Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus)

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 147-148

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244981

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB2487A5-FFE3-691B-2CFB-C64EF984F52F

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus)
status

 

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus) View in CoL

Material examined. - Pichrada: FMNH 261866 About FMNH , on dirt road through deciduous forest with grassy understorey and bamboo, near 12°29'49"N 107°29'33"E, 700 m elev., 22 Jun.2000 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. – A single specimen has an elongate, slender, diminutive habitus; four very short limbs, the forelimb (3.8) 7.2% the SVL (52.4); five fingers, the three median fingers about equal in length; five toes, the three median toes about equal in length; the snout to forelimb distance (11.5) 31.9% the axilla to groin distance (36.0); a minute ear opening, partly covered with scales; a single frontoparietal; and brown colouration with darker brown longitudinal lines on dorsum and flanks, continuing onto tail.

The specimen was taken during the day (1200 hrs.) on a dirt road that formed part of the former Ho Chi Minh Trail.

This is the first report of the species from Cambodia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Lygosoma

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