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Dasia vittata (EDELING, 1865)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Borneo Skink, Striped Tree Skink
G: Gestreifter Baumskink, Borneo-Baumskink 
SynonymApterygodon vittatum EDELING 1865: 201
Euprepes (Tiliqua) praeornatus PETERS 1871: 571
Lygosoma vittatum — BOULENGER 1887
Lygosoma vittatum — SHELFORD 1901: 54
Dasia vittata — SMITH 1937: 226
Dasia vittata — MANTHEY & DENZER 1982
Apterygodon vittatum — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 257
Apterygodon vittatum — HONDA et al. 1999
Apterygodon vittatum — MALKMUS et al. 2002: 270
Apterygodon vittatus — BAUER et al. 2003
Dasia vittata — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Dasia vittatum — AULIYA 2006 
DistributionIndonesia, Malaysia (Borneo, Sarawak, Sabah), Brunei

Type locality: Bandjermasin, Bornéo [= Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated
Holotype: ZMB 7143 [Euprepes (Tiliqua) praeornatus] 
Diagnosis 
CommentArboreal.

Type species: Apterygodon vittatum EDELING 1865 is the type species of the genus Apterygodon EDELING 1865.

A summary of diagnostic features of the genus is provided by DAREVSKY & ORLOV 1994. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “vittatus” for ribbon, or decorated by a ribbon, referring to the stripes on the head and neck of the species. 
References
  • Auliya, M. 2006. Taxonomy, Life History, and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 432 pp. - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • Darevsky, I.S. and Orlov,N.L. 1994. Vietnascincus rugosus, a New Genus and Species of the Dasia-like Arboreal Skinks (Sauria, Scincidae) from Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 1 (1): 37 - get paper here
  • Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo
  • Edeling, A.C.J. 1865. Recherches sur la faune erpétologique de Bornéo. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., Leiden, 2: 200-204 [1864] - get paper here
  • Goldberg, Stephen R. 2012. Notes on reproduction of the Borneo Skink, Dasia vittata (Squamata: Scincidae) from Borneo. Hamadryad 36 (1): 51-53 - get paper here
  • Greer, Allen Eddy, Jr. 1970. The Relationships of the Skinks Referred to the Genus Dasia. Breviora (348): 1-30 - get paper here
  • Grossmann, W. 2010. Der Gestreifte Baumskink Dasia vittata (EDELING, 1865) im Biotop und im Terrarium. Sauria 32 (3): 3-14 - get paper here
  • HARIKRISHNAN, S.; KARTHIKEYAN VASUDEVAN, ANSLEM DE SILVA, V. DEEPAK, NILADRI BHUSAN KAR, ROHIT NANIWADEKAR, ALBERT LALREMRUATA, K. REBEKAH PRASOONA & RAMESH K AGGARWAL 2012. Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India. Zootaxa 3233: 37–51
  • Hikida T 1979. Notes on the Bornean arboreal skink, Apterygodon vittatus. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 8 (2): 68-69
  • Honda, Masanao; Ota, Hidetoshi; Kobayashi, Mari; Nabhitabhata,Jarujin; Yong, Soi-Sen & Hikida,Tsutomu 1999. Evolution of Asian and African Lygosomine Skinks of the Mabuya group (Reptilia: Scincidae): a molecular perspective. Zoological Science 16: 979-984 - get paper here
  • Husson, S.J.; S.H. Limin, Adul, N.S. Boyd, J.J. Brousseau, S. Collier, S.M. Cheyne, L.J. D’Arcy, R.A. Dow, N.W. Dowds, M.L. Dragiewicz, D.A. Ehlers Smith, Iwan, Hendri, P.R. Houlihan, K.A. Jeffers, B.J.M. Jarrett, I.P. Kulu, H.C. Morrogh-Bernard, S.E 2018. Biodiversity of the Sebangau tropical peat swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo. Mires and Peat 22 (05): 1–50 - get paper here
  • Janzen, Peter 2022. Herpetofauna in Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) – Part 2 Reptiles. Sauria 44 (3): 3-28
  • Malkmus, R.; Manthey, U.; Vogel, G. Hoffmann, P. & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Ganther Verlag, Rugell, 404 pp.
  • Malkmus,R. 1985. Amphibien und Reptilien vom Mount Kinabalu (4101 m), Nordborneo. Herpetofauna 7 (35): 6-13 - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 1982. Exkursion am Mt. Kinabalu (4101 m), Nordborneo, Teil 2: Herpetologische Eindrücke. Herpetofauna 4 (21): 11-19 - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
  • MAUSFELD, Patrick & Andreas SCHMITZ 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 3: 161–171 - get paper here
  • Mori, Akira;Araya, Kunio;Hikida, Tsutomu 1995. Biology of the poorly known Bornean lizard, Apterygodon vittatus (Squamata: Scincidae): an arboreal ant-eater. Herpetological Natural History 3 (1): 1-14
  • Peters, W. 1871. Uber neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin [1871]: 566-581 - get paper here
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  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
 
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