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Sphenomorphus cryptotis DAREVSKY, ORLOV & CUC, 2004

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymSphenomorphus cryptotis DAREVSKY, ORLOV & CUC 2004
Sphenomorphus cryptotis — BARABANOV & MILTO 2017 
DistributionN Vietnam (Quang Ning Province, Quy Chang district, Nghe An Province; Son La, Thanh Hoa), China (Guangxi)

Type locality: Yen Tu mountain ridge, Uong Bi,Quang Ning Province  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZISP 22904, adult female; Paratypes: ZISP 22905, adult female, same locality data as for holotype. Leg.: T. C. Ho and N. L. Orlov, 09.XI.2003.—ZISP 22906-22908, three adult males,“Khe Cam river near Chan Nga village, Quy Chan district, Nghe An province, Vietnam, 800–1000 m a.s.l., 19°37' N, 105°14' E”. Leg.: N. L. Orlov, S. A. Ryabov and T. C. Ho, 27.03.2003. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A slender medium sized Sphenomorphus without external ear opening and slightly recessed auricular depression; auricular lobules absent; 6 supraoculars; 10 – 12 supraciliaries; 7 supralabial; 36 – 39 scale rows; nuchals present; 16 – 21 lamellae beneath fourth toe; limbs moderate (do not, or only just overlap when adpressed); a pair of enlarged preanals; tail long, compressed laterally. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe species name cryptotis call attention to the absence of the external ear opening (from Greek “cryptos-” secretive, and “otis” ear). 
References
  • BARABANOV, ANDREI & KONSTANTIN MILTO 2017. An annotated type catalogue of the anguid, dibamid, scincid and varanid lizards in the Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae, Dibamidae, Scincidae and Varanida Zootaxa 4244 (1): 065–078 - get paper here
  • Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp.
  • Darevsky, I. S., N. L. Orlov & H Cuc, T. 2004. Two new lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Sauria, Scincidae) from northern Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11 (2): 111-120 - get paper here
  • Hecht, Vera L.; Cuong T. Pham, Tao T. Nguyen, Truong Q. Nguyen, Michael Bonkowski & Thomas Ziegler 2013. First report on the herpetofauna of Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, northeastern Vietnam. Biodiversity Journal 4 (4): 507–552
  • Linh, Luong Khanh; Luu Quang Vinh, Nguyen Quang Truong 2019. NEW RECORDS OF SKINKS (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE) FROM NAM DONG VALUABLE GYMNOSPERM CONSERVATION AREA, THANH HOA PROVINCE. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 8: 109-116 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Nguyen, Truong Quang; Andreas Schmitz, Tao Thien Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Wolfgang Böhme, and Thomas Ziegler 2011. Review of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with Description of a New Species from Northern Vietnam and Southern China and the First Record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 45 (2): 145-154.
  • Nguyen, Truong Quang; Anh Van Pham, Hoang Van Tu, Tan Van Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler 2018. New records and an updated list of lizards from Son La Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 11: 209-216 - get paper here
  • Pham A, Le D, Nguyen S, Ziegler T, Nguyen T 2015. New provincial records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from northwestern Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4284; doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4284 - get paper here
  • Qi, Shuo; Zhi-Tong Lyu, Wei-Liang Xie, Shao-Ping Wan, Wei Zhang, Jun Liu, Yun-Ming Mo, Ying-Yong Wang 2022. First National Record of Sphenomorphus cryptotis Darevsky, Orlov et Ho, 2004 (Sauria, Scincidae) from China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (2): 110-116
 
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