| Lygosoma veunsaiense | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lygosomidae |
| Genus: | Lygosoma |
| Species: | L. veunsaiense |
| Binomial name | |
| Lygosoma veunsaiense | |
Lygosoma veunsaiense is a species of skink that is endemic to northeastern Cambodia. [2] [3] Its description as a new species was published in 2012, receiving both local and international publicity. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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. [6] Peter Geissler from Museum Koenig in Germany, was one of the authors who described the skink. [7]
This type of lizard has iridescent rainbow skin with a long tail and short legs. [6] 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. [2]
Lygosoma veunsaiense spends most of its life underground in the rainforest. [8]
Data related to Lygosoma veunsaiense at Wikispecies
