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Issue: Vol. 5428 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.4
Page range: 91-106
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A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam

Faculty of Environmental Sciences; University of Science; Vietnam National University; 334 Nguyen Trai Road; Hanoi 11400; Vietnam
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Cau Giay; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam
Faculty of Environmental Sciences; University of Science; Vietnam National University; 334 Nguyen Trai Road; Hanoi 11400; Vietnam; Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies; Vietnam National University; 19 Le Thanh Tong Street; Hanoi; Vietnam; Department of Herpetology; American Museum of Natural History; Central Park West at 79 Street; New York; New York 10024
Institute of Genome Research; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi; Vietnam
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln; Riehler Strasse 173; D-50735 Cologne; Germany; Institute of Zoology; University of Cologne; Zülpicher Strasse 47b; D-50674 Cologne; Germany
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Cau Giay; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam
Reptilia Scincella ouboteri sp. nov. COI molecular phylogeny morphology taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 is described from northern Vietnam based on morphological and molecular evidence. Scincella ouboteri sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the following characters: Size medium (SVL up to 58.6 mm); primary temporals 2; external ear opening present, with 3 or 4 lobules on anterior margin; loreals 2; supralabials 7; infralabials 6 or 7; nuchals in 2–4 pairs; midbody scales in 30–32 rows; dorsal scales smooth, in 6 rows across the back; paravertebral scales 65–73, not widened; ventral scales in 65–71 rows; 10–12 smooth lamellae beneath finger IV and 18–20 beneath toe IV; toes overlapping fingers when limbs adpressed along body; dorsal surface of body and tail bronze-brown with a black vertebral stripe, in width of two dorsal scales, two bright dorsolateral stripes extending from behind the head to middle of tail, a dark stripe running from nostril to eye and extending from posterior margin of eye along upper part of flank and tail. In phylogenetic analyses, the new species and S. ochracea form an independent lineage sister to all other congeners included in the study.

 

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