Tropidophorus noggei ZIEGLER, THANH & THANH, 2005
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Nogge’s water skink |
Synonym | Tropidophorus noggei ZIEGLER, THANH & THANH 2005 Tropidophorus noggei — TRUONG et al. 2010 Tropidophorus noggei — BÖHME 2014: 157 |
Distribution | Vietnam (Quang Binh) Type locality: karst forest of Cha Noi, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: ZFMK 83669 (also given as 83668); Paratypes: ZFMK 83669; adult female, same data as holotype, VNUH 18.6.05-1. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Large-sized Tropidophorus: adult females SVL 94.9 – 110.2 mm (mean +/- SE 101.27 +/- 5.66 mm, n = 6), TaL 82.5 mm (n = 1); adult males SVL 101 – 101.8 mm (n = 2), TaL: 121 – 104.5 mm (n = 2); body strongly depressed; upper head scales smooth; frontonasal undivided; prefrontals in contact or separated; parietals usually not in contact with each other posteriorly; loreals 2; supraciliaries 2 – 5, supraciliary row usually completed along the entire length of lateral edge of supraoculars (rarely not completed); supralabials 6; infralabials 4 – 5; postmental undivided; midbody scales in 22 – 24 rows; paravertebral scales 40 – 49; precloacals 2, enlarged; 9 – 10 scale row at position of tenth subcaudal; 18 – 20 subdigital lamellae under fourth toe (after Ziegler et al. 2005, 2007). |
Comment | Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after Gunther Nogge, director of the Cologne zoological Garden. |
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