Sphenomorphus veunsaiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: Sphenomorphus veunsaiensis

Name

Sphenomorphus veunsaiensis (Geissler, Hartmann & Neang, 2012)

• Holotype: CBC 00808, adult ♂, 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.

Combinations

• Lygosoma veunsaiense Geissler, Hartmann & Neang, 2012: 58 [original combination]
• Sphenomorphus veunsaiensis — Bragin et al., 2025: 8 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Sphenomorphus sheai Nguyen, Nguyen, Van Devender, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2013: 57 [synonymised by Bragin et al. (2025: 8)]

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(1): 56–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3190.1.4 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, Q.V., Van Devender, R.W., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2013. A new species of Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 3734(1): 56–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.6 Reference page. 
• Bragin, A.M., Geissler, P., Trofimets, A.V., Neang, T., Le, S.X., Nguyen, T.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A new species of skink from mountains of southern Vietnam (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Current Studies in Herpetology 25(1–2): 3–21. DOI: 10.18500/1814-6090-2025-25-1-2-3-21 Reference page. 

Links

• Neang, T. 2018. IUCN: Sphenomorphus veunsaiensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14669579A14669699. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14669579A14669699.en. Accessed on 04 August 2025.