Sphenomorphus preylangensis GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, ANUAR, POYARKOV, THY, ORLOV, THAMMACHOTI & SEIHA, 2019
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Sphenomorphus preylangensis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Prey Lang Forest Skink |
| Synonym | Sphenomorphus preylangensis GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, ANUAR, POYARKOV, THY, ORLOV, THAMMACHOTI & SEIHA 2019 |
| Distribution | Cambodia (Preah Vihear) Type locality: Phnom Chi, Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (11°34.187’ N 104°53.274’ E, at 320 m in elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. CBC 02348, adult female, was collected by Neang Thy & Hun Seiha on 23 June 2014. Paratypes. CBC 02349 (female) and CBC 02403-06 (juveniles) bear the same collection data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Sphenomorphus preylangensis sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of Sphenomorphus by having the unique combination of a maximum adult female SVL of 87.6 mm; head, body, and supracaudal scales smooth; frontal scale not divided; prefrontals not in contact; parietals in contact posterior to interparietal; parietals not divided; six scales bordering the parietals; four nuchals; four supraoculars; two loreals; anterior loreal not divided; loreals in contact with supralabials; no deep postnasal groove; eight or nine superciliaries; superciliary row not interrupted by fourth supraocular; lower eyelid scales large; seven or eight supralabials; seven infralabials; three pairs of chinshields; one primary temporal scale; two secondary temporals; upper secondary temporal large; no subtemporals; 24 midbody scale rows; 61–68 paravertebrals; paravertebrals slightly wider than other dorsals; 63–71 ventrals; two enlarged precloacals; 11–13 scales around tail at level of tenth subcaudal; anterior subcaudals divided; unpaired subcaudals enlarged; 17–19 subdigital lamellae beneath fourth toe; 11–14 subdigital lamellae beneath fourth finger; no wide, dark, vertebral or lateral stripes or blotches; dark blotches on top of head; no dark anterolateral spots on the flanks; dark transverse subcaudal bars on original tail; thin, dark, dorsal caudal bands; and labial margins edged with black. The nine diagnostic meristic and the six color pattern characters are scored across all clade members in Table 6 in GRismer et al. 2019. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet preylangensis is a Latinized toponymic adjective named after the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. |
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