#NewSpecies!
New skink from #vietnam just snuck in:

Sphenomorphus puhoatensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF1BEF71-871B-51E3-B709-80AC77BF33F2
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.188050
#ZooKeys #SphenomorphusPuhoatensis

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#NewSpecies!
New blind skink from #vietnam just snuck in:

Dibamus irregularis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C7614C73-5A20-393A-FF2C-7C069A28F853
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.5.1
#Zootaxa #DibamusIrregularis

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#NewSpecies!
New skink from #vietnam just snuck in:

Scincella ngati

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5DB78964-C3C0-529D-B06A-B66E078B5773
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1275.178070
#ZooKeys #ScincellaNgati

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#NewSpecies!
New skink from #china just snuck in:

Scincella maerkangensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6497568B-D77A-5F1B-9868-04037FA05BFF
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.184613
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #ScincellaMaerkangensis

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RE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/116260383338896477

#Endemic #species are always interesting from different perspectives, e.g. from an #evolutionary and #ecological point of view. This also applies to #skinks of the genus
#Madascincus, being with several known species endemic to #Madagascar.
A. Miralles et al. (2026) described based on #multilocus #phylogenetics and #morphology two #newspecies:
M. #irery and M.
#minotaurus, with restricted distributions to limited areas of Madagascar only.
© this text #StefanFWirth

#NewSpecies!
New skink from #madagascar just snuck in:

Madascincus minotaurus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/46AE6986-14A2-5638-AA4F-42F54C767A45
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.76.e176241
#VertebrateZoology #MadascincusMinotaurus

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#NewSpecies!
New skink from #madagascar just snuck in:

Madascincus irery

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E62E052-57DD-53F0-96F0-AC92D64CC1B8
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.76.e176241
#VertebrateZoology #MadascincusIrery

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#NewSpecies!
New skink from #china just snuck in:

Sphenomorphus lingnanensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E61DA877-B1E9-5826-B67A-E579364AEF6D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.183764
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #SphenomorphusLingnanensis

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