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07/08/2025

07/08/2025

🔓 • 2025 :: auranticaudata & S. honbaensis • Two New Skinks of the Genus Scincella (Squamata: ) from southern Vietnam
novataxa.blogspot.com/2025/05/scincella.html
DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2899 🔓


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; hemipen*s 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.



S. N. Nguyen, L. T. Nguyen, et al. 2025. European Journal of Taxonomy. 989(1), 266–288.
DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2899

07/08/2025

Chameleons = never not iconic. Here's one endemic to Madagascar: the Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer lateralis).

📷 hsde66 on iNaturalist
📍 Madagascar
🔗: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302317438

07/08/2025

World Lemur Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday of October, and the World Lemur Festival is celebrated all October. In 2025, World Lemur Day will be celebrated on October 31. Find events to attend and resources to help you celebrate.

07/08/2025

Feuille de manioc.

04/09/2023

18/06/2023

Ndeha isika hanohy ankamantatra indray ianarana momban'ny varika. Inona no anaran'ilay karazana varika avo feo indrindra rehefa miantso ireo namany?
Valiny: Varijatsy
Which lemur species has the loudest call?
Answer: Black and White Ruffed Lemur
https://www.folly-farm.co.uk/zoo/meet-the-zoo-animals/black-and-white-ruffed-lemur/
📷 Frank Vassen, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

18/06/2023

Lucky 13🍀? Ring-tailed lemur tails almost always have 13 alternating black and white bands! .

📷: Mathias Appel

20/04/2023

Trano bongo

Trano bongo ny anay ry malala a:
Raha manina dia mivilia,
Tongava aza misalasala a:
Fa ny ato dia misy fitia!

Trano bongo ny anay ry malala a:
Ato no andrian'ny fo,
Na ririnina be mamanala a:
Dia misy hafanana tokoa!

Trano bongo kanefa dia tiako:
Nandaniako ny fahazazana,
Ato daholo ireo fianakaviako:
Asa ianao re raha ho tamana!

Mandrosoa re ianao hivahiny:
Horosoana izato sakafo,
Mandrosoa re ianao iny e:
Ny ato tsisy zavatra lafo!

Saingy na bongo aza tondra-dronono:
Misy tantely tsy ho lany,
Tsy resaka io na honohono:
Fa tena marina izany!

in " mpaka fo "
19/04/2023