Larutia trifasciata (TWEEDIE, 1940)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Three-banded Larut Skink G: Dreibinden-Larutskink
Synonym	Lygosoma trifasciatum TWEEDIE 1940 Larutia trifasciata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 265 Larutia trifasciata — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 136 Larutia trifasciata — GRISMER 2011 Larutia trifasciata — GRISMER & QUAH 2019
Distribution	West Malaysia (Pahang, Cameron Highlands; Gunung Tahan, Fraser’s Hill) Type locality: Cameron Highlands, Pahang, 4000-5000 ft. [West Malaysia]
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Syntype: ZRC 2.1862, Tanah Rata, 4500', Cameron Highlands, Pahang; 2.1864, Telom Valley, 5000', Pahang; 2.1865-66, Cameron Highlands, 4-5000', Pahang. BMNH 1946.8.3.86 (formerly 1940.3.6.1), Cameron Highlands 4-5000', Pahang, collected G. Nunong; 1946.8.3.65 (formerly 1940.3.6.2), Tana Rata, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, collected by K.B Wiliamson. Fate of remaining two syntypes unknown.
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: Limbs reduced with only 2 toes.
References	Chan-ard, Tanya; Michael Cota, Sunchai Makchai and Suttinee Lhaotaew 2011. A New Species of Larutia (Squamata: Scincidae) Found in Peninsular Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 5 (1): 57-65 - get paper here Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here DAS, I. & LIM, K.K.P. 2001. Catalogue of herpetological types in the collection of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. Raffles Bull. Zool. 49 (1): 7-11 - get paper here FUKUYAMA, IBUKI; TSUTOMU HIKIDA, MOHAMAD YAZID HOSSMAN, KANTO NISHIKAWA 2019. A new species of the genus Larutia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo. Zootaxa 4661 (3): 522–532 - get paper here Goldberg, Stephen R., Charles R. Bursey and L. Lee Grismer. 2015. Larutia trifasciata (three-banded larut skink). Herpetological Review 46 (2): 259 - get paper here Grismer, Jesse L.; Tzi Ming Leong, and Norsham S. Yaakob 2003. TWO NEW SOUTHEAST ASIAN [Sundaland?] SKINKS OF THE GENUS LARUTIA AND INTRAGENERIC PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS. Herpetologica 59 (4): 552–564 [554-566] - get paper here 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; EVAN QUAH SENG HUAT, CAMERON D. SILER, CHAN, K. O., PERRY L. WOOD, JR., JESSE L. GRISMER, SHAHRUL ANUAR MOHD SAH & NORHAYATI AHMAD 2011. Peninsular Malaysia’s first limbless lizard: a new species of skink of the genus Larutia (Böhme) from Pulau Pinang with a phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 2799: 29–40 - get paper here Grismer, L.L. 2011. Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their adjacent archipelagos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 728 pp. [review in Herp. Rev. 43: 155] - get paper here Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here Tweedie,M.W.F. 1940. Notes on Malayan reptiles. Bull. Raffles Mus., Singapore 16: 83-87 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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