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 4. Morphological comparisons between Scincella fansipanensis sp. nov. and other Scincella species in Indochina and southern China (only adult specimens of S. fansipanensis sp. nov., IEBR R.5185–5189 and 5191–5193, were used).

Characters	Scincella fansipanensis sp. nov.	S. apraefrontalis	S. badenensis	S. baraensis	S. barbouri	S. darevskii	S. devorator	S. doriae	S. melanosticta
SVL TaL	43.5–59.0 49.5–88.3 (regenerated)	36.1 -	47.8–64.4 74.4	46.8–49.2 -	38–48 -	88.6 100.1 (regenerated)	52.1–58 65.7	58.6 82–101	43–57.4 63–88.9
prefrontals	separated	absent	contact	contact or separated	-	separated	separated	separated or contact	contact
supralabials 6 or 7 infralabials 6 supraoculars 4 supraciliaries 5 or 6 nuchals 2–6 midbody scale rows 22 or 24		6 5 4 6 2 or 3 pairs 18	7 or 8 6 4 8–9 0–1 pair 32–36	6 or 7 7 or 8 4 8 3pairs–3pairs+1 30	- - 4 5 or 6 4-5 pairs 26–28	7 7 5 7 3 pairs 28	7 6 4 7 or 8 3 pairs 28–30	7 - 4 6–8 3–5 pairs 26–32	7 6 4 7–10 0 34–37
paravertebral scale rows	60–68	52	67–71	66–70	70–79	62	63–68	66–76	63–76
ventral scale rows subcaudal scales	58–64 75 or 83	50 -	68–74 53+	64–66 57+	70–80 -	65 -	61–66 -	70–79 -	63–72 -
subdigital lamellae on toe IV	10–12	8/9	18–20	18–20	15–17	17	17–19	15–18	17–22
toes reach to fingers	separated	separated	reaching	separated or reaching	-	-	separated or reaching	separated or reaching	separated or reaching
dorsal scale rows between dorsolateral stripes	1/2+4+1/2	4	-	8	-	6	1/2+6+1/2	6	8
dorsal pattern irregularly shaped dark spots		indistinct darker spots	no dark spot	faint black dots	five indistinct lines	a black line	dark irregular middorsal spots	irregular brown spots	irregular dark spots
literature	this study	T. Nguyen et al. 2010b	S.N. Nguyen et al. 2019	S.N. Nguyen et al. 2020	Stejneger 1925; Ouboter 1986	T. Nguyen et al. 2010a	Darevsky et al. 2004; T. Nguyen et al. 2011; Pham et al. 2015	Boulenger 1887; Taylor 1963; Ouboter 1986	Boulenger 1887; Taylor 1963; Neang et al. 2018