Aphaniotis fusca ( Peters, 1864 )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 798

Aphaniotis fusca ( Peters, 1864)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 23.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2459 , 1 ♀, USMHC 2460 • same local- ity; 11.II.2019; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2556 .

Identification and natural history. Two adult males ( USMHC 2459, SVL 45 mm, TL 94 mm; USMHC 2556, SVL 52 mm, TL 105 mm) and one adult female ( USMHC 2460, SVL 37 mm, TL 73 mm) matched Das’s (2015) and Grismer’s (2011a, 2011b) diagnosis in having a slender and compressed body; rounded snout; lacking a high nuchal crest; tympanum covered by scales making it only slightly visible at best; long and thin limbs; unmodified digits; Toe V longer than Toe I; long and slender tail; small dorsal scales with larger scattered scales; bright blue gums; brownish-olive dorsum and pale olive-brown venter. All specimens were found sleeping on low vegetation along trail by stream at night.