Larutia larutensis (BOULENGER, 1900)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Black Larut Skink, Larut Hills Larut Skink G: Schwarzer Larutskink |
Synonym | Lygosoma larutense BOULENGER 1900 Lygosoma larutense — SMEDLEY 1931: 112 Lygosoma larutense — SMITH 1937: 221 Larutia larutensis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 264 Larutia larutensis — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 136 Larutia larutensis — GRISMER 2011 Larutia larutense — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013 |
Distribution | West Malaysia (Perak, Kedah) Type locality: Maxwell’s Hill, Larut, 3000 feet elevation [Perak, West Malaysia] |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.58 (formerly 1900.7.18.1, formerly in Perak Museum), Maxwell's Hill, Larut, 3000', collected A.L. Butler. |
Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (genus): Supranasal scales absent, median pair of preanal scales enlarged, external ear opening absent. A postorbital bone present, Meckel's groove open. Body attenuate with small limbs, number of digits and toes reduced, the limbs being tetradactyle (one species), didactyle (three species) or didactyle in front and toeless behind (one species) (camp. tab. I). Colour pattern with longitudinal stripes (four species) or crossbands on the hindpart of head and neck (one species) [after Greer’s (1977: 533 f.) definition of his taxonomically informal «larutense group; from BÖHME 1981]. |
Comment | Limb morphology: Limbs reduced with only 2 toes. Type species: Lygosoma larutense BOULENGER 1900 is the type species of the genus Larutia BÖHME 1981. Type: not in BMNH (P. Campbell, pers. comm., 7 July 2014). Synonymy: The only “Larutia” species with more than 2 digits, Larutia osellai, has been moved to Leptoseps, so that all species have 2 or fewer digits. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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