Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Lygosominae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species: Lygosoma veunsaiensis

Name

  • Lygosoma veunsaiensis Geissler, Hartmann & Neang, 2012
Holotype: CBC 00808, adult male, collected by Gabor Csorba on 24 February 2010
Type locality: O'Kasieb campsite at 14°01’00.2’’N, 106°45’09.0’’E, 114 m elevation; Seun Sai District, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia.
Etymology: Named after the type locality to underscore the importance of Veun Sai Proposed Protected Forest for the conservation of Cambodia’s threatened biodiversity.

References

Primary references

  • Geissler, P.; Hartmann, T.; Neang, T. 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. Zootaxa, 3190: 56–68. Preview
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