of triploid parthenogenetic clones. Relying
on HALL's competent opinion, and considering
the fact that no diploid unisexual
species of Leiolepis was known within the
Malayan Peninsula, PETERS (1971) also
came to the conclusion that the appearance
of L. triploida was originally based on
autopolyploidy.
PETERS (1971: 87) did not completely
preclude the possibility of the hybrid
origin of this species, which could
have resulted from mating between specimens
of diploid bisexual forms of the kindred
L. belliana group. Some evidence
supporting the latter assumption resulted
from BÖHME's (1982) discovery of a
probably diploid parthenogenetic population
in the south of Thailand (described as
L. boehmei sp. nov. in the present paper).
The probable presence of diploidy
and parthenogenesis in this lizard made
BÖHME formulate the working hypothesis