Elegant Bronzeback

discussion

Remarks. As mentioned above under D. cyanochloris, systematic disarray existed between D. cyanochloris and D. formosus until D. kopsteini was described as a new species (Vogel & van Rooijen 2007). As such, investigation into historic records informs that many records of D. formosus from Singapore refer to D. kopsteini (e. g., Lim & Lim 2002). Accordingly, all records of D. formosus prior to 2007 are assigned to D. kopsteini, unless there is definitive evidence suggesting the contrary, but we do understand that some records may actually be of D. formosus. All museum specimens of D. formosus are from 2002 onwards, except for ZRC. 2.3757 collected on 25 February 1921 at Pulau Ubin, which Leong (2005 a) misidentified as D. cyanochloris. The earliest published account of D. formosus comes from Buddle (1929) who provided a description of two individuals caught at SNB. This was followed 88 years later (Table 2) by Baker (2005) who featured a photograph of D. formosus and stated that it is common. Curiously, Baker & Lim (2012) later classified it as rare. Cross (2020 n) recorded one individual from Changi in 1944 that went unpublished until now (Lim 2020). The only other published observat

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LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve: ZRC. 2.6784 (13 - Dec- 2008); Island Club Road [SICC]: ZRC. 2.6078 (21 - Aug- 2004); Mandai Lake Road: ZRC. 2.6722 (18 - Aug- 2008); Mandai Track 15: ZRC. 2.5534 (02 - Oct- 2002); Old Upper Thomson Road: ZRC. 2.6724 (31 - Jul- 2008), ZRC. 2.7021 (22 - Sep- 2013), ZRC. 2.7028 (29 - Oct- 2013). Pulau Ubin: ZRC. 2.3757 (25 - Feb- 1921). Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens. Singapore localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve — Changi * — Mandai Lake Road — Mandai Track 15 — Old Upper Thomson Road — Pulau Ubin — Rifle Range Nature Park — Sembcorp Marine Ltd. * — Singapore Island Country Club — Thomson Ridge Forest.

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Singapore conservation status. Vulnerable. Conservation priority. Moderate.

Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution