A new skink species of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata, Scincidae) from Central Guangdong, South China Author Guo, Kun Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang, China Author Zhong, Jun-Jie Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang, China Author Li, Yi-Peng Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang, China Author Xu, Wang Shenzhen Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China & Guangdong Greater Bay Area, Change and Comprehensive Treatment of Regional Ecology and Environment, National Observation and Research Station, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China Author Wang, Wei-Min Shenzhen Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China & Guangdong Greater Bay Area, Change and Comprehensive Treatment of Regional Ecology and Environment, National Observation and Research Station, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China Author Li, Yu-Dong Shenzhen Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China & Guangdong Greater Bay Area, Change and Comprehensive Treatment of Regional Ecology and Environment, National Observation and Research Station, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China Author Yu, Xin-Fan Shenzhen Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Center of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China & Guangdong Greater Bay Area, Change and Comprehensive Treatment of Regional Ecology and Environment, National Observation and Research Station, Shenzhen 518049, Guangdong, China Author Ji, Xiang Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2026 2026-03-05 102 2 411 420 journal article 314386 10.3897/zse.102.183764 a1850e2e-fc0c-4ab2-b084-91210cf15319 FB260BC9-0587-43F8-B940-F7D19B3357FD

Table 3. Data on body mass and morphology of a female S. lingnanensis sp. nov. and 4 offspring to which it gave birth. All length units are in mm, and mass unit in g.

	Female	# Offspring
		01	02	03	04
* Regenerated tail.
Body mass	8.35	0.49	0.55	0.54	0.57
Snout-vent length	77.7	28.5	30.1	30.3	30.9
Head length	16.4	8.9	8.8	9.1	8.8
Head width	10.6	5.00	5.3	5.1	5.6
Head height	8.2	3.74	4.2	4.0	4.1
Abdomen length	40.4	11.4	13.7	13.7	14.1
Tail length	70.2 *	37.0	41.8	41.1	44.0
Fore-limb length	20.4	10.1	10.6	10.2	10.1
Hind-limb length	30.6	14.4	14.9	14.4	14.0
4 th finger length	4.2	2.4	2.6	2.2	2.4
4 th toe length	9.0	5.0	4.7	4.9	4.7