Discover new lizards in Kon Tum

Scientists have discovered a new lizard species of small size, the length of the head and body about 35mm.

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Sphenomorphus sheai lizard.(Photo: Wayne Van Devender / Vast)

According to information on the website of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the new species is called Shea Lizard Sphenomorphus sheai Nguyen, Nguyen, Van Devender, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2013. It is named after the house. Australian study, Dr. Glenn Shea for his contributions to reptile research in the Asia Pacific region.

This species has a small size, the length of the head and body is about 35mm, 20 rows of scales around the middle of the body.

The lizard was found during a survey by a Ho Chi Minh City Wildlife at Risk animal conservation organization in Ba To area, Quang Ngai. The results of the study are published in the journal Zootaxa, New Zealand in November 2013. This is the second new Canoe lizard published in Vietnam.