taxonID	type	description	language	source
AA2B87D3D91BFF878682FA15FEF5FD56.taxon	description	Figs. 4 & 5	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D91BFF878682FA15FEF5FD56.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lygosoma bampfyldei can be differentiated from all other Lygosoma by having the combination of relatively large (SVL = 110 – 119 mm) slender body (PEC / SVL = 0.12 – 0.13); seven supralabials; six or seven infralabials; midline contact of the supranasals; prefrontals not in contact; frontoparietal contacting three supraoculars; postinterparietal absent; eight superciliaries; three postsuboculars, the first being the largest; one primary and two or three secondary temporals; three tertiary temporals; seven or eight nuchal scales; a deep postnasal groove extending from the nasal scale to below the anterior portion of the eye and lying below the loreals and lower preocular and above the second and third supralabials; scaly lower eyelid, no window; 36 – 40 midbody scale rows; 81 – 85 paravertebral scale rows; 94 – 97 ventral scale rows; 28 – 30 caudal scale rows at the tenth subcaudal; seven or eight small precloacal scales; smooth to weakly keeled subdigital finger lamellae, 10 lamellae on third finger; keeled subdigital toe lamellae, 17 lamellae on fourth toe; low, round, small palmar scales numbering seven or eight across the base of the palm; head pattern consisting of dark, continuous frontal and occipital bands separated by a yellowish band; dark occipital band not confluent with lighter color of dorsum and tail. These characters are scored across all species in the L. bampfyldei group in Table 2.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D91BFF878682FA15FEF5FD56.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This species in known the from the type locality and the Croker Range, Sabah. Das in Karin et al. (2018) listed this species as occurring at “ Sungei Rejang [= Sungai Rajang], Sri Aman Division, Sarawak ”. However, no part of the 563 km long Sungai Rajang passes through the Sri Aman Division as this division lies well south of the river and is not part of the Rajang drainage basin. Therefore, the precise collecting locality along this river is unknown.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D914FF858682F936FB0FFF04.taxon	description	Figs. 4 & 5	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D914FF858682F936FB0FFF04.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Adult male (BM 4743) from “ Indragiri, Djapura ”, Sumatra, Indonesia and accessioned into the Naturhistorischen Museum Basel by G. Schneider on 1 January 1900.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D914FF858682F936FB0FFF04.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lygosoma schneideri can be differentiated from all other Lygosoma by having the combination of a relatively large (SVL = 129 mm) robust body (PEC / SVL = 0.15); seven supralabials and infralabials; midline contact of the supranasals; prefrontals not in contact; frontoparietal contacting three supraoculars; large postinterparietal present; eight superciliaries; two postsuboculars, the first being small; one or two primary and three secondary and tertiary temporals; eight nuchal scales; a deep postnasal groove extending from the nasal scale to below the anterior portion of the eye and lying below the anterior loreals and lower preocular and above the second and third supralabials; scaly lower eyelid, no window; 45 midbody scale rows; 95 paravertebral scale rows; 98 ventral scale rows; 34 caudal scale rows at the tenth subcaudal; eight large precloacal scales; smooth to weakly keeled subdigital finger lamellae, 10 lamellae on third finger; keeled subdigital toe lamellae, 16 lamellae on fourth toe; low, round, small, palmar scales numbering seven across the base of the palm; head pattern consisting of a dark, continuous frontal and occipital band separated by a yellowish band; dark occipital band not confluent with lighter color of dorsum and tail. These characters are scored across all species in the L. bampfyldei group in Table 2.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D914FF858682F936FB0FFF04.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Lygosoma schneideri is known only from the type locality. Das (2010) reports this species from “ north-western Sumatra (Indrajiri, Riau Province) ” however the type locality listed by Werner (1910) “ Indragiri, Djapura ” is in southeastern Sumatra (Fig. 1).	