Manouria impressa (Günther)

Leong, T. M. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2003, Herpetofaunal Records From Fraser’S Hill, Peninsular Malaysia, With Larval Descriptions Of Limnonectes Nitidus And Theloderma Asperum (Amphibia: Ranidae And Rhacophoridae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1), pp. 123-136 : 130

Manouria impressa (Günther)

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Testudo impressa – Smith, 1922: 264.

Manouria impressa – Lim & Das, 1999: 112; Sharma & Tisen, 2000: 128.

Material examined. – None.

Observation. – One photographed ( Fig. 8 ) along Bishop’s Trail at about 900 m between April and May 1994 (D. Wee & A. T. C. Wong). Manouria impressa may be clearly distinguished from M. emys by comparisons of carapace scute characters. In M. impressa , the dark/black pigmentation is confined only to the anterior margins of each scute, whereas in M. emys , this dark pigmentation lines the entire margin of each scute. Furthermore, in M. impressa , the first to third (most anterior) vertebral scutes exhibit a fairly uniform ‘rectangular’ shape, whereas in M. emys , the first vertebral scute adopts a pentagonal shape, followed by the second and third which adopt a hexagonal shape (Lim & Das, 1999).

ORDER SQUAMATA

FAMILY GEKKONIDAE

Figures

Fig. 8. Manouria impressa, photographed by Desmond Wee along Bishop’s Trail in April-May 1994.