Lygosoma veunsaiense explained

Lygosoma veunsaiense is a species of skink that is endemic to northeastern Cambodia.[1] Its description as a new species was published in 2012, receiving both local and international publicity.[2] [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 veunsaiense.[4] 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.[4] 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.

Habitat

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

Notes and References

  1. Geissler, Peter . Timo Hartmann . Thy Neang . 2010 . 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3190.1.4 .
  2. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022354688/National-news/unknown-lizard-unearthed.html Phnom Penh Post: Unknown lizard unearthed
  3. http://blog.conservation.org/2012/02/iridescent-lizard-discovered-in-northeastern-cambodia/ Conservation International: Iridescent Lizard Discovered in Northeastern Cambodia
  4. https://ottawacitizen.com/technology/rainbow+lizard+discovered+Cambodia/6197768/story.html Ottawa Citizen: New rainbow lizard discovered in Cambodia
  5. http://www.fauna-flora.org/news/shiny-new-lizard-discovered-in-northeast-cambodia/ Fauna-Flora.org: Shiny new lizard discovered in northeast Cambodia
  6. http://www.globalpost.com/globalpost-blogs/southeast-asia/cambodia-rainbow-lizard Global Post: Cambodia's newest species discovery: a stumpy-legged rainbow lizard

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