A New Record of the Vietnamese Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces tamdaoensis (Reptilia: Scincidae), from Hong Kong, China, with Special Reference to Its Sexual Dimorphism

Authors

  • TSUTOMU HIKIDA
  • MICHAEL WAI-NENG LAU
  • HIDETOSHI OTA

Keywords:

Eumeces tamdaoensis, morphological characters, sexual dimorphism, Hong Kong, Vietnam

Abstract

An immature female specimen of Eumeces tamdaoensis, a scincid
lizard hitherto known only from northern Vietnam, was collected from Sai
Kung Peninsula, the New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region. Analysis of morphological variation using the present specimen and
17 Vietnamese specimens including two syntypes revealed that E. tamdaoen-
sis has a distinct sexual dimorphism in the number of paravertebrals, as well
as in relative sizes of head and body.

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Published

2001-08-01

How to Cite

[1]
HIKIDA, T., LAU, M.W.-N. and OTA, H. 2001. A New Record of the Vietnamese Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces tamdaoensis (Reptilia: Scincidae), from Hong Kong, China, with Special Reference to Its Sexual Dimorphism. Tropical Natural History. 1, 1 (Aug. 2001), 9–13.

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2001): The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University

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Original Articles

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