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 3. Meristic characteristics of the holotype and paratypes of Scincella fansipanensis sp. nov. from Vietnam.

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 IEBR R.5192 IEBR R.5190 IEBR R.5194 (Paratype) (Paratype) (Paratype) (Paratype)
Scalation
lower eyelid	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque	undivided opaque
prefrontals	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated	2, separated
supranasals	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent
postnasal	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent	absent
supraoculars	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
prenuchals	1 pair	1 pair	0	1 pair	1 pair	0	1 pair	1 pair	1 pair	1 pair
nuchals (L/R)	3/4	4/6	3/2	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/2	2/6	4/4
nasal fused to 1st supralabial	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused	contact, but not fused
loreals	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
supraciliaries	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
lobules	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
supralabials	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7
infralabials	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
midbody scale rows	22	22	24	22	22	24	22	22	22	22
dorsal scale rows between dorsolateral stripes	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2	1/2+4+1/2
dorsal scales in comparison with slightly larger similar lateral scales			similar	similar	slightly larger	similar	slightly larger similar		slightly larger slightly larger
dorsal pattern	irregular dark spots	irregular dark spots	irregular dark irregular dark spots spots		irregular dark irregular dark spots spots		irregular dark spots	irregular dark faint dark irregular dark spots spots spots
paravertebral scale rows	68	62	61	65	60	67	67	67	67	64
ventral scale rows	63	59	58	60	61	64	63	60	62	61
enlarged precloacals	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
subdigital lamellae on finger IV	8	8	9	8	9	7	8	7	7	7
subdigital lamellae on toe IV	10	11	11	12	10	11	10	10	10	10
toes reach to fingers	separated	separated	separated	separated	separated	separated	separated	separated	separated	separated
fingers reaching to eye	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
subcaudal scales	-	-	-	-	-	-	75	-	-	83
size of subcaudals	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged	enlarged