The Transfer of Two Clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the Genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and The Description of A New Malaysian Swamp-dwelling Species; Tytthoscincus panchorensis

Phylogenetic analyses based on the mitochondrial gene ND2 and its flanking tRNAs indicate the diminutive upland and insular species Sphenomorphus bukitensis, S. butleri, S. langkawiensis, S. perhentianensis, and S. temengorensis form a monophyletic group that is phylogenetically embedded within the Southeast Asian genus Tytthoscincus. Leer más.