A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien Son Range, northwestern Vietnam Author Okabe, Shinya The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 - 8501, Japan. Author Motokawa, Masaharu The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 - 8501, Japan. Author Koizumi, Yuki Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606 - 8502, Japan. Author Nguyen, Truong Quang 0000-0002-6601-0880 nqt2@yahoo.com Author Nguyen, Tao Thien 0000-0002-5640-4536 Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam. nguyenthientao@gmail.com Author Bui, Hai Tuan Institute of Genome Research, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Cau Giay, Hanoi 10072, Vietnam. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-11 5537 3 407 423 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.7 journal article 305706 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.7 1fd40f34-f206-4b1a-9d58-b58ccc2baeb7 1175-5326 14240132 3EDEAE13-28A0-4093-8882-1F533344A421

TABLE 2. Morphological characteristics of the holotype and paratypes of Scincella fansipanensis sp. nov. from northern Vietnam. Abbreviations are listed in the text.

Characters	IEBR R.5188 (Holotype)	IEBR R.5187 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5193 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5185 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5186 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5189 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5191 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5192 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5190 (Paratype)	IEBR R.5194 (Paratype)	Min-Max range		Mean±SD
*: regenerated tail.
Sex	M	M	M	F	F	F	F	F	juvenile	juvenile	M (n = 3)	F (n = 5)	M (n = 3)	F (n = 5)
BW (g)	2.58	1.84	2.00	2.66	1.57	2.43	1.57	3.02	0.50	0.53	1.84–2.58	1.57– 3.02	2.14±0.39	2.25±0.66
Morphometrics (in mm)
SVL	51.7	48.9	48.7	55.4	43.8	53.5	43.5	59.0	32.1	31.0	48.7–51.7	43.5– 59.0	49.8±1.7	51.0±7.0
TaL	88.3*	61.9*	49.5*	59.7*	63.5*	65.6*	78.8	58.0*	38.5	49.2	-	-	-	-
AG	29.8	28.3	28.9	33.4	25.8	32.0	26.7	36.5	17.8	17.1	28.3–29.8	25.8– 36.5	29.0±0.8	30.9±4.5
SL STL HH HW	3.4 8.9 5.0 6.9	2.9 8.0 4.4 5.7	3.3 8.7 4.9 6.3	3.1 8.4 4.9 6.5	2.7 7.8 4.2 5.7	3.2 8.5 4.2 6.0	2.9 7.5 3.8 5.4	3.4 8.7 4.9 6.4	2.1 5.6 3.0 4.1	2.3 5.7 3.1 4.3	2.9–3.4 8.0–8.9 4.4–5.0 5.7–6.9	2.7–3.4 7.5–8.7 3.8–4.9 5.4–6.5	3.2±0.3 8.5±0.5 4.8±0.3 6.3±0.6	3.1±0.3 8.2±0.5 4.4±0.5 6.0±0.5
SFlL	17.5	15.7	17.0	16.7	15.4	16.8	15.6	18.4	11.7	11.7	15.7–17.5	15.4– 18.4	16.7±0.9	16.6±1.2
END EL ETL TYD FIL	2.2 2.6 3.2 1.1 10.2	2.0 2.3 3.4 1.2 10.6	1.9 2.5 3.5 1.1 9.5	1.4 2.5 3.3 1.1 10.5	1.9 2.4 3.1 1.2 9.1	2.2 2.5 3.4 1.2 10.5	1.8 2.5 3.1 1.2 8.8	2.0 2.1 3.7 1.2 10.6	1.5 1.9 2.1 0.9 6.1	1.4 1.9 2.4 0.9 6.4	1.9–2.2 2.3–2.6 3.2–3.5 1.1–1.2 9.5–10.6	1.4–2.2 2.1–2.5 3.1–3.7 1.1–1.2 8.8–10.6	2.0±0.2 2.5±0.2 3.4±0.2 1.1±0.1 10.1±0.6	1.9±0.3 2.4±0.2 3.3±0.3 1.2±0.1 9.9±0.9
HIL	14.5	14.8	13.7	14.7	12.6	14.0	11.9	13.9	8.2	8.2	13.7–14.8	11.9– 14.7	14.3±0.6	13.4±1.1