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D914FF858682F936FB0FFF04.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Boulenger (1912) placed Lygosoma schneideri in the synonymy of L. bampfyldei in his redescription of the latter. Our analyses indicate that L. schneideri is considerably different from L. bampfyldei in having two vs. three suboculars, a postparietal scale (Fig. 2), 45 vs. 36 – 40 midbody scale rows, 95 vs. 82 – 85 paravertebral scale rows, 34 vs. 28 – 30 scale rows around the tail at the 10 th subcaudal, and a significantly (t = - 6, p = 0.004) more robust (PEC / SVL = 0.15) vs. a slender (PEC / SVL = 0.12 – 0.13) body (Fig. 4).	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	description	Figs. 4, 5, 6 & 7	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Adult male (LSUHC 13857) collected by Zaharil Dzulkafly on 30 August 2016 13.5 km east of Jeli, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia (5 ° 44 ’ 31 ” N; 101 ° 57 ’ 39 ” E; about 440 m ASL).	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lygosoma peninsulare sp. nov. can be differentiated from all other Lygosoma by having the combination of a relatively large (SVL = 119 mm) slender body (PEC / SVL = 0.12 – 0.13); seven supralabials; eight infralabials; midline contact of the supranasals; prefrontals not in contact; frontoparietal contacting three supraoculars; postinterparietal absent; seven superciliaries; two or three postsuboculars, the first being small; one primary and three secondary and tertiary temporals; three nuchal scales; a shallow postnasal groove extending from the nasal scale to below the anterior portion of the eye and lying below the anterior loreals and lower preocular and above the second and third supralabials; scaly lower eyelid, no window; 41 midbody scale rows; 87 paravertebral scale rows; 99 ventral scale rows; 29 caudal scale rows at the tenth subcaudal; seven large precloacal scales; strongly keeled subdigital finger lamellae, 11 lamellae on third finger; enlarged, fringe-like, keeled subdigital toe lamellae, 16 lamellae on fourth toe; raised, rectangular, large palmar scales numbering five across the base of the palm; head pattern consisting of a dark, broken frontal band and a continuous occipital band separated by a diffuse yellowish band; dark occipital band confluent with dark color of dorsum and tail; sides of tail bright red-orange. These characters are scored across all species in the L. bampfyldei group in Table 2.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	description	Description of holotype. Adult male, SVL 119 mm; tail length 150 mm; axilla-groin length 66.1 mm; head length 18.0 mm; rostral wider than long, in broad contact with supranasals; supranasals in broad contact medially and with frontonasal posteriorly; frontonasal wider than long; prefrontals relatively small, widely separated on midline; frontal elongate, widest anteriorly, in contact with first two supraoculars; five supraoculars, fifth smallest; frontoparietals in broad contact posterior to frontal, contacting second, third, and fourth supraoculars anterolaterally and parietals and interparietal posteriorly; frontoparietals non-overlapping; interparietal diamondshaped, large, slightly projecting posteriorly, eyespot in posterior projection; postinterparietal absent; parietals large, in medial contact posterior to interparietal, contacting fourth and fifth supraoculars anteriorly; one primary temporal; two secondary temporals; three tertiary temporals; three elongate nuchal scales between upper secondary temporals; nasals small, widely separated, trapezoidal, contacting rostral anteriorly, supranasal dorsally, anterior loreal posteriorly, first supralabial ventrally; nostril in center of nasal; anterior loreal taller than wide; posterior loreal wider than tall; upper and lower preoculars present; one presubocular; shallow preorbital groove separating lower preocular and loreals from supralabials two, three, and four; seven superciliaries, posterior superciliary elongate and projecting dorsomedially, bordered medially by fifth supraocular, posteriorly by postocular; three postsuboculars, first largest, in contact with fifth and sixth supralabials; seven supralabials, fourth, fifth, and sixth below eye; fifth supralabial large, in broad contact with eye; two postsupralabials; lower eyelid transparent, scaly, no enlarged central window; mental twice as wide as long; single, large postmental contacting first