Lygosoma veunsaiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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: 58

• 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.

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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lygosoma veunsaiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 December 2021.