Eutropis macularia ( Blyth, 1853 )

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 : 801

Eutropis macularia ( Blyth, 1853)

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 2430 .

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( SVL 52 mm, TL 64 mm) matched Das’s (2015) diagnosis in having slender body; short snout; well-developed limbs; 28–34 midbody scale rows; 12–17 lamellae under Toe IV; bronze-brown dorsum with darker spots; flanks darker than dorsum with white spots and venter cream. The specimen was uncovered in leaf litter along trail at night.