First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China
The Fansipan ground skink, Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, was recently described from Fansipan Mountain, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Herein, we report the first national record of this species from China, based on four specimens collected...
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| author | Yuhao Xu Chencan Liao Nikolay Poyarkov Shiyang Weng Jundong Deng Andrei Bragin Tierui Zhang Nguyen Tan Lifang Peng |
| author_facet | Yuhao Xu Chencan Liao Nikolay Poyarkov Shiyang Weng Jundong Deng Andrei Bragin Tierui Zhang Nguyen Tan Lifang Peng |
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| description | The Fansipan ground skink, Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, was recently described from Fansipan Mountain, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Herein, we report the first national record of this species from China, based on four specimens collected from Ailao Mountain, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province.Morphologically, the Chinese specimens are consistent with the type series, but differ slightly in possessing a higher number of ventral scales (including gulars) and relatively shorter fore-limbs. Phylogenetic analyses, based on CO1 sequences, place the Chinese specimens within the S. fansipanensis clade; however, uncorrected p-distances of 6.5–7.3% between the Chinese and Vietnamese populations suggest moderate genetic divergence. This level of differentiation may reflect historical isolation by the Red River Basin's complex topography and the low dispersal ability of Scincella species. This record raises the number of the genus Scincella species known from China to 15. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-79f6aa4de796414090e89d71d8bf2f8d2025-08-20T04:01:01ZengPensoft PublishersBiodiversity Data Journal1314-28282025-08-011312210.3897/BDJ.13.e161782161782First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from ChinaYuhao Xu0Chencan Liao1Nikolay Poyarkov2Shiyang Weng3Jundong Deng4Andrei Bragin5Tierui Zhang6Nguyen Tan7Lifang Peng8State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai UniversityAilaoshan Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station of Yunnan ProvinceDepartment of Vertebrate Zoology, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityTibet Plateau Institute of BiologyState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai UniversityJoint Vietnam - Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research CentreAnhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal UniversityThe School of Medicine & Pharmacy, Duy Tan UniversityState Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai UniversityThe Fansipan ground skink, Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, was recently described from Fansipan Mountain, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Herein, we report the first national record of this species from China, based on four specimens collected from Ailao Mountain, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province.Morphologically, the Chinese specimens are consistent with the type series, but differ slightly in possessing a higher number of ventral scales (including gulars) and relatively shorter fore-limbs. Phylogenetic analyses, based on CO1 sequences, place the Chinese specimens within the S. fansipanensis clade; however, uncorrected p-distances of 6.5–7.3% between the Chinese and Vietnamese populations suggest moderate genetic divergence. This level of differentiation may reflect historical isolation by the Red River Basin's complex topography and the low dispersal ability of Scincella species. This record raises the number of the genus Scincella species known from China to 15.https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/161782/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Yuhao Xu Chencan Liao Nikolay Poyarkov Shiyang Weng Jundong Deng Andrei Bragin Tierui Zhang Nguyen Tan Lifang Peng First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China Biodiversity Data Journal |
| title | First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China |
| title_full | First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China |
| title_fullStr | First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China |
| title_short | First record of Scincella fansipanensis Okabe, Motokawa, Koizumi, Nguyen, Nguyen & Bui, 2024 (Squamata, Scincidae) from China |
| title_sort | first record of scincella fansipanensis okabe motokawa koizumi nguyen nguyen amp amp bui 2024 squamata scincidae from china |
| url | https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/161782/download/pdf/ |
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