Addendum
to An updated and annotated list of Indian
lizards (Reptilia: Sauria)
based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles
P. Dilip
Venugopal
Department of Entomology, University
of Maryland, 4124 Plant Sciences Building, College Park, MD 20742-4454, USA.
Email: dilip@umd.edu
Date of publication (online): 26 April 2010
Date of publication (print): 26 April 2010
ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893 (print)
Manuscript details:
Ms # o2434
Received 02 April 2010
Citation: Venugopal, P.D. (2010).
Addendum to An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a
review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(4): 848.
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© P. Dilip Venugopal 2010.
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With reference to my article (Venugopal
2010) in the Journal of Threatened Taxa, I would like to record the
following updated information in the published Table 1 which provides the list
of Saurid reptilian species with valid distributional
records within India (Category A). While
199 lizard species were listed in Table 1, two other species with valid
distributional records in India, were inadvertently
excluded. This comprised of the Gekkonid Geckoella albofasciatus (Boulenger,
1885) which was originally described by Boulenger
(1885) with “South Canara” as the type locality and
also reported from areas around Goa (Bauer & Giri
2004). The other species is the Eublepharid, Eublepharis fuscus (Börner,
1981) which was elevated from a subspecies of Eublepharis macularius
fuscus to a separate species by Das (1997), with region around
Mumbai as type locality. Thus the total
number of lizard species with valid distributional records from Indian limits
is 201 (including Category B, species reported from regions politically
disputed by India and Pakistan). Also,
based on the update, the results provided in Table 2, Category A, should read
as 72 in Gekkonidae and 3 in Eublepharidae
(See the updated Table 2 provided).
Other information provided in the rest of the article remains correct to
the best of my knowledge.
Table 2. Updated Family wise
categorization of Indian lizard species based on distributional records
|
Family / Category |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
Total |
|
Agamidae |
47 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
56 |
|
Anguidae |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Chamaeleonidae |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Dibamidae |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Eublepharidae |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
Gekkonidae |
72 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
86 |
|
Lacertidae |
10 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Scincidae |
58 |
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
66 |
|
Uromastycidae |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Varanidae |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Total |
198 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
230 |
A - Species with valid distribution records
within India; B - Species reported from the regions politically disputed by
India and Pakistan; C - Species whose distributional records are invalid or
questioned; D - Species with unclear locality records; E - Species known only
from type specimen of unclear origin; F - Species that were valid in earlier
lists, but omitted in this communication.
References
Bauer, A.M. & V. Giri
(2004). On the systematic status of Geckoella deccanansis (Günther,
1864) and G. albofasciata (Boulenger,
1885) (Squamata: Gekkonidae).
Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 51–58.
Boulenger, G.A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum
(Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae,
Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London, 450pp.
Das, I. (1997). Resolution of the systematic status of Eublepharis macularius fuscus Borner, 1981 (Eublepharidae:
Sauria: Squamata). Hamadryad 22(1): 13-20.
Venugopal, P.D. (2010). An updated and annotated list of Indian
lizards (Reptilia: Sauria)
based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(3): 725-738.