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Lamprolepis leucosticta (MÜLLER, 1923)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma (Dasia) leucostictum MÜLLER 1923: 48
Lygosoma leucostictum — DE JONG 1930: 116
Dasia leucosticta — MERTENS 1971
Lamprolepis leucosticta — INGER & BROWN 1980
Lamprolepis leucosticta — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 263 
DistributionIndonesia (W Java)

Type locality: Java.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: lost, was ZSM 441/1911, female, fide Franzen & Glaw 2007. 
Diagnosis 
CommentArboreal.

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek words leuco (λευκο) = white, and Greek stiktos (στικτός), punctured, spotted. 
References
  • De JONG 1930. Notes on some reptiles from the Dutch East Indies. Treubia, Buitenzorg, 12 (1): 115-119 - get paper here
  • Inger,R.F. & Brown, W.C. 1980. Species of the scincid genus Dasia GRAY. Fieldiana: Zoology 3: 1-11 - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Mertens,R. 1971. Zur Kenntnis des javanischen Baumskinks Dasia leucosticta. Senckenbergiana biologica 52 (3/5): 193-196
  • Müller, L. 1923. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Batrachier der Zoologischen Sammlung des bayr. Staates. Zool. Anz. 57 (3-4): 49-61 - get paper here
 
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