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Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus TAYLOR, 1962

IUCN Red List - Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Line-spotted Forest Skink
G: Fleckenstreifen Waldskink 
SynonymSphenomorphus lineopunctulatus TAYLOR 1962: 232
Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus — TAYLOR 1963: 1018
Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus — GREER & PARKER 1967
Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 28
Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus — LINKEM et al. 2010
Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus — STUART et al. in WCS 2024 
DistributionThailand, Cambodia, Laos

Type locality: Forestry Station, Sanoi River, Ubon province, eastern Thailand  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 178215 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dark olive-brown above with irregular rows of black dots on back; a broad black lateral stripe punctated at intervals with cream dots beginning on shoulder but preceded by one or two separate spots, bordered above by a line of ground-color and this in turn by a very narrow (often broken) dotted brownish-white line; this stripe bordered below by a broad light line which in turn is bordered below by a dark line from axilla to groin, its lower edge indefinite; no supranasals; frontonasal single; prefrontal separated; no nuchals; eyelid scaly; no postnasal; three pairs of chinshields all touching labials; 38 scalerows around body; ear-opening nearly as large as eye-opening.” (Taylor 1962: 232)


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Comment 
EtymologyPresumably from the Latin linea (line) plus punctulum (diminutive of punctum, a spot) plus the masculine adjectival suffix -atus (provided with). The description emphaisses coloration features that tistinguish the species from S. indicus. 
References
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Geissler, P., Hartmann, T., Ihlow, F., Neang T., Seng R., Wagner, P. & Bohme, W. 2019. Herpetofauna of the Phnom Kulen National Park, northern Cambodia—An annotated checklist. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2019 (1): 40–63 - get paper here
  • Greer,A.E. & Parker,F. 1967. A new scincid lizard from the northern Solomon Islands. Breviora (275): 1-20 - get paper here
  • Hartmann, Timo, Nguyen Quang Truong, Annemarie Ohler, Hun Chippich, Markus Handschuh and Wolfgang Böhme. 2010. Rediscovery of the rare Thai scincid lizard Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus Taylor 1962: New country records from Cambodia and Laos and a redescription. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (2): 105-109 - get paper here
  • Linkem, C.W.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. 2010. A NEW SPECIES OF SCINCID LIZARD (GENUS SPHENOMORPHUS) FROM PALAWAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. Herpetologica 66 (1): 67–79 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1962. New oriental reptiles. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209-263 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
  • WCS 2024. Wildlife in Lao PDR, 2024 Status Report. Vientiane; Wildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Program
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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