Aphaniotis nasuta (de Jong, 1930), a Junior Synonym of A. ornata (Van Lidth de Jeude, 1893) (Squamata: Agamidae)

Abstract

Morphological comparisons of available types of the two snoutornamented agamids from northern Borneo, Aphaniotis ornata and A. nasuta, failed to show any substantial differences. Careful examination of original descriptions of these nominate taxa also yielded no discriminant characters. Thus, although the holotype of A. nasuta was not detected in our survey of various museum collections, we are sure that it is appropriate to synonymize this nominate species with A. ornata.