Leiolepis belliana ( Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 )

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 263

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7960414
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE9C-B970-FF6B-464D7D9D0D8C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leiolepis belliana ( Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 )
status

Treatment

Leiolepis belliana ( Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) — Erroneous.

Common Butterfly Lizard

Singapore records.

No published records.

Remarks. MCZ has two specimens of L. belliana catalogued in 1903 and ZMO has one specimen collected in 1898. Leiolepis belliana occupies a wide distribution from Myanmar east to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, south to southern Peninsular Malaysia, and a disjunct population occurs on Pulau Bangka, Indonesia ( Grismer 2011b). Grismer (2011b) stated that there are unconfirmed records from Singapore and Sumatra, either referring to Peters (1971) or the specimens at MCZ and ZMO. As all Leiolepis occupy open areas in coastal and savannah habitats with loose soil ( Grismer 2011b), it is likely L. belliana did not occur in Singapore since Singapore historically did not possess these habitats to any considerable extent.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): MCZ, NMW, ZMO.