Larutia penangensis GRISMER, HUAT, SILER, CHAN, WOOD, GRISMER, SAH & AHMAD, 2011
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Penang Island Larut Skink |
Synonym | Larutia penangensis GRISMER, HUAT, SILER, CHAN, WOOD, GRISMER, SAH & AHMAD 2011 Larutia penangensis — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 |
Distribution | Peninsular Malaysia (Pulau Pinang) Type locality: Penang Hill, Pulau Pinang, Penang (05.43825° N, 100.28200°; 308m elevation), Peninsular Malaysia. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: ZRC 2.6918, Juvenile of unknown sex, collected by Evan Quah, on 13 June 2010. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Body elongate, snake-like; dorsal scales smooth; limbs absent; lower eyelid bearing large, transparent scales, central scale largest; four supraoculars; nasals separated; frontoparietals paired; prefrontals small, widely separated; supranasals absent; postnasal scale absent; last supralabial horizontally divided (or two post supralabials); large, posterior chinshields not separated from the infralabials by smaller scales; 120 paravertebral scale rows; 132 ventral scale rows; 18 longitudinal scale rows around midbody; caudal and body scales undifferentiated; body unicolor dark brown; no yellow nuchal bands or pale, yellow spot on frontoparietals, supraoculars, or rostrum. These characters are summarized across all species in Table 4 in GRISMER et al. 2011. |
Comment | Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The specific epithet penangensis is in reference to the type locality, Penang Island. The suffix ensis is a derivation meaning “from” or “inhabiting.” It renders the specific epithet an adjective that must be in grammatical accord with the gender of Larutia. |
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