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26 February 2010 A New Legless Loam-swimming Lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Genus Brachymeles) from the Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Island, Philippines
Cameron D. Siler, Danny S. Balete, Arvin C. Diesmos, Rafe M. Brown
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Abstract

A new limbless species of scincid lizard of the genus Brachymeles is described from Mt. Labo, Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Island, Philippines. The species was encountered only on this isolated volcanic peak and is conspicuously absent from surrounding, well-surveyed regions of the Bicol Peninsula. The new species is the fourth known limbless species of Brachymeles and the third to be discovered in the Philippines. It is the second longest limbless species of Brachymeles, and, aside from size, can be distinguished from all congeners by features of its external morphology, including both color and scalation. The discovery brings the total number of known Brachymeles species in the Luzon Faunal Region to eleven, including two limbless forms.

2010 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Cameron D. Siler, Danny S. Balete, Arvin C. Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown "A New Legless Loam-swimming Lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Genus Brachymeles) from the Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Island, Philippines," Copeia 2010(1), 114-122, (26 February 2010). https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-08-231
Received: 4 December 2008; Accepted: 1 August 2009; Published: 26 February 2010
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