Scolecoseps ashei MALONZA, NYAMACHE & BWONG, 2024
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Scolecoseps ashei
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Scolecoseps ashei MALONZA, NYAMACHE & BWONG 2024 |
| Distribution | Kenya Type locality: Kenya, Kilifi County, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest edge, Gede farmlands (3°18’54.8”S, 39°59”6.00”E; 25 m a.s.l.); |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NMK–L4028, adult female; collected on 16 September 2017 by Peter Godana Galgalo and deposited in the collections of the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi. (figures 6 & 7) Paratypes. NMK–L2365, a dehydrated/brittle and bleached adult male, collected at Watamu (3° 21’ 00” S, 40° 0’ 59.76” E; 20 m a.s.l.) in August 1981 by James Ashe; NMK–L3737, adult female, Kenya, Kilifi County, Watamu (3° 21’ 00” S, 40° 0’ 59.76” E; 20 m a.s.l.); collected on 16 November 2007 by S. Darnborough; NMK–L3745, adult female; Kenya, Kilifi County, Gede Ruins, (3° 21’ 00” S, 40° 0’ 59.76” E; 22 m a.s.l.); collected on 10 April 2008 by Daniel Hoops; NMK–L3638/1 (Field no. ASF08), adult male; Kenya, Kilifi County, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (3° 17’ 0.36” S, 39° 58’ 26.40” E; 46 m a.s.l.); collected on 10 June 2015 by Joash Nyamache and Beryl Bwong; NMK–178L, adult male, Kenya, Kilifi County, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, near Arabuko Swamp (3° 15’ 48.24” S, 39° 58’ 27.48” E; 49 m a.s.l.); collected on 20 November 2018 by Patrick K. Malonza and Joash Nyamache. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species is assignable to the genus Scolecoseps on the basis of the nostril pierced within a large rostral scale and connected by short curved sulcus to the posterior border of the rostral scale; supranasals in broad contact, separating rostral from frontonasal and the latter nearly twice as broad as long. The new species, unlike its congeners for which data on key distinguishing characters are available (S. boulengeri , S. litipoensis and S. broadleyi ), has a low number of ventral and subcaudal scales, stripes on a pink dorsal background and normally white tail-tips (tables 2 & 3). (Malonza et al. 2024) Additional details (5228 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after James Ashe, founder of Bio-Ken Snake Farm in Watamu-Malindi, who collected the first specimen at Watamu village in August 1981. |
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