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on
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can be differentiated from all other species of
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in the upland clade by having the combination of 8`1, superciliaries; a deeply set, unpigmented tympanum; enlarged pectoral scales; 31 midbody scale rows; 69 paravertebral scales; 68 ventral scales; keeled, subdigital lamellae; seven subdigital lamellae on the third finger; 12 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; EO/HL = 0.16; HL/SVL = 0.17; AXG/SVL = 0.55; FL/SVL = 0.22; HDL/SVL = 0.33; and a maximum SVL of
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Karin
<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FD4C37554717AB37" box="[762,819,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">et al.</emphasis>
(2016
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:416).
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FF21339F4532AF8E" bold="true" box="[151,278,1507,1529]" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Upper: type specimen (LSUHC 13858) of
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FD52339F47C3AF8E" box="[740,999,1507,1529]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">Tytthoscincus monticolus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FC47339F4061AF8E" bold="true" box="[1009,1093,1507,1529]" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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collected from a hilly area near Sungai Bubu, Sekayu, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu State, Peninsular Malaysia. Photograph by A. B. Ahmad. Middle: type specimen (LSUHC 13859) of
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FE78305C4699AC41" box="[462,701,1568,1590]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">Tytthoscincus keciktuek</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FD73305C473CAC41" bold="true" box="[709,792,1568,1590]" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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collected along a small tributary of the Sungai Peres, Sekayu, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu State, Peninsular Malaysia. Photograph by A. B. Ahmad. Lower:
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA5FFE6FBD13043411FAC22" box="[1127,1339,1599,1621]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="99">Tytthoscincus butleri</emphasis>
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(LUSHC 13860) from a new lowland locality at Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Peninsular Malaysia. Photograph by E.S.H. Quah.
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Description of
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.
</emphasis>
Adult male, SVL
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; regenerated tail length
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; axilla-groin length 20.0 mm; head length
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; head width
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; rostral wider than long, in broad contact with frontonasal; frontonasal wider than long; prefrontals large, in broad contact on midline; frontal elongate, triangular, in contact with first two supraoculars; four supraoculars; frontoparietals in contact posterior to frontal, contacting second, third, and fourth supraoculars anterolaterally and parietals and interparietal posteriorly; interparietal diamondshaped, large, slightly projecting posteriorly, eyespot in posterior projection; parietals large, in medial contact posterior to interparietal, contacting fourth supraocular anteriorly; six nuchal scales; nasals small, widely separated, trapezoidal, contacting rostral anteriorly, frontonasal dorsally, loreal posteriorly, first supralabial ventrally; nostril in center of nasal; supranasals absent; loreal single; upper and lower preocular present; lower preocular followed by a series of seven suboculars; eight superciliaries, posterior superciliary elongate and projecting dorsomedially; two postoculars; one postsuperciliary; six supralabials, third, fourth, and fifth below eye; two postsupralabials; two primary temporals; four secondary temporals, uppermost contacting parietal; lower eyelid transparent, scaly, no enlarged central window; mental twice as wide as long; single, large postmental, contacting first infralabial on each side; two enlarged pairs of chin shields posterior to postmental, anterior pair contacting medially, posterior pair widely separated posteriorly by a single scale; anterior and posterior chinshield pairs contacting first, second, and third infralabials; five infralabials; external ear opening 1.0 mm, circular, lacking anterior lobules; and tympanum deeply set, non-pigmented.
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<paragraph id="8BC036CEFFA4FFE7FF7137CB45FAA8D0" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Body scales smooth, cycloid, imbricate; ventral scales slightly larger than dorsal scales; 31 longitudinal scale rows around midbody; 69 paravertebral scale rows; 68 ventral scale rows; slightly enlarged median precloacal scales overlapping outer precloacal scales; tail slightly compressed laterally; subcaudals slightly larger than dorsal caudals; limbs relatively robust, short (FL/SVL = 0.22; HDL/SVL = 0.33), widely separated when adpressed; scales of dorsal surfaces slightly larger than those of ventral and posterior surfaces; palmar and plantar scales raised; and digits moderate in length, scales on dorsal surfaces in single row, subdigital lamellae keeled, seven on third finger, 12 on fourth toe.</paragraph>
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Coloration in life (
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).
