Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam
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Nguyen, Sang Ngoc
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Nguyen, Luan Thanh
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Le, Manh Van
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Nguyen, Vu Dang Hoang
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Phan, Khanh Duy
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Vo, Thi-Dieu-Hien
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Murphy, Robert W.
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Che, Jing
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2025
2025-05-14
989
266
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2899/13135
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10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2899
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Table 3. Measurements (in mm) and scalation of the type series of Scincella honbaensis sp. nov. and Scincella auranticaudata sp. nov. L/R = the left cloacal scale overlapping the right one and conversely, R/L = the right one overlapping. | S. honbaensis sp. nov. | S. auranticaudata sp. nov. |
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| Morphological character | ITBCZ 4679 | ITBCZ 7700 | ITBCZ 6527 | ITBCZ 7620 | ITBCZ 7623 | min.–max. |
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| sex | male | male | female | male | female | |
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| SVL | 47.4 | 62.1 | 48.9 | 60.0 | 51.6 | 48.9–62.1 |
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| TaL | 49.6+ | 85.3 | 67.7 | 61.0+ | 63.4 | 63.4–85.3 |
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| AxGnL | 22.0 | 31.4 | 24.4 | 29.4 | 25.9 | 24.4–31.4 |
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| SnForeL | 18.1 | 23.2 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 18.4 | 18.4–23.2 |
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| HL | 12.0 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 11.1–13.2 |
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| HW | 6.2 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.2–8.9 |
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| TD | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2–1.8 |
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| supralabials | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 7 |
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| infralabials | 7/7 | 6/7 | 7/6 | 6/7 | 6/7 | 6–7 |
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| loreals | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2 |
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| supraoculars | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4 |
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| supraciliars | 8/8 | 9/9 | 8/8 | 9/9 | 8/8 | 8–9 |
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| enlarged temporal | 1+2/1+2 | 2+2/2+2 | 2+2/2+2 | 2+2/2+2 | 2+2/2+2 | 2+2 |
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| nuchal (pair) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| midbody scale rows | 28 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34–36 |
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| paravertebral scale rows | 64 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 67–74 |
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| dorsal scale rows | 6 | ½+8+½ | ½+8+½ | ½+8+½ | ½+8+½ | ½+8+½ |
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| ventral scale rows | 73 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 65–69 |
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| subcaudal scales | 47+ | 86 | 86 | - | 82 | 82–86 |
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| enlarged cloacal scales | 2, R/L | 2, L/R | 2, R/L | 2, L/R | 2, R/L | 2 |
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| lamellae beneath 4th finger | 15/16 | 13/9+ | 12/12 | 11/12 | 11/10 | 10–13 |
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| lamellae beneath 4th toe | 21/21 | 19/20 | 19/19 | 19/18 | 17/18 | 17–20 |
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| vertebral line | absent | present | present | present | present | |
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| weak auricular lobules | absent | absent | absent | absent | absent | |
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| prefrontals in contact | yes | no | no | yes | no | |
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| toes reach to fingers | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
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