and second infralabials; two enlarged pairs of chinshields posterior to postmental, anterior pair contacting medially, contacting second and third infralabials; posterior pair of chinshields separated by a single scale, not contacting infralabials; eight infralabials; external ear opening narrow, vertical oval, approximately same diameter as eyeball, bearing three anterior lobules; and tympanum deep. Body slender (PEC / SVL = 0.13; PEL / SVL = 0.11); dorsal scales smooth, cycloid, imbricate; ventral scales smooth, same size dorsal scales; 41 longitudinal scale rows around midbody; 87 paravertebral scale rows; 99 ventral scale rows; seven enlarged precloacal scales; tail thick, round in cross-section, original; subcaudals same size as dorsal caudals; limbs, robust, short (FL / SVL = 0.21; HDL / SVL = 0.32), widely separated when adpressed; scales of dorsal surfaces slightly wider than those of ventral surfaces; palmar scales large, raised, sloped anteriorly with transversely oriented ridges; plantar scales large, raised, subtuberculate (Fig. 8); all digits short, scales of dorsal surfaces in a single row; 11 R, L subdigital lamellae on third finger; 16 R, L subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; keels of subdigital lamellae of toes two, three and four sharp, raised to form a crenulated fringe, crenulations greatest on toes three and four (Fig. 9); and subdigital lamellae of fingers strongly keeled, slightly raised. Coloration in life (Figs. 6 & 7). Top of head orangish, rostrum yellowish, sides of head yellow; dark frontal band reduced to eye patches that extend ventrally from supraorbital region to upper labial region, eyepatches not in medial contact; dark-brown occipital band extends across occiput from ear opening to ear opening and is confluent with the dark-brown dorsal region of the body and tail; neck and sides of body yellow bearing scales outlined in dark-brown producing a net-like appearance; top of forelimbs dark-brown; top of hind limbs dark-brown to orangish; sides of tail brilliant red-orange; underside of head limbs and body yellow; undersides of hands, feet, and digits dark-brown to black; and underside of tail orange.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Boulenger (1900: 193) reported on a specimen from Bukit Larut, Perak that he referred to as Lygosoma bampfyldii. He noted differences between the Bukit Larut specimen and a syntype of L. bampfyldei, specifically stating that in the Bukit Larut specimen the “ dark brown of the occiput extends along the dorsal surface of the body and tail, the sides of which are reddish ”. These are color pattern characters unique to L. peninsulare sp. nov. and thus, we consider Boulenger’s specimen from Bukit Larut to be that species.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The genus Lygosoma is of neutral gender and the specific epithet, peninsulare, is the neutral form of the Latin adjective peninsularis which translates to the English adjective “ peninsular ”. The specific epithet refers to this species being endemic to the Thai-Malay Peninsula.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D916FF828682FE9AFEA4FDCB.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 1). Lygosoma peninsulare sp. nov. is known only from Peninsular Malaysia at the type locality 13.5 km east of Jeli, Kelantan and from Bukit Larut, Perak (Boulenger 1900). Natural history. At the type locality, Lygosoma peninsulare sp. nov. occurs in hill dipterocarp forest at approximately 440 m in elevation. The exact collecting locality of the Bukit Larut specimen is unknown but presumably it was somewhere between the old Tea Garden at 600 m and Gunung Hijau at 1368 m. Unfortunately, no natural history data were associated with its collection. At the type locality, L. peninsulare sp. nov. is associated with a leaf litter microhabitat amongst granite boulders (Fig. 10). The holotype was found by ZD while monitoring an excavator that was clearing the forest to make a track within a gold mining project. The skink emerged from beneath the surface of the ground in a spot that had just been cleared. This observation, along with its elongate body and reduced limbs indicate that this is a semi-fossorial to fossorial species. The thickened and opaque-colored rostral, supranasals, nasals, mental, and first supralabials and infralabials (Fig. 6) also suggests such a lifestyle as these characteristics are common among other semi-fossorial and fossorial skinks and dibamids