Scincella apraefrontalis NGUYEN, NGUYEN, BÖHME & ZIEGLER, 2010
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Scincella apraefrontalis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Huulien Ground Skink Vietnamese: Thằn lằn cổ hữu liên F: Scinque de terre d’Huulien G: Huulien Bodenskink |
| Synonym | Scincella apraefrontalis NGUYEN, NGUYEN, BÖHME & ZIEGLER 2010 Scincella apraefrontalis — LINKEM et al. 2011 Scincella apraefrontalis — NGUYEN et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Lang Son, Nghe An) Type locality: Huu Lien Nature Reserve, Huu Lung District, Lang Son Province (21°40’N, 106°20’E), elevation ca. 200 m. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR A.0832, an adult male collected in April 1998 by Nguyen Van Sang and Nguyen Quang Truong. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Small skink (36.1 mm SVL); supranasals absent; prefrontals absent; nuchals two or three pairs; nasal and first supralabial fused; loreal single; supralabials six; infralabials five; lower eyelid with undivided opaque window; external ear openings absent; midbody scales in 18 rows; limbs short, pentadactyl, widely separated when adpressed; subdigital lamellae in one row under the digits, numbering eight on fourth toe; dorsum and tail base bronze brown with some indistinct darker spots in anterior part of each scale; laterals paler with three or four longitudinal dark brown stripes. 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 3227 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin apraefrontalis – meaning “without prefrontals”. |
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