Tytthoscincus keciktuek GRISMER, WOOD, AHMAD, BAIZUL-HAFSYAM, AFIQ-SHUHAIMI, RIZAL & QUAH, 2018

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sungai Peres Forest Skink Malay: Mengkarung Hutan Sungai Peres
Synonym	Tytthoscincus keciktuek GRISMER, WOOD, AHMAD, BAIZUL-HAFSYAM, AFIQ-SHUHAIMI, RIZAL4& QUAH 2018
Distribution	Peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu) Type locality: small tributary of the Sungai Peres, Sekayu, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu State, Peninsular Malaysia (4.9596° N, 102.9596° E; 74 m in elevation
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: LSUHC 13859, Adult female, collected by Murni- Azima, Amirrudin B. Ahmad, and M. Afiq-Shuhaimi. on 17 September 2017.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Tytthoscincus keciktuek sp. nov. can be differentiated from all other species of Tytthoscincus in the upland clade by having the combination of 7`1, superciliaries; a deeply set, unpigmented tympanum; enlarged pectoral scales; 30 midbody scale rows; 66 paravertebral scales; 60 ventral scales; keeled, subdigital lamellae; seven subdigital lamellae on the third finger; 11 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; EO/HL = 0.12; HL/SVL = 0.21; AXG/SVL = 0.54; FL/SVL = 0.25; HDL/SVL = 0.37; and a maximum SVL of 36.2 mm (Tables 5,6). All non-ratiometric characters are scored across all other Tytthoscincus and species of Sphenomorphus suspected of being Tytthoscincus in Grismer et al. (2016: 237) and Karin et al. (2016: 416). Additional details (560 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat: leaf-litter along riparian systems in lowland dipterocarp forest
References	GRISMER, L. LEE; & EVAN S. H. QUAH 2019. An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos. Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248 - get paper here GRISMER, L. LEE; MOHD ABDUL MUIN, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., SHAHRUL ANUAR, & CHARLES W. LINKEM 2016. The transfer of two clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species. Zootaxa 4092 (2): 231–242 - get paper here GRISMER, L. LEE; PERRY L. JR. WOOD, AMIRRUDIN B. AHMAD, B. S. BAIZUL-HAFSYAM, M. AFIQ-SHUHAIMI, SYED A. RIZAL, EVAN S. H. QUAH 2018. Two new Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown (Squamata; Scincidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and another case of microsyntopy between ecologically specialized, unrelated, leaf-litter species. Zootaxa 4425 (1): 087–107 - get paper here KARIN, BENJAMIN R.; INDRANEIL DAS, AARON M. BAUER 2016. Two new species of diminutive leaf-litter skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Tytthoscincus) from Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Malaysia (northern Borneo). Zootaxa 4093 (3): 407–423 - get paper here Syafiq, Muhamad Fatihah; Baizul Hafsyam Badli-Sham, Noor-Shahirah Ibrahim, Lukman H. B. Ismail, Muhammad Afif Mohd Amin, Goh Shu Xian, Rabiatul ‘Aqilah Mohamad Ariffin, Muhammad Afiq-Suhaimi, Lok Kar Men, Dila Adilina Danelo, Mohamad Aqmal-Naser, Muh 2024. TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION, DIVERSITY, AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF REPTILIAN FAUNA AT SEKAYU LOWLAND FORESTS, TERENGGANU, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. Russian Journal of Herpetology Vol. 31, No. 1, 2024, pp. 14 – 23 - get paper here
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