Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data
Author
Mulcahy, Daniel G.
Author
Lee, Justin L.
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Miller, Aryeh H.
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Chand, Mia
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Thura, Myint Kyaw
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Zug, George R.
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ZooKeys
2018
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85
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.757.24453
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.757.24453
1313-2970-757-85
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Hemidactylus berdmorei (Blyth, 1853)
Comments.
No species of the
Hemidactylus bowringii
group were seen at any of the sites visited.
Hemidactylus berdmorei
is known only from a disintegrating holotype collected in 1853 in Mergui (= Myeik), hence vouchers of the Smooth Gecko from this area are essential for resolving the taxonomic status of this named taxon (
McMahan and Zug 2007
). If it is an autochthonous species, this
gecko
is likely a valid species; however, because Mergui was an active seaport in the mid 19th century, it is possible that the specimen was a recent arrival from elsewhere in Asia and did not become established.
Red List status.
NE.