in Peninsular Malaysia (e. g. Larutia and Dibamus [Grismer 2011; Quah et al. 2017]). The status of Lygosoma peninsulare sp. nov. in Kelantan state is potentially threatened as there is a gold mining project encompassing the type locality. Despite being part of Jedok Forest Reserve, the state-approved gold mining project covers an area of 200 hectares. The Jedok Forest Reserve is a relatively small, fragmented halfmoon shape area covering 4,382 hectares. A road cutting through the reserve and the gold mining project will cause further habitat fragmentation and the potential extirpation of L. peninsulare from this area. Therefore, it is important that measures be put into place that will preserve the remaining, intact, unaltered habitat in the Jedok Forest Reserve. Comparisons. Lygosoma peninsulare sp. nov. differs from all other species of the bampfyldei group in having a shallow vs. a deep postnasal groove; 87 vs 81 – 85 (L. bamphfyldei) or 95 (L. schneideri) or 98 (L. kinabatanganensis sp. nov.) paravertebral scales; strongly keeled vs smooth to weakly keeled finger lamellae; enlarged fringe-like vs. keeled subdigital lamellae; sharply raised vs. low and rounded palmar scales; five vs. seven or eight scales across the base of the palm; an incomplete vs. complete frontal band; occipital band confluent vs. not confluent with the color of dorsum; and the sides of tail being bright red-orange vs. olive or grey. Other characters differentially separating L. peninsulare sp. nov. from various combinations of the other species are listed in Table 2.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D913FF9C8682FB04FAF4F933.taxon	description	Figs. 4 & 5	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D913FF9C8682FB04FAF4F933.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Adult male (FMNH 76226) collected by Robert F. Inger on 10 May 1956 at the east coast residency, Kinabatangan District, Deramakot camp (now the Deramakot Sabah Forestry Department), Sabah, East Malaysia (5 ° 17 N; 117 ° 33 E; 146 m).	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D913FF9C8682FB04FAF4F933.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Lygosoma kinabatanganensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from all other Lygosoma by having the combination of a large (SVL = 141 mm) robust body (PEC / SVL = 0.15); seven supralabials; six or seven infralabials; midline contact of the supranasals; prefrontals not in contact; frontoparietal contacting four supraoculars; eight superciliaries; three postsuboculars, the first being large; one primary and three secondary and tertiary temporals; four nuchal scales; a deep postnasal groove extending from the nasal scale to below the anterior portion of the eye and lying below the anterior loreals and lower preocular and above the second and third supralabials; scaly lower eyelid, no window; 42 midbody scale rows; 98 paravertebral scale rows; 104 ventral scale rows; 39 caudal scale rows at the tenth subcaudal; nine relatively small precloacal scales; smooth to weakly keeled subdigital finger lamellae, 10 lamellae on third finger; keeled subdigital toe lamellae, 15 lamellae on fourth toe; low, round, small palmar scales numbering eight across the base of the palm; head pattern consisting of a dark, frontal and occipital bands separated by a yellowish band; dark occipital band not confluent with lighter color of dorsum and tail; sides of tail olive. These characters are scored across all species in the L. bampfyldei group in Table 2. …… continued on the next page methođs. Description of holotype. Adult male, SVL 141 mm; tail broken, 27 mm; axilla-groin length 80.1 mm; head length 25.5 mm; rostral wider than long, in broad contact with supranasals; supranasals damaged but in contact medially and with frontonasal posteriorly; frontonasal wider than long; prefrontals not large, widely separated on midline; frontal elongate, widest anteriorly, in contact with first two supraoculars; five supraoculars, fifth smallest; frontoparietals in medial contact posterior to frontal, contacting second, third, fourth, and fifth supraoculars anterolaterally and parietals and interparietal posteriorly; frontoparietals non-overlapping; interparietal diamondshaped, large, slightly projecting posteriorly, eyespot in posterior projection; postinterparietal absent; parietals large, in medial point contact posterior to interparietal, contacting fourth and fifth supraoculars anteriorly; one primary temporal; three