First National Record of Sphenomorphus cryptotis Darevsky, Orlov et Ho, 2004 (Sauria, Scincidae) from China

Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Wei-Liang Xie, Shao-Ping Wan, Wei Zhang, Jun Liu, Yun-Ming Mo, Ying-Yong Wang

Abstract


Two specimens of the genus Sphenomorphus were collected in the Shiwandashan Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China After detailed morphological examination, these specimens were identified as Sphenomorphus cryptotis Darevsky, Orlov et Ho, 2004, which is a new national herpetological record for China and the first distributed locality outside of Vietnam. Morphological descriptions of the two Chinese specimens were given in this study, and the molecular data of this poorly known species is provided for the first time.

Keywords


taxonomy; skink; distribution; China-Vietnam border

Full Text:

PDF

References


Darevsky I. S., Orlov N. L., and Ho C. T. (2004), «Two new lygosomine skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Sauria, Scincidae) from northern Vietnam», Russ. J. Herpetol., 11(2), 111 – 120.

Fitzinger L. (1843), Systema Reptilium — Fasciculus primus — Amblyglossae, Braumüller et Seidel, Vindodonae (Wienna) [in German].

Grismer L. L., Nazarov R. A., Bobrov V. V., and Poyarkov N. A. (2020), «A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam with a discussion of biogeography and character state evolution in the S. stellatus group», Zootaxa, 4801(3), 461 – 487.

Grismer L. L., Wood Jr P. L., Quah E. S. H., Anuar S., Poyarkov N. A., Thy N., Orlov N. L., Thammachoti P., and Seiha H. (2019), «Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900), with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia», Zootaxa, 4683(3), 381 – 411.

Hecht V. L., Pham T. C., Nguyen T. T., Nguyen Q. T., Bonkowski M., and Ziegler T. (2013), «First report on the herpetofauna of Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, northeastern Vietnam», Biodiv. J., 4, 507 – 552.

Linkem C. W., Diesmos A. C., and Brown R. M. (2011), «Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships», Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 163, 1217 – 1243.

Luong K. L., Luu, Q. V., and Nguyen Q. T. (2019), «New records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from Nam Dong Valuable Gymnosperm Conservation Area, Thanh Hoa province», J. Forestry Sci. Technol., 8, 109 – 116.

Macey J. R., Larson A., Ananjeva N. B., Fang Z., and Papenfuss T. J. (1997), «Two novel gene orders and the role of light-strand replication in rearrangement of the vertebrate mitochondrial genome», Mol. Biol. Evol., 14, 91 – 104.

Nguyen S. N., Nguyen L. T., and Nguyen V. D. H. (2018), «A new skink of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hon Ba Nature Reserve, Southern Vietnam», Zootaxa, 4438(2), 313 – 326.

Nguyen T. Q., Schmitz A., Nguyen T. T., Orlov N. L., Böhme W., and Ziegler T. (2011), Review of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with description of a new species from northern Vietnam and southern China and the first record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam», J. Herpetol., 45, 145 – 154.

Nguyen V. S., Ho T. C., and Nguyen T. Q. (2009), Herpetofauna of Vietnam, Chimaira Buchhandelsgesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 264, 585.

Palumbi S. R. (1996), «The polymerase chain reaction», in: D. M. Hillis, C. Moritz, and B. K. Mable (eds.), Molecular Systematics. 2nd Edition, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, pp. 205 – 247.

Pham V. A., Le T. D., Nguyen L. H. S., Ziegler T., and Nguyen Q. T. (2015), «New provincial records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from northwestern Vietnam», Biodivers. Data J., 3, e4284, 1 – 21.

Pham V. A., Tu H. V., Nguyen T. V., Ziegler T., and Nguyen T. Q. (2018), «New records and an updated list of lizards from Son La Province, Vietnam», Herpetol. Notes, 11, 209 – 216.

Wang K., Ren J. L., Chen H. M., Lyu Z. T., Guo X. G., Jiang K., Chen J. M., Li J. T., Guo P., Wang Y. Y., and Che J. (2020), «The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China», Biodiv. Sci., 28(2), 189 – 218.

Uetz P. et al. (2022), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org (accessed on April 19, 2022).




DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-2-110-116

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


You can subscribe to the print or electronic version of the journal on the site of EastView Company. If you have any questions, please write to the email sales@ivis.ru