Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus)

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 147-148

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus)

Material examined. - Pichrada: FMNH 261866 , on dirt road through deciduous forest with grassy understorey and bamboo, near 12°29'49"N 107°29'33"E, 700 m elev., 22 Jun.2000 .

Remarks. – A single specimen has an elongate, slender, diminutive habitus; four very short limbs, the forelimb (3.8) 7.2% the SVL (52.4); five fingers, the three median fingers about equal in length; five toes, the three median toes about equal in length; the snout to forelimb distance (11.5) 31.9% the axilla to groin distance (36.0); a minute ear opening, partly covered with scales; a single frontoparietal; and brown colouration with darker brown longitudinal lines on dorsum and flanks, continuing onto tail.

The specimen was taken during the day (1200 hrs.) on a dirt road that formed part of the former Ho Chi Minh Trail.

This is the first report of the species from Cambodia.