[Herpetology • 2016] Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Bronchocela rayaensis (Squamata: Agamidae) on the Thai-Malay Peninsula

Bronchocela rayaensis 
(ZMKU R 00717)  from the Khatu Waterfall, Phuket Island, Thailand

photos by L.L. Grismer   DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.6  

Abstract

An integrative taxonomic analysis used to identify a new population of Bronchocela from Phuket Island, Thailand indicates it is conspecific with Bronchocela rayaensis from the Langkawi Archipelago of northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. An additional specimen photographed from Khura Buri District, Phang-nga Province is also considered to be B. rayaensis and represents a northern range extension of 295 km from the Langkawi Archipelago.

Keywords: Reptilia, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Systematics, Bronchocela

L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Jr. Wood, Anchalee Aowphol, Michael Cota, Matthew Murdoch, César Aguilar and Marta Grismer. 2016. Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Bronchocela rayaensis (Squamata: Agamidae) on the Thai-Malay Peninsula.
 Zootaxa.  4092(3); 414–420.   DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.6