Scincella qianica XU, WENG, POYARKOV, ZHANG, DENG & PENG, 2025
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Scincella qianica
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: “Guizhou Ground Skink” in Chinese: 黔滑蜥 (Qián Huá Xī) |
| Synonym | Scincella qianica XU, WENG, POYARKOV, ZHANG, DENG & PENG 2025 |
| Distribution | China (Guizhou) Type locality: Baiyun District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China (26°39'28"N, 106°40'20"E, 1320 m a.s.l.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: QHU R2025002, adult male, collected by the team of Lifang Peng on March 23, 2025. Paratypes (n = 3): QHU R2025001 and • CIB 119376, both adult males, collected by the team of Lifang Peng on March 8, 2025 from the same locality as the holotype • QHU R2025003, juvenile, with the same collecting information as the holotype. Referred specimen. CIB CB25GZ04, a fragmented dead specimen, collected by the team of Sikan Chen on August 13, 2021 from Niulan River Gorge, Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China (26°54'41"N, 103°45'58"E, 1542 m a.s.l). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Scincella qianica sp. nov. can be diagnosed from other Scincella species by the following unique combination of characters: (1) medium body size in adults (SVL length up to 44.8 mm); (2) tail relatively long, TAL/SVL ratio 1.76–2.14 in specimens with intact tails; (3) toes not in contact with fingers when limbs adpressed, FLL+HLL/AGD ratio 0.80–0.91; (4) infralabials six to seven; (5) supraciliaries six, rarely seven; (6) tympanum deeply sunk, without lobules; (7) primary temporal single; (8) three pairs of nuchals; (9) midbody scale row counts 26; (10) paravertebral scale row counts 61–66; (11) ventral scale row counts 46–53; (12) 9–10 enlarged lamellae beneath finger IV, and 13–14 beneath toe IV; (13) the dark dorsolateral stripes with relatively straight upper edge, extends from the tip of snout to the end of tail, with 1/2+4+1/2 rows of dorsal scales in the middle; (14) ventral surface covered with discontinuous black longitudinal stripes. (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 12677 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Chinese “Qián” (黔), the traditional abbreviation for Guizhou Province, China. |
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