Scincus conirostris BLANFORD, 1881
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Scincus conirostris
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sandfish Skink G: Apothekerskink |
| Synonym | Scincus conirostris BLANFORD 1881: 677 Scincus muscatensis WERNER 1895 Scincus conirostris — ANDERSON 1896: 49 Scincus conirostris — SCHMIDT 1939 Scincus gasperetti HAAS 1957 Scincus scincus conirostris — LEVITON & ANDERSON 1977: 221 Scincus conirostris — BROWN 1984 Scincus scincus conirostris — SCHÄTTI & GASPERETTI 1994 Scincus scincus conirostris — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Scincus scincus conirostris — AL-SADOON et al. 2016 Scincus conirostris — ŠMÍD et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Saudi Arabia, Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates Type locality: “Tangyak, 7 miles south of Bushire” |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 84519 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A subspecies of S. scincus differing from other populations in the following combination of features: snout often rather short and not as spatulate as in other forms, head frequently quite broad in large animals, rostral and loreals nearly always separated from frontonasal. Adults have fine, dappled dorsal pattern of lighter and darker spots, often interspersed with light, sometimes translucent scales that are yellow or orange in life and are frequently arranged in short irregular transverse bars. No dark vertical bars or spots present on flanks. (Arnold & Leviton 1977) EXTERNAL FEATURES. Head fairly big, and in large animals is often distinctly broader than the neck and the body at the level of the forelimbs length in animals over 80 mm may be about 20-26% of snout to vent distance, and width about 55-70% of head length. Snout is frequently rather short and this combined with the often wide temporal region gives a characteristic profile in old animals (see Pl. 2a). Rostral separated from frontonasal by the internasals (one exception out of 29 animals examined). Supraoculars typically 6: 6 (5 : 6 in one case and 5 : 5 in seven) supraciliaries usually 4: 4 (but vary from 3 to 5). Nostril oval; three loreals on each side, the first nearly always separated from the frontonasal (one exception out of 29). Ear covered by a single scale in one instance. Usually three to five nuchals on each side of neck but number can vary from two to eight. Dorsal scales smooth in adults and juveniles; mid-dorsals subequal to mid-ventrals. 24 to 30 scales around mid-body. (Arnold & Leviton 1977) COLOUR AND PATTERN. Dorsal ground colour (in spirit) varies from pale cream, straw or grey to warm greyish-buff-brown. Young animals are finely dappled with light and dark markings. Dappled pattern is retained by adults, but often becomes interspersed by paler, often at least partly translucent scales on the body that may be scattered, but are usually arranged in irregular transverse rows; sometimes these go right across the back or they may be confined to dorsolateral areas. Dappled dorsal pattern varies in intensity and is usually absent from the tail and head, and often also from the neck and even from the forebody. There are no vertical bars or spots on the sides. In life (animals from Bahrain and United Arab Emirates), tail may be lighter than back, the translucent scales are orange or deep yellow and the feet are pale yellow this colour may also occur in irregular blotches on the flanks. Iris dark brown with gold reflections. (Arnold & Leviton 1977) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Seufer et al. 2022. |
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