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Lanthanotus borneensis STEINDACHNER, 1878

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Higher TaxaLanthanotidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Borneo Earless Monitor 
SynonymLanthonotus [sic] borneensis STEINDACHNER 1877: 160
Lanthanotus borneensis STEINDACHNER 1878: 95
Lanthanotus borneensis — BOULENGER 1885: 302
Lanthanotus borneensis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 137
Lanthanotus borneensis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 251
Lanthanotus borneensis — YAAP et al. 2012 
DistributionIndonesia (Borneo: W Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sarawak)

Type locality: Sarawak  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMW 16365 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Ear hidden; teeth fang-like, without grooves; no labial
shields; lower eyelid with a single, semitransparent shield. No gular fold. Upper surface tubercular, with rows of large tubercles, each of which bearing a horny keeled scale; abdominal scales flat, slightly imbricate. Limbs short, with short, clawed digits, which are granular below (de Rooij 1917: 138). 
CommentType species: Lanthonotus [= Lanthanotus] borneensis STEINDACHNER 1877 is the type species of the genus Lanthanotus STEINDACHNER 1878. 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution on Borneo (Indonesia). 
References
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  • Auliya, M. 2006. Taxonomy, Life History, and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 432 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1899. [Mr. G.A. Boulenger exhibited a specimen of the Bornean lizard Lanthanotus borneensis]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 596-597 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
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  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
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  • Harrisson, T.H. & Haile, N.S. 1961. A rare earless monitor lizard from Borneo. Nature 190: 1213 - get paper here
  • Langner, Christian Georg 2017. Hidden in the Heart of Borneo-shedding light on Some Mysteries of an Enigmatic Lizard: First Records of Habitat Use, Behavior, and Food Items of Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1878 in Its Natural Habitat. Russ. J. Herpetol. 24 (1): 1-10 - get paper here
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