Protoblepharus nyingchiensis (JIANG, WU, WANG, DING & CHE, 2020)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Asymblepharus nyingchiensis JIANG, WU, WANG, DING & CHE 2020: 568 Scincella himalayana — HU 1987: 122 Scincella himalayana — Zhao et al. 1999: 316 Scincella himalayana — LI et al. 2010: 129 Protoblepharus nyingchiensis — MIRZA et al. 2022 |
Distribution | China (Tibet) Type locality: 80K, Medog, Tibet (29.655° N, 95.490° E, 2072 m |
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Types | Holotype: KIZ 06682, female, collected on August 10, 2010, by Ke JIANG, Shuo HU, and Shuai WANG. Allotype: KlZ 019518, male, coIIected on the way from Tongmai to Pai long, Bayi, Nyingchi on May 5, 2015, by Ke JIANG. Paratypes: KlZ 014109, female, collected from the same locality as holotype on May 8, 2016, by Ke JIANG and Yufan WANG; KIZ 032534, female, collected from Hanmi, Medog, Tibet on July 21, 2018, by Xiaoyong DING. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) frontal touching the first two supraoculars; (2) supralabials 7, infralabials 6; (3) the anterior margin of the ear with small projecting lobules 1-7; (4) nuchals 3-4 pairs; (5) scales around midbody 23-25; (6) scale rows between parietals and the thighs 53-60; (7) gulars and ventrals 62-67; (8) the number ofsubdigital lamellae under the fourth finger mainly 10, rarely 9; and (9) the number ofsubdigital lamellae under the fourth toe mainly 15, rarely 16 (Jiang et al. 2020). |
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Etymology | Named after the allotype locality, Nyingchi. |
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