Abstract
A new species of the genus Tropidophorus is described from Hoang Lien Mountain, Sa Pa and Van Ban districts, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Tropidophorus boehmei sp. nov. is characterized by the combination of the following features: size relatively large (maximum SVL 103.5 mm); upper head scales smooth; frontonasal undivided; prefrontals very small, widely separated; loreals 2, anterior loreal undivided; supralabials 6; supraciliaries 7–8, supraciliary row completed along the entire length of the lateral edge of supraoculars; external ear opening present, tympanum superficial, tympanum diameter smaller than eye length; midbody scales in 30–32 rows; dorsal and lateral scales on body and tail smooth; paravertebral scales 60–69, not widened; scale rows at position of tenth subcaudal 17–18; ventral scales 56–66; medial subcaudals divided from first to fifth, remaining ones about 1.5 times wider than neighboring scales; 16–19 smooth lamellae under fourth toe; dorsum and tail base dark grey with light transverse bands and two dorsolateral rows of white dots from neck to tail base; body sides dark grey with irregular small white dots from behind the eye to tail base. In addition, previous records of Tropidophorus berdmorei from northern Vietnam are discussed.
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