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Scincella wangyuezhaoi JIA, GAO, HUANG, REN, JIANG & LI, 2023

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Wenchuan’s Ground Skink
Chinese: 汶川滑蜥 (wèn chuān huá xī) 
SynonymScincella wangyuezhaoi JIA, GAO, HUANG, REN, JIANG & LI 2023
Scincella potanini — SHI & ZHAO 1980: 135(in part)
Scincella potanini — ZHAO 2003: 115 (in part) 
DistributionChina (Sichuan)

Type locality: Shapai Village, Caopo Town, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China; coordinates 31°18.845’ N, 103°19.364’ E; elevation 1 900 m a.s.l.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype CIB 87244 (field no. ZL0013) (Figures 5–6), adult female, collected by Cheng Li on 30 May 2004.
Paratypes Six individuals were collected from the same locality as the holotype: CIB 87247 and CIB 87250, adult males, and CIB 87245, CIB 87246, CIB 87248, and CIB 87249, adult females; coordinates 31°18.845’ N, 103°19.364’ E; elevation 1 900 m a.s.l.; collected on 30–31 May 2004 by Cheng Li. Seven specimens were collected from Shuluogou, Lixian County, Sichuan Province, China; CIB 119509, CIB 119512, CIB 119515, and CIB 119518, adult males, CIB 119516 and CIB 119519, adult females, and CIB 119510, juvenile; coordinates 31°23.356’ N, 103°49.154’ E; elevation 2 818 m a.s.l.; collected on 30 May 2020 by Xiao-Mao Zeng, Jun Ping, Jin-Long Liu, Xing-Zhong Wang, and Ze- Zhong Li. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyThis species epithet is named after Professor Yue-Zhao Wang in recognition of his research on Chinese amphibians and reptiles and his continuous support of young herpetologists in China. 
References
  • JIA, R., & GAO, Z. Ruwan JIA, Zongyuan GAO, Junjie HUANG, et al. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, with a Diagnostic Key of Scincella Species in China. Asian Herpetological Research (AHR) 14 (1): 24-40 - get paper here
  • Shi B. N., Zhao E. M. 1980. The Fauna of Sichuan Resources. Vol. 1. Chengdu: Sichuan People’s Press,135 pp (In Chinese)
  • Zhao, E. (ed.) 2003. Coloured atlas of Sichuan reptiles [in Chinese]. Beijing, China Forestry Publishing House
 
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