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The Current Status of Korean Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)  

Chang Min-Ho (Educational Research Institute, Cheju National University)
Song Jae-Young (National Park Research Institute)
Lee Jong-Nam (Exhibition Hall of Wild Bird, Kyungsung University)
Oh Hong-Shik (Department of Science Education, Cheju National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.20, no.3, 2006 , pp. 352-358 More about this Journal
Abstract
We reconsidered the taxonomy of lizards in Korea on the basis of morphological characters of collected specimens and previously published data. A total of 138 specimens were used in this study, which were collected from April 1996 to October 2005, From the observations, we presented keys to classify Korean lizards. Also, we indicated sampling sites for each species on the Korean map. In addition, we added some remarks on the distribution of Gekko japonicus, the study of genus Scincella and the synonym of genus Takydromus. Especially, it was uncertain whether the southern Korean Peninsula is a natural habitat of Takydromus tachydromoides oldi which will be necessary in further study.
Keywords
LIZARDS; REPTILIA; TAXONOMY; KOREA;
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