secondary temporals; three tertiary temporals; uppermost secondary temporal contacting parietal; four nuchal scales between upper secondary temporals; nasals small, widely separated, trapezoidal, contacting rostral anteriorly, supranasal dorsally, anterior loreal posteriorly, first supralabial ventrally; nostril in center of nasal; anterior loreal taller than wide, posterior loreal wider than tall; upper and lower preoculars present; one presubocular; deep groove separating lower preocular and loreals from supralabials two, three, and four; eight superciliaries, posterior superciliary elongate and projecting dorsomedially and bordered medially by fifth supraocular, posteriorly by postocular; three postsuboculars, first in contact with fifth and sixth supralabials; seven supralabials, fourth, fifth, and sixth below eye; fifth supralabial large, in broad contact with eye; two postsupralabials; lower eyelid transparent, scaly, no enlarged central window; mental twice as wide as long; single, large postmental, contacting first and second infralabials; two enlarged pairs of chinshields posterior to postmental, anterior pair contacting medially, contacting second and third infralabials; posterior pair of chinshields separated by a single scale, not contacting infralabials; 7 R 6 L infralabials; external ear opening narrow, vertical, oval, approximately same diameter as eyeball, bearing three anterior lobules; and tympanum deep. Body robust (PEC / SVL = 0.15); dorsal scales smooth, cycloid, imbricate; ventral scales smooth, same size dorsal scales; 42 longitudinal scale rows around midbody; 98 paravertebral scale rows; 104 ventral scale rows; no enlarged precloacal scales; tail thick, round in cross-section at base; subcaudals same size dorsal caudals; limbs, robust, short (FL / SVL = 0.25; HDL / SVL = 0.25), widely separated when adpressed; scales of dorsal surfaces slightly wider than those of ventral surfaces; palmar and plantar scales flat to low and rounded; digits short, scales of dorsal surfaces in a single row; 10 R, L subdigital lamellae on third finger, 15 R, L subdigital lamellae on fourth toe; keels of subdigital lamellae of toes two, three and four keeled and slightly raised; and subdigital lamellae of fingers rounded to weekly keeled. Coloration in alcohol (Fig. 4 & 5). Occiput and rostrum brown, separated by a light-colored band across the parietal region; dark frontal band extends from the upper labial region of one side of the head to the upper labial region of the other side of the head; a dark-brown occipital band extends across occiput from ear opening to ear opening; dorsal region of body and tail much lighter than occipital band; sides of head, neck and flanks slightly lighter, bearing scales outlined in light-brown; top of limbs dark-brown; underside of head, limbs, and body beige; undersides of hands, feet, and digits dark-brown; and underside of tail grey.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D913FF9C8682FB04FAF4F933.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet, kinabatanganensis is in reference to this species being from the Kinabatangan region of Sabah in East Malaysia.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D913FF9C8682FB04FAF4F933.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 1). Lygosoma kinabatanganensis sp. nov. is known only from the type locality. Natural history. Nothing was reported on the natural history of the holotype at the time of its collection other than it came from the camp clearing. Its body morphology and reduced limbs suggest it is semi-fossorial. Malkmus et al. (1999) report seeing a specimen active during the day at Deramakot, Sabah.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
AA2B87D3D913FF9C8682FB04FAF4F933.taxon	description	Comparisons. Lygosoma kinabatangensis sp. nov. differs from all other species in the bampfyldei group by the frontoparietal contacting five vs. four supraoculars, having 104 vs. 94 – 99 ventral scales, 39 vs. 28 – 34 scales around the tail, and nine relatively small vs. seven or eight large precloacal scales. Other characters differentially separating L. kinabatanganensis sp. nov. from various combinations of the other species are listed in Table 1.	en	Grismer, L. Lee, Quah, Evan S. H., Duzulkafly, Zaharil, Yambun, Paul (2018): On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900. Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528-550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.6
