LACERTIDAE
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Takydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802:

Takydromus sexlineatus F.-M. Daudin. 1802. Hist. nat. Rept. 3: 256; Pl. XXXIX.

Tachydromus ocellatus F.-É. Guerin-Meneville. “1829-1844” 1829. Icon. Règne Animal Atlas: Pl. 5. (type locality: “Indes orientales”; MNHN 455 [299], suspected to be a syntype by Brygoo, 1988.)

Tachydromus sexlineatus J. E. Gray. 1845. Cat. Lizards British Mus.: 52.

Tachydromus sexlineatus G. A. Boulenger. 1887. Cat. Lizards British Mus. III: 4.

Tachydromus sexlineatus E. Bartlett. 1895. J. Str. Br. Royal Asiatic Soc. (28): 86.

Takydromus sexlineatus T. Barbour. 1912. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 44(1): 89.

Tachydromus sexlineatus N. De Rooij. 1915. Reptiles Indo-Australian Arch. 1: 154.

Takydromus sexlineatus sexlineatus K. R. G. Welch, P. S. Cooke & A. S. Wright. 1990. Lizards Orient: 119.

Takydromus sexlineatus U. Manthey & W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens: 249.

Type locality: MNHN 2668 (2286) (syntype) and MNHN 263 (205) (syntype), type locality unknown, according to Daudin (1802); restricted by Smith (1943) to "Indes orientales" (= the East Indies). Guibé (1954: 68) lists MNHN 2668 as a holotype.

Distribution: Eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southern and eastern China, Borneo, Sumatra and Java (Manthey and Grossmann, 1997: 250).

Localities in Borneo: SARAWAK: Matang (De Rooij, 1915: 155; Smith, 1925b, based on BMNH 72.2.19.2-3); Kuching (De Rooij, 1915: 155; Brown, 1902, based on ANSP 26367-69; UMMZ 78756; ZRC 2.1491); Baram River (ZRC 2.1492); Kota Samarahan (Das, unpubl.); KALIMANTAN: Sintang, Sebruang Valley (Mocquard, 1892); Pontianak, Banjarmasin (De Rooij, 1915: 155); Mount Kenepai (Lidth de Jeude, 1905); Singkawang (Bleeker, 1859c). Also, “Borneo” (BMNH V.17.e; V.16.f-g; ANSP 26370-72, cited by Brown, 1902).

Derivation: Latin for six-lined.

 

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