title: On the taxonomy and phylogeny of the skinks Lipinia sekayuensis Grismer, Ismail, Awang, Rizal, & Ahmad and Lipinia surda Boulenger from Peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: An integrative taxonomic analysis based on additional specimens and color photographs of Lipinia sekayuensis and additional color photographs of L. surda from Pulau Tioman and the Gunung Panti Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia confirm the previous hypotheses that L. sekayuensis is a valid species and is the sister species of L. surda. The two species share a 12.8% sequence divergence between them.
authors: Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California, 92515-8247 USA.; Email: lgrismer@lasierra.edu.
authors: L Lee
authors: LL
authors: Grismer
authors: Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, 150 East Bulldog Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84602 USA.; Email: pwood@byu.edu.
authors: Perry L Jr
authors: PL
authors: Wood
authors: School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.; Email: amirrudin@umt.edu.my.
authors: Muhammad F
authors: MF
authors: Syafiq
authors: School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.; Email: amirrudin@umt.edu.my.
authors: Baizul H
authors: BH
authors: Badli-Sham
authors: School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.; Email: amirrudin@umt.edu.my.
authors: Syed A
authors: SA
authors: Rizal
authors: School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.; Email: amirrudin@umt.edu.my.
authors: Amirrudin B
authors: AB
authors: Ahmad
authors: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia.; Email: evanquah@yahoo.com.
authors: Evan S H
authors: ES
authors: Quah
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D008296:Malaysia; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity