.

Aeluroscalabotes dorsalis multituberculatus K. R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 5.

Aeluroscalabotes felinus K. R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 5.

Aeluroscalabotes felinus F. L. Tan. 1993. Checklist Lizards Borneo: 1.

Aeluroscalabotes felinus A. G. Kluge. 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxon.: 3.

Aeluroscalabotes felinus U. Manthey & W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens: 209.

Type locality: BMNH RR 1962.180 (holotype), from "Singapore".

Distribution: Peninsular Thailand, the Malaya Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Sula Islands.

Localities in Borneo: SARAWAK: Gunung Gading (BMNH 1926.12.7.8; T. Hikida, pers. comm., 1998); Bidi (BMNH 1902.12.12.9); Mount Penrissen, Saribas, Kuching, Pankalan Ampat in Mount Penrissen (De Rooij, 1915: 27); Nanga Tekalit, Third Division (CAS 105992; KU 155756-59); MVZ 11776-79; UMMZ 127494); Sungei Mengiong, Kapit (AMNH 111876-79; UKMS [at present UMS] Re. 201; formerly FMNH 146066); Camp 5, Mount Mulu National Park (BMNH 1979.87.3); SABAH: Sapagaya Forest Reserve (Tan 1993: 1: based on FMNH); Tawau Hills Park (Tan, 1993: 1, based on FMNH and SP 06257); Crocker Range National Park Headquarters (SP 06517); KALIMANTAN: Upper Mahakkam (Lidth de Jeude, 1905); Long Petah (De Jong, 1928, based on ZMA 15775 and 18842); Maruwai (RBS 18-169, at present MZB uncat.); Bulungan (Andersson, 1924).

Derivation: Latin for cat-like, in allusion to its cat-like retractable claws.

 

Copyright © Dr. Indraneil Das and Ghazally Ismail., 2001. All rights reserved.
Website published by
ARBEC