Sphenomorphus veunsaiense (GEISSLER, HARTMANN & NEANG, 2012)
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Sphenomorphus veunsaiense
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Veun Sai Forest skink E: Shea’s Forest Skink [sheai] G: Sheas Bodenskink [sheai] Vietnamese: Thằn lằn phê-nô shea [sheai] E: Cambodian Dwarf Skink ( Vietnamese: Thằn lằn phê nô Cam-pu-chia G: Kambodschanischer Zwergskink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma veunsaiensis GEISSLER, HARTMANN & NEANG 2012 Sphenomorphus sheai NGUYEN, NGUYEN, VAN DEVENDER, BONKOWSKI & ZIEGLER 2013 Lygosoma veunsaiense — CHAPPLE et al. 2021 Sphenomorphus veunsaiense — BRAGIN et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | NE Cambodia (Ratanakiri) Type locality: O'Kasieb campsite at 14°01’00.2’’N, 106°45’09.0’’E, 114 m elevation. sheai (invalid): SC Vietnam (Kon Tum Plateau) Type locality: Camp 1 (14°37.098’N, 108°30.177’E, elevation 1,025 m; datum WGS84) from Kon Tum Plateau in the border area between Quang Ngai and Kon Tum provinces, southern Central Vietnam |
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| Types | Holotype: CBC 00808, adult male, collected by Gabor Csorba on 24 February 2010 in disturbed semi-deciduous forest in Seun Sai District, Ratanakiri Prov- ince, Cambodia. Holotype: IEBR A.2013.22 (Field number ASU 10715), adult female, collected on 4 June 2012 by K. V. Nguyen and R. W. Van Devender. [sheai] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lygosoma veunsaiensis sp. nov. is differentiated from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) body elongated, SVL approximately 5.4 times of HlL; (2) supranasals distinct, separated from each other by frontonasal; (3) frontoparietals paired; (4) supraciliaries nine; (5) supralabials five; (6) lower eyelid scaly; (7) infralabials five; (8) external ear openings absent; (9) midbody scale rows 22; (10) paravertebral scales 51; (11) ventrals in 49 transverse rows; (12) subdigital lamellae on fourth finger five; (13) subdigital lamellae on fourth toe nine; (14) a light stripe present on outer edge of the dorsum; and a dark dorsolateral stripe present, from behind the eye to the tail. (Geissler et al. 2012) 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 1583 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: S. veunsaiense and S. sheai are only known from the type specimens (Meiri et al. 2017). Habitat (sheai): The holotype was collected about two hours after dark among leaf litter on a steep slope about three meters above a small stream surrounded by secondary forest at an elevation of 1025 m. NCBI taxonID: 3147452 [sheai] RDB speciesID: 18833 [sheai] Etymology (sheai): The new species is named in honour of Dr. Glenn Shea from the University of Sydney, Australia, in recognition of his outstanding contributions towards the systematics of scincid lizards. |
| Etymology | named after the type locality to underscore the importance of Veun Sai Proposed Protected Forest for the conservation of Cambodia’s threatened biodiversity. |
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