Sphenomorphus luelaiorum WANG, LIN, TSENG, POYARKOV & LIN, 2025
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Sphenomorphus luelaiorum
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E; Lue and Lai’s ground skink’’ in Chinese: 呂賴氏蜓蜥’’ (Lü Lài Shì Tíng Xī) |
| Synonym | Sphenomorphus luelaiorum WANG, LIN, TSENG, POYARKOV & LIN 2025 Sphenomorphus taiwanensis — LUE et al. 1999: 156 [partim] Sphenomorphus taiwanensis — SHANG 2001: 135–137 [partim] Sphenomorphus taiwanensis — LUE et al. 2002: 156–157 [partim] Sphenomorphus taiwanensis — SHANG 2007: 116–177 [partim] Sphenomorphus taiwanensis — SHANG 2008: 135–137 [partim] Sphenomorphus taiwanensis — SHANG et al. 2009: 216–217 [partim] |
| Distribution | Taiwan Type locality: Qilan, Yilan County, Taiwan (24.5904358N, 121.4120098E; datum = WGS84 in all cases) at an elevation of 1,713 m above sea level (a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NMNS 19592 (Figs. 8, 9A), adult female in a good state of preservation, collected by Y.T. Wang on 2 May 2018.The type locality (Fig. 11) is characterized as an evergreen mid-elevation cloud forest, predominated by a mix of broadleaf trees (family Fagaceae) and conifers (Chamaecyparis formosensis). The specimen was located beneath a rock in close proximity to a forest trail. Paratypes (n 5 12). Four males and eight females in total. Males: NMNS 19593 (Fig. 9B), 19594, 19597 collected from Qilan, Yilan County (24.54398N, 121.40098E); NMNS 19601 collected from Siyuan, Yilan County (24.38788N, 121.34738E). Females: NMNS 19595, 19596, 19598, 19599, 19600 collected from Qilan, Yilan County (24.56888N, 121.41298E); NMNS 19602, 19603 collected from Siyuan, Yilan County (24.37008N, 121.34018E); and NMNS 19604 collected from Fuxing, Taoyuan County. All the above-mentioned specimens were collected by YTW during 2017 and 2018. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis:—Sphenomorphus luelaiorum sp. nov. is a smallsized gracile skink with SVL of adult males ranging between 37.24–42.90 mm; of adult females between 38.44–47.39 mm; and tail length ranging 57.8–66.2 mm of total length. The new species can be separated from all other congeners by having the following combination of morphological characters: head, body, and caudal scales smooth; supranasals present, separated by frontonasal; prefrontals two, separated by frontonasal and frontal; frontal elongated, in contact with first superciliary, first and second supraoculars laterally; frontoparietals two; interparietal large, diamond-shaped, in contact with frontoparietals anteriorly and parietals posteriorly; parietals two, in contact posterior to interparietal; supraoculars generally four, occasionally five (7.7% among examined individuals, with the following percentages having the same definition); supralabials seven (69.2%) to six (30.8%); infralabials six; chin shields in three pairs, anterior pair in contact; nuchals four; followed by one (7.7%), two (46.2%), or three (46.2%) pairs of enlarged dorsals with similar size, arranged in two parallel rows behind nuchals; followed by usually four rows of dorsals between dorsolateral dark stripes, all similar in size; paravertebral scales in 55–68 rows (60.5 6 4.4; hereafter values given for mean 6 1 SD); ventrals in 62–70 (64.8 6 2.4) longitudinal rows between the first pair of chin shields and precloacal scales; midbody scale rows 24 (100%); 1⁄2 þ 4 þ 1⁄2 transverse dorsal scale rows between dorsolateral dark stripes (100%); six transverse ventral scale rows between the limbs; caudal scales in 10–13 (11.7 6 1.0) rows around the tail at the level of the 10th subcaudal; the central subcaudal row enlarged; eight (38.5%) to nine (61.5%) subdigital lamellae beneath fourth finger; 11 (46.2%) to 12 (53.8%) subdigital lamellae beneath fourth toe. (Wang et al. 2025) Additional details (15193 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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