Unrealized diversity in an urban rainforest: A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
Unrealized diversity in an urban rainforest: A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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城市雨林中未实现的多样性：来自马来西亚沙捞越州西部（婆罗洲）的Lygosoma（有鳞目：Scincidae）新物种。
作者：
Benjamin R. Karin;Elyse S. Freitas;S. Shonleben;L. Grismer;AARON M. Bauer;I. Das
我们从古晋城市雨林的陷阱和东马来西亚沙捞越西部森林山脚下收集了两种未描述的Lygosoma物种标本。该新种可从所有东南亚同系种中通过形态特征诊断出来，与泰马来半岛的Lygosoma herberti最相似。这个新物种在两个蛋白质编码基因上与它最近的亲戚有很大的差异，一个线粒体基因（ND1）和一个核基因（R35），我们对几个东南亚同系物进行了测序。我们在这种独特的形态和遗传分化的基础上描述了新物种。这是婆罗洲已知的第三种Lygosoma，并突出了岛上蜥蜴物种多样性的持续上升。此外，在小型城市雨林中发现的这一物种强调了保护任何规模的完整雨林地区对维持物种多样性的重要性。
We collected two specimens of an undescribed species of Lygosoma from pitfall traps in an urban rainforest in Kuching and from the base of a forested hill in western Sarawak, East Malaysia. The new species is diagnosable from all south-east Asian congeners by morphological characters, and most closely resembles Lygosoma herberti from the Thai-Malay Peninsula. The new species shows substantial molecular divergence from its closest relatives in two protein-coding genes, one mitochondrial (ND1) and one nuclear (R35) that we sequenced for several south-east Asian congeners. We describe the new species on the basis of this distinct morphology and genetic divergence. It is the third species of Lygosoma known from Borneo, and highlights the continuing rise in lizard species diversity on the island. In addition, the discovery of this species from a small urban rainforest underscores the importance of preserving intact rainforest areas of any size in maintaining species diversity.
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6.5
作者：
de Bruyn, Mark;Stelbrink, Bjoern;von Rintelen, Thomas
通讯作者：
von Rintelen, Thomas