Tropidophorus guangxiensis WEN, 1992

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Tropidophorus guangxiensis guangxiensis WEN 1992 Tropidophorus guangxiensis hongjiangensis GUO et al. 2021
Common Names	Chinese: 广西棱蜥
Synonym	Tropidophorus guangxiensis WEN 1992 Tropidophorus guangxiensis — GREER & BISWAS 2004 Tropidophorus guangxiensis — GUO, SHU, WU, CHEN, HOU, CHI & DENG 2021
Distribution	China (Guangxi, Hunan) Type locality: Darning Shan, Wuming Xian (county), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; 1,240 m elevation, (23° 23' N 108° 30' E). Neotype locality: Daming Mountain National Nature Reserve (N23°30 ′1 ′′ and E108°26′19′′), Wuming County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, at an altitude of 1244 m a.s.l. hongjiangensis: China (Hunan: Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park); Type locality: Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park (N27°18 ′57 ′′ and E110°23 ′55 ′′), Hongjiang County, Hunan Province, China, at an altitude of 1125 m a.s.l.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Neotype: HNU GKJ-2019007 (adult female), collected on 21 August 2019 by Ke-Ji Guo et al.; designation by Guo et al. 2021. Original holotype: GMU (given as GMC, Guangxi Medical College) 85-032, a juvenile. Holotype: HNU GKJ-2016009, adult female, collected on 5 June 2016 by Ke-Ji Guo; Paratype: HNU GKJ-2016022 (sub-adult female) and HNU GKJ-2016023 (juvenile), collected on 15 June 2016 by Wei- Ping Xia [hongjiangensis]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: This new species closely resembles Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger, but differs from the latter by the following characters: a single postmental, head nearly triangle, interparietal separating parietals (Boulenger, 1887; Smith, 1935; Tian and Jiang, 1986). Additional details (4474 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Chuaynkern, Y., Nabhitabhata, J., Inthara, C. Kamsook, M. & K. Somsri 2005. A New Species of the Water Skink Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Northeast Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(2): 165-176 - get paper here GAO, ZHIWEI; TIANYU QIAN, JIANPING JIANG, DEJIA HOU, XUEJIAN DENG & DAODE YANG. 2022. Species diversity and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Hunan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (2): 21290, 1–15 - get paper here Greer, A.E. & Biswas, S. 2004. A Generic Diagnosis for the Southeast Asian Scincid Lizard Genus Tropidophorus Dumeéril and Bibron, 1839 with Some Additional Comments on Its Morphology and Distribution. Journal of Herpetology 38 (3): 426-430 - get paper here GUO Ke-Ji; MI Xiao-Qi; DENG Xue-Jian 2010. Tropidophorus—A New Record of Genus in Reptile in Hunan. Chinese J. Zool. - get paper here Guo, Ke-Ji; Fu Shu, Nan-Fei Wu, Shun-De Chen, Mian Hou, Sheng-Chao Shi, Xue-Jian Deng 2021. Neotype designation and redescription of Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen, 1992 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae), with description of a new subspecies from central South China. Zool. Res. 2021, 42(5): 606−613 - get paper here Nguyen, Quang Truong; Nguyen Van Sang, Nikolai Orlov, Hoang Ngoc Thao, Wolfgang Böhme and Thomas Ziegler 2010. A review of the genus Tropidophorus (Squamata, Scincidae) from Vietnam with new species records and additional data on natural history. Zoosyst. Evol . 86 (1): 5 – 19 Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here Wen Y 1992. A new species of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Lacertilia) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 18-22 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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