Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus)
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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) |
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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.
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