Scincella tenuistriata XU, GONG, NGUYEN, DENG, BRAGIN, WENG, ZHANG, POYARKOV & PENG, 2025
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Scincella tenuistriata?
Scincella tenuistriata
Find more photos by Google images search: 
| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Narrow-striped Ground Skink Chinese: 细纹滑蜥 (Xì Wén Huá Xī) |
| Synonym | Scincella tenuistriata XU, GONG, NGUYEN, DENG, BRAGIN, WENG, ZHANG, POYARKOV & PENG 2025: 18 |
| Distribution | China (Guizhou) Type locality: Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China (27.2166°N, 105.0015°E; elevation ca. 1,850 m a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: QHU R2025009, adult male, collected by ZHG on April 15, 2025. Paratypes (n = 7): QHU R2025008 and QHU R2025010–015, seven adult males, with the same collecting information as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Scincella tenuistriata sp. nov. can be diagnosed from other Scincella species by the following unique combination of characters: (1) medium body size in adult male, with a maximum SVL of 42.4 mm; (2) supraciliaries six; (3) supralabials seven, separated from the eye by a row of small scales; (4) infralabials six, rarely five; (5) tympanum deeply recessed and without lobules, with a tympanum diameter significantly larger than the palpebral disc (ear opening diameter / palpebral disc diameter ratio 1.84–2.25; (6) primary temporal single; (7) midbody scale rows 24; (8) ventral scale rows (excluding gulars) 40–43, gulars 21–23, with total ventral + gular scale rows numbering 61–66; (9) toes nearly or just touching fingers when limbs are adpressed; (10) 9 or 10 enlarged lamellae beneath finger IV, and 11 or 12 beneath toe IV; (11) the dark dorsolateral stripes narrow and wavy, covering 0.5–1 scale rows on the trunk, with four scale rows in between on the dorsum; (12) dorsal surface of body brassy, scattered with small dark sports; (13) in life, the ventral surface of the trunk is yellow, scattered with irregular dark spots. (Xu et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 12434 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| References |
|
| External links |