Tytthoscincus batupanggah KARIN, DAS & BAUER, 2016
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Tytthoscincus batupanggah
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cursed-stone Diminutive Leaf-Litter Skink |
| Synonym | Tytthoscincus batupanggah KARIN, DAS & BAUER 2016: 409 |
| Distribution | Malaysia (N Borneo: Sarawak, Gunung Penrissen) Type locality: Batu Panggah, 1.120666o N 110.226922o E (WGS84), 1,050 m elevation, on the north face of Gunung Penrissen, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 259189, A specimen collected 4 July 2014 at 20:00 h by Benjamin R. Karin, Pui Yong Min, Samuel Shonleben, and Adi Shabrani. Paratype. One additional specimen (ZRC 2.7123) was collected at the same locality at the same time as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Tytthoscincus batupanggah sp. nov. can be identified by the following combination of characters: (1) body size small (SVL = 26.8–33.2 mm); (2) MBSR = 30–31; (3) PVSR = 62–66; (4) VSR = 55–61; (5) four enlarged supraoculars; (6) parietals in contact with the last supraocular; (7) prefrontals in contact with one another; (8) two loreals; (9) six supralabials; (10), five infralabials; (11) nine SDL on Toe IV; (12) smooth texture of the subdigital lamellae; (13) enlarged precloacal scales; (14) a dark dorsolateral stripe; (15) a light postorbital stripe; and (16) a light dorsolateral stripe. Additional details (90 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Comparisons: see Table 1 in Karin et al. 2016. Habitat: highland, mixed-dipterocarp forest; This species appears to be a leaf-litter specialist and was seen running and jumping through this microhabitat Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
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