Jarujinia bipedalis CHAN-ARD, MAKCHAI & COTA, 2011
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Jarujinia bipedalis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Jarujinia bipedalis CHAN-ARD, MAKCHAI & COTA 2011 Jarujinia bipedalis — COTA et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | Thailand (Western mountain range in Ban Pu Nam Ron, Tambon Pong Kra Ting, Suan Pung District, Ratchaburi Province, ca. 150 km west-southwest of Bangkok) Type locality: Ban Pu Nam Ron, Tambon Pong Kra Ting, Suan Pung District, Ratchaburi Province, elevation ca. 600 m |
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| Types | Holotype: THNHM 15410 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): The only scincine genus (and species) in which a single species has only forelimbs with two clawless vestigial fingers and in which the hind-limbs are completely absent. |
| Comment | Type species: Jarujinia bipedalis CHAN-ARD, MAKCHAI & COTA 2011 is the type species of the genus Jarujinia CHAN-ARD, MAKCHAI & COTA 2011. Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | The species is named for its character of only possessing a pair of forelimbs: two legs are present, but the hind-limbs are absent. The genus is named for Dr. Jarujin Nabhitabhata (1950-2008), first Director of the Thailand Natural History Museum, to whom we owe much professional and personal gratitude. |
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