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Ptychozoon
kuhli Stejneger, 1902:
Lacerta homalocephala (?)
Creveld. 1809. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1809: 267; Pl. VIII.
Ptychozoon homalocephalum
T. E. Cantor. 1847. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 16: 626.
Ptychozoon homalocephalum G.
A. Boulenger. 1885. Cat. Lizards British Mus. 1: 190.
Ptychozoon homalocephalum E.
Bartlett. 1895. J. Str. Br. Royal Asiatic Soc. (28): 79.
Ptychozoon kuhli
L. Stejneger. 1902. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 15: 37.
Ptychozoon kuhli T.
Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 82.
Ptychozoon homalocephalum N.
De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 59.
Ptychozoon kuhli H.
Wermuth. 1965. Das Tierreich 80: 154.
Ptychozoon kuhli K.
R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 31.
Ptychozoon kuhli F.
L. Tan. 1993. Checklist Lizards Borneo: 8.
Ptychozoon kuhli A.
G. Kluge. 1993. Gekkonoid Lizard Taxon.: 31.
Ptychozoon kuhli U.
Manthey & W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens: 246.
Type
locality: The holotype was in the collection of Creveld, and is untraced at
present; type locality not mentioned in the original description.
Distribution:
Central Nicobars in India, southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra,
Enggano, Java and Borneo (Manthey and Grossmann, 1997: 247).
Localities
in Borneo: SARAWAK: Mengiong River, Nanga Tekalit, Third Division (UMMZ
154367-69; 154377-78); Lambir Hills (Das and Charles, 1993, based on ZRC
2.3387); Mount Dulit (De Rooij, 1915: 60, based on BMNH 1900.1.23.1), Balingean
(De Rooij, 1915: 60, based on BMNH 1904.7.19.49), Kuching, Pankalan Ampat in
Mount Penrissen (De Rooij, 1915: 60); Baram River (ZRC 2.1475-79); Mount Matang
(AMNH 57233); BRUNEI: Sungei Rampayoh (Das, 1999, based on UBD 326); Ulu
Temburong, Temburong (BM 81/62); SABAH: Sepilok Forest Reserve (Hikida and Ota,
1988); Sandakan (ZRC 2.1473); Danum Valley (Tan, 1993: 8, probably based on UMS
01000); Gunung Rava, Tawau, (UMS 01505 [2 examples]); Kampung Kambau, Penampang
(SSM 127); Purulon, Tenom (UKMS [at present UMS] Re. 1026); KALIMANTAN: Marah
(De Jong, 1928; based on ZMA 15344). Unknown: Barang, Pamabo Range. Also,
“Sarawak” (BMNH 1904.7.2.1).
Derivation:
For Dr. Heinrich Kuhl (1797-1821), assistant to Coenraad Jacob Temminck
(1778-1858), who went to Java with Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797-1823) (see
Anon, 1823, for an obituary, and Fransen et al., 1997, for a biography).
Remarks:
Ptychozoon kuhli Stejneger, 1902, is a
replacement name for Lacerta homalocephala
Creveld, 1809, which is preoccupied by Lacerta homalocephala Suckow, 1798.
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