White-spotted Supple Skink Lygosoma albopunctata is a species of
skinkSkinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
found in
South AsiaSouth Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
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Description
Body elongate, limbs weak; distance between end of snout and fore limb contained 2 to 2$ times in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short., obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Supranasals present, in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal much broader than long, in contact with the frontal; prefrontals small; frontal as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars; 4 supraoculars; 7 or 8 supraciliaries, first and last largest; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal; panetals forming a suture behind the interparietal; nuchnls frequently indistinct; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening small, oval, with one or two small lobules anteriorly. 26 or 28 scales round the middle of the body, all smooth, subequal. Marginal preanals scarcely enlarged. The fore limb stretched forwards reaches the ear or a little beyond; the length of the hind limb is contained 2.3 to 3 times in the distance between axilla and groin. Fourth toe longer than third; subdigital lamella feebly unicarinate, 12 to 15 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, a little longer than head and body. Pale brown or rufous above, sides closely dotted with black; each dorsal and nuchal scale with a more or less distinct dark brown dot, forming longitudiual series; sides of neck and anterior part of body white-spotted; lower surfaces yellowish white.
Distribution
Sunda region, W Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India (Denkanikota Hills, and near Ellore in the Godavari district, Bilaspur [C.P.], Chilka Lake, Purneah, Muzaffarpur [Bihar and Orissa], Calcutta, Mundiaghut [U.P.]), Nepal (fide Smith 1935), Maldives
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