TABLE 4 in A New Species of the Genus Tropidophorus Duméril, Bibron, 1839 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from China-Vietnam Border Region in Southeastern Yunnan Province, China

TABLE 4. Morphological comparison between Tropidophorus vongx sp. nov. and closely related congeners from northern Indochina. M: male; F: female. “-” indicates missing data. Morphological data of congeners were taken from literature.
SpeciesTropidophorus vongx sp. novT. baviensis (Nguyen et al. 2010; Okabe et al. 2020)T. latiscutatus (Hikida et al. 2002; Nguyen et al. 2010)T. matsuii (Hikida et al. 2002; Nguyen et al. 2010)T. murphyi (Hikida et al. 2002; Nguyen et al. 2010)Snout-vent length (mm)M: 90.9 F: 102.8M: 55.7–71.5 F: 83.2–84.9 (also combined and given as 80-91 by Ngo et al. 200)M: 82.1–94.3 F: 93.8–102.0M: 94.1M: 62.4–85.1 F: 92.2–96.3Body compressionExtremeSlightModerateModerateExtremeMidbody scale rows2828–3028–303430–32FrontonasaldividedundividedundivideddividedundividedParavertebrals widenedNoNoYesNoNoParavertebrals56–5947–5358–636559–67Supralabials76666Male ventral colorLight Orange YellowCreamYellowish ivoryYellowish ivoryYellowish ivoryFemale ventral colorSmoky WhiteCreamYellowish ivory-Yellowish ivory