Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam
Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950, from Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan provinces, southern Vietnam, are described based on differences in morphology and nucleotide sequences. Scincella honbaensis sp. nov. is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: 28 smooth midbody scale...
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| author | Sang Ngoc Nguyen Luan Thanh Nguyen Manh Van Le Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen Khanh Duy Phan Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo Robert W. Murphy Jing Che |
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Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950, from Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan provinces, southern Vietnam, are described based on differences in morphology and nucleotide sequences. Scincella honbaensis sp. nov. is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: 28 smooth midbody scale rows; dorsal scales enlarged, six rows on back; 64 paravertebrals; 74 ventral scale rows; prefrontals in broad contact with one another; one anterior and two posterior enlarged temporals; three pairs of nuchals; 21 smooth lamellae beneath toe IV; dorsum with two longitudinal rows of black dots. Scincella auranticaudata sp. nov. is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: 34–36 smooth midbody scale rows; dorsal scales not enlarged, ½+8+½ rows on back; 67–74 paravertebrals; 65–69 ventral scale rows; prefrontals separated from or just in contact with one another; two anterior and two posterior enlarged temporals; one pairs of nuchals; 17–20 smooth lamellae beneath toe IV; hemipenis smooth, forked near the base with two long symmetrical lobes; dorsum with a vertebral line formed by large black spots. Scincella honbaensis and Scincella auranticaudata differ from their congeners by an uncorrected p-distance in COI sequences of at least 16.7% and 9.4%, respectively.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f3e55b91ed3a4a928affe2bf26f8abd42025-08-20T02:31:32ZengConsortium of European Natural History MuseumsEuropean Journal of Taxonomy2118-97732025-05-01989110.5852/ejt.2025.989.2899Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern VietnamSang Ngoc Nguyen0Luan Thanh Nguyen1Manh Van Le2Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen3Khanh Duy Phan4Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo5Robert W. Murphy6Jing Che7Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamIndo-Myanmar Conservation, No. 1806, C14 Bac Ha Building, To Huu St., Tu Liem Dist., Hanoi, VietnamInstitute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamInstitute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 85 Tran Quoc Toan St., Dist. 3, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamReptilia Zoo and Education Centre, 2501 Rutherford Rd Vaughan, Ontario L4K 2N6, CanadaState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950, from Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan provinces, southern Vietnam, are described based on differences in morphology and nucleotide sequences. Scincella honbaensis sp. nov. is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: 28 smooth midbody scale rows; dorsal scales enlarged, six rows on back; 64 paravertebrals; 74 ventral scale rows; prefrontals in broad contact with one another; one anterior and two posterior enlarged temporals; three pairs of nuchals; 21 smooth lamellae beneath toe IV; dorsum with two longitudinal rows of black dots. Scincella auranticaudata sp. nov. is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: 34–36 smooth midbody scale rows; dorsal scales not enlarged, ½+8+½ rows on back; 67–74 paravertebrals; 65–69 ventral scale rows; prefrontals separated from or just in contact with one another; two anterior and two posterior enlarged temporals; one pairs of nuchals; 17–20 smooth lamellae beneath toe IV; hemipenis smooth, forked near the base with two long symmetrical lobes; dorsum with a vertebral line formed by large black spots. Scincella honbaensis and Scincella auranticaudata differ from their congeners by an uncorrected p-distance in COI sequences of at least 16.7% and 9.4%, respectively. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2899Hon Ba Mountainground skinkmitochondrial DNATa Kou MountainScincella honbaensisScincella auranticaudata |
| spellingShingle | Sang Ngoc Nguyen Luan Thanh Nguyen Manh Van Le Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen Khanh Duy Phan Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo Robert W. Murphy Jing Che Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam European Journal of Taxonomy Hon Ba Mountain ground skink mitochondrial DNA Ta Kou Mountain Scincella honbaensis Scincella auranticaudata |
| title | Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam |
| title_full | Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam |
| title_short | Two new skinks of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam |
| title_sort | two new skinks of the genus scincella mittleman 1950 squamata scincidae from southern vietnam |
| topic | Hon Ba Mountain ground skink mitochondrial DNA Ta Kou Mountain Scincella honbaensis Scincella auranticaudata |
| url | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2899 |
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