Sphenomorphus sungaicolus SUMARLI, GRISMER, WOOD, AHMAD, RIZAL, ISMAIL, IZAM, AHMAD & LINKEM, 2016
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Sphenomorphus sungaicolus
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Sphenomorphus sungaicolus SUMARLI, GRISMER, WOOD, AHMAD, RIZAL, ISMAIL, IZAM, AHMAD & LINKEM 2016 |
| Distribution | C Peninsular Malaysia, elevation <300 m. Type locality: Hutan Lipur Sekayu, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia (4°59'N, 102°55'E) (Fig. 3 in Sumarli et al. 2016). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 11722, Adult male, collected on 1 May 2014 by Syed A. Rizal. Paratypes. Adult female (LSUHC 11780) collected from Hutan Lipur Chemerong, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia (4°39'N, 103°00'E) on 4 April 2014 by Syed A. Rizal. Adult female (BPBM 43794) collected from Ulu Gombak, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia (3°18'N, 101°47'E) on 13 June 1962 by John R. Hendrickson. Adult female (ZRC. 2.4915) collected from the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia (3°14'N, 101°38'E) on 27 February 2001 by Tzi Ming Leong. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Adults reach at least 89.6 mm SVL; body slender; tail long (SVL/TL = 66.5–89.6 mm); limbs not overlapping when adpressed; dorsal scales smooth, 39–44 rows at midbody; 72–81 paravertebral scales; 74–86 ventral scale rows; four supraoculars; prefrontals widely separated or in contact; two loreal scales; supranasal absent; 18–21 lamellae beneath Toe IV; enlarged precloacal scales; dorsal body bands and lateral stripes absent; numerous thin, faded, light-colored transverse markings on back continuing onto tail to form rectangular markings; non-descript small, dark speckles on back, flanks, and tail; venter beige; palmar and plantar surfaces dark-grey; foot scalation on the postaxial margin of Toe IV exhibits a distinct line of demarcation between smooth, imbricate scales on dorsal surface and rough, tuberculate scales on ventral surface. |
| Comment | Relationships: S. sungaicolus sp. nov. forms a clade with the Indochinese species S. maculatus, S. indicus, and S. tersus and is the sister species of the latter. Habitat: riparian areas coursing through lowland dipterocarp forest, along the edges of watercourses. Distribution: see map in Sumarli et al. 2016: 33 (Fig. 1). |
| Etymology | “Sungai” is the Malaysian word for river and “-colus” is derived from the Latin meaning “dweller in”. The specific epithet sungaicolus refers the obligate riparian nature of this new species. |
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