Lygosoma boehmei

Lygosoma boehmei
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lygosoma
Species:	L. boehmei
Binomial name
Lygosoma boehmei Ziegler, Schmitz, Heidrich, Vu & T.Q. Nguyen, 2007
Synonyms[2]
Lygosoma boehmei Ziegler et al., 2007 Riopa boehmei — Bobrov & Semenov, 2008 Lygosoma boehmei — Geissler, Hartmann & Neang, 2012

Lygosoma boehmei is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[3]

Discovery

L. boehmei was discovered in Ke Bang National Park, central Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. boehmei is forest, at an altitude of approximately 375 m (1,230 ft).[1]

Description

Dorsally, L. boehmei is reddish brown on the body, and brownish black on the limbs and tail. Ventrally, it is light orange on the chin and throat, cream to light brownish on the body, and grayish on the tail.[5][6] The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.6 cm (3.4 in).[5]

Behavior

L. boehmei is terrestrial and nocturnal.[1]

Diet

The stomach of the holotype contained the remains of an earthworm.[5]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. boehmei is unknown.[2]

References

1. Nguyen TQ (2018). "Lygosoma boehmei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14666153A14666161.en. Downloaded on 27 August 2021.
2. Species Lygosoma boehmei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygosoma boehmei, p. 30).
4. "Lygosoma boehmei - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
5. Ziegler et al. (2007).
6. Pskhun (2012-02-28). "Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2007] Lygosoma boehmei • A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Truong Son, Vietnam, with notes on its molecular phylogenetic position". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2018-11-06.

Further reading

• Bobrov VV, Semenov DV (2008). [Lizards of Vietnam ]. Moscow: [KMK Scientific Press]. 236 pp. (Riopa boehmei, new combination). (in Russian).
• Geissler P, Hartmann T, Neang T (2012). "A new species of the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Scincidae) from northeastern Cambodia, with an updated identification key to the genus Lygosoma in mainland Southeast Asia". Zootaxa 3190: 56–68.
• Nguyen VS, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
• Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Heidrich A, Vu NT, Nguyen TQ (2007). "A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Truong Son, Vietnam, with notes on its molecular phylogenetic position". Revue suisse de Zoologie 114 (2): 397–415. (Lygosoma boehmei, new species).