Lygosoma veunsaiensis

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Lygosoma veunsaiensis
Lygosoma veunsaiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species: L. veunsaiensis
Binomial name
Lygosoma veunsaiensis
(Giessler, Hartmann, Neang 2010)

Lygosoma veunsaiensis[1][2] is a species of skink.[3][4]

Discovery

In 2010, at the remote rainforest area of Veun Sai-Siem Pang Conservation Area in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia a Fauna and Flora International herpetologist, Thy Neang, first discovered Lygosoma veunsaiensis.[3] Peter Geissler from Museum Koenig in Germany, was one of the authors who described the skink.[5]

Description

This type of lizard has iridescent rainbow skin with a long tail and short legs.[3] The outer ear opening is absent; supranasals distinct and separated from each other by frontonasal; supranasals not fused with nasals; midbody scales in 22 rows; fontoparietals paired; five supralabial scales; a light stripe present on outer edge of the dorsum; and a dark dorsolateral stripe present, from behind the eye to the tail.[1]

Habitat

Lygosoma veunsaiensis spends most of its life underground in the rainforest.[6]

See also

Portal iconAmphibians and Reptiles portal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zootaxa 3190: 56–68 (10 Feb. 2012) 5 plate; 43 references Accepted: 3 Jan. 2012 A new species of the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Scincidae) from northeastern Cambodia, with an updated identification key to the genus Lygosoma in mainland Southeast Asia PETER GEISSLER (Germany), TIMO HARTMANN (Germany) & THY NEANG (Combodia).
  2. ↑ Conservation International: Iridescent Lizard Discovered in Northeastern Cambodia
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ottawa Citizen: New rainbow lizard discovered in Cambodia
  4. ↑ Phnom Penh Post: Unknown lizard unearthed
  5. ↑ Fauna-Flora.org: Shiny new lizard discovered in northeast Cambodia
  6. ↑ Global Post: Cambodia's newest species discovery: a stumpy-legged rainbow lizard

External links

Data related to Lygosoma veunsaiensis at Wikispecies

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