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Sphenomorphus preylangensis GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, ANUAR, POYARKOV, THY, ORLOV, THAMMACHOTI & SEIHA, 2019

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Prey Lang Forest Skink 
SynonymSphenomorphus preylangensis GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, ANUAR, POYARKOV, THY, ORLOV, THAMMACHOTI & SEIHA 2019 
DistributionCambodia (Preah Vihear)

Type locality: Phnom Chi, Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (11°34.187’ N 104°53.274’ E, at 320 m in elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. CBC 02348, adult female, was collected by Neang Thy & Hun Seiha on 23 June 2014. Paratypes. CBC 02349 (female) and CBC 02403-06 (juveniles) bear the same collection data as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Sphenomorphus preylangensis sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of Sphenomorphus by having the unique combination of a maximum adult female SVL of 87.6 mm; head, body, and supracaudal scales smooth; frontal scale not divided; prefrontals not in contact; parietals in contact posterior to interparietal; parietals not divided; six scales bordering the parietals; four nuchals; four supraoculars; two loreals; anterior loreal not divided; loreals in contact with supralabials; no deep postnasal groove; eight or nine superciliaries; superciliary row not interrupted by fourth supraocular; lower eyelid scales large; seven or eight supralabials; seven infralabials; three pairs of chinshields; one primary temporal scale; two secondary temporals; upper secondary temporal large; no subtemporals; 24 midbody scale rows; 61–68 paravertebrals; paravertebrals slightly wider than other dorsals; 63–71 ventrals; two enlarged precloacals; 11–13 scales around tail at level of tenth subcaudal; anterior subcaudals divided; unpaired subcaudals enlarged; 17–19 subdigital lamellae beneath fourth toe; 11–14 subdigital lamellae beneath fourth finger; no wide, dark, vertebral or lateral stripes or blotches; dark blotches on top of head; no dark anterolateral spots on the flanks; dark transverse subcaudal bars on original tail; thin, dark, dorsal caudal bands; and labial margins edged with black. The nine diagnostic meristic and the six color pattern characters are scored across all clade members in Table 6 in GRismer et al. 2019.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet preylangensis is a Latinized toponymic adjective named after the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. 
References
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV, NEANG THY, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV,<br>PANUPONG THAMMACHOTI & HUN SEIHA 2019. Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia. Zootaxa 4683 (3): 381–411 - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; ROMAN A. NAZAROV, VLADIMIR V. BOBROV & NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV 2020. A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam with a discussion of biogeography and character state evolution in the S. stellatus group. Zootaxa 4801 (3): 461–487 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2020. Liste der im Jahr 2019 neubeschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2020 (3): 44-67
 
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