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Overall dorsal ground color of head, body, limbs, and tail dark-brown; hind limbs darker than forelimbs, both limbs mottled; top of head and body speckled with light-colored markings, those above the shoulder tending to coalesce to form a diffuse dull-orange stripe; supralabials and infralabials alternately banded with light and dark bars; dorsal portion of flanks dark, highlighting the light-colored dorsal spots; all ventral surfaces dull-yellow to beige, generally immaculate; distal portions of forelimbs and palmer surfaces dark; planter surface dark; and subcaudal region stippled with dark-brown.
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FF7135F74544A9D3" bold="true" box="[199,352,907,932]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FEDF35F046A1A9D2" box="[361,645,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Tytthoscincus monticolus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FD3835F0468BA9D3" bold="true" box="[654,687,908,932]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">sp.</emphasis>
nov.
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is known only from the
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locality near the Sungai Bubu,
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, Peninsular
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(
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), however, it is likely to range throughout the entire lowland system of the Sekayu region.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC036CEFFA4FFE7FF71358444EEAE20" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">
<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FF71358445ACAE67" bold="true" box="[199,392,1015,1040]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Natural history.</emphasis>
The holotype of
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FDE5358B4754AE67" box="[595,880,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Tytthoscincus monticolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FCCF358447F1AE67" bold="true" box="[889,981,1016,1040]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(LSUHC 13858) is a leaf-litter species inhabiting hilly areas along riparian systems in lowland dipterocarp forest (
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) and was captured in a
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.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3656545FFA4FFE7FF7132184488AC27" pageId="13" pageNumber="100" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BC036CEFFA4FFE7FF71321847D7AED7" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">
<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FF713218456AAE0B" bold="true" box="[199,334,1124,1148]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FDE2321846EBAE0A" box="[596,719,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">monticolus</emphasis>
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, comes from the Latin
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meaning mountain and
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meaning dweller of or within and refers to this species inhabiting hilly areas.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FF7132D74548AEB3" bold="true" box="[199,364,1195,1220]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Comparisons.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FEC132D046B1AEB2" box="[375,661,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">Tytthoscincus monticolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FD2932D046D9AEB3" bold="true" box="[671,765,1196,1220]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is most closely related to
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FB8032D14122AEB2" box="[1078,1286,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">T. perhentianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and differs from it by an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 3.5%. It is differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FB6632AD41B8AE9F" box="[1232,1436,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">T. perhentianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
morphologically by having one vs. two loreal scales; 69 vs. 65 or 66 paravertebral scales; 68 vs. 61 or 62 ventral scales; seven vs. six subdigital lamellae on the third finger; and 12 vs. 10 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe. It differs further by having a larger ear opening (0.16 vs 0.130.14 EO/HL); a shorter head (0.17 vs. 0.220.23 HL/ SVL); longer hind limbs (0.33 vs. 0.290.30 HDL/SVL); and a larger maximum SVL (
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vs. 30.0 mm:
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). It differs from
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FED033F945CEAFEA" box="[358,490,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">T. keciktuek</emphasis>
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(see description below) with which it is likely syntopic by an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 9.8% and having one vs. two loreals; 68 vs 60 ventral scale rows; a larger ear opening (0.16 vs 0.12 EO/HL); a shorter head (0.17 vs. 0.21 HL/SVL); shorter forelimbs (0.22 vs. 0.25 FL/SVL); shorter hind limbs (0.33 vs. 0.37 HDL/SVL); and a dorsal pattern bearing white speckling vs. being nearly unicolor (
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;
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). Differences between
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FE6B30694650AC5A" box="[477,628,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">T. monticolus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADCFFA4FFE7FDCD306846F1AC5B" bold="true" box="[635,725,1556,1580]" pageId="13" pageNumber="100">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and all other species of the upland clade are presented in
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.
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