Lygosoma angeli

Lygosoma angeli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lygosoma
Species:	L. angeli
Binomial name
	Lygosoma angeli; (M.A. Smith, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
	Riopa angeli ; M.A. Smith, 1937; Lygosoma angeli ; — Greer, 1977;

Angel's writhing skink (Lygosoma angeli) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, angeli, is in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Angel.[3]

Geographic range

L. angeli is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. angeli are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 104–167 m (341–548 ft).[1]

Description

Dorsally, L. angeli is brown, reddish brown, or dark brown. Ventrally, it is tan. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11 cm (4.3 in). The tail length equals SVL.[2]

Behavior

L. angeli is terrestrial and fossorial. It hides under bark of trees and stumps. It also burrows in loose soil and under fallen logs.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. angeli is unknown.[2]

References

Cota M, Neang T, Panitvong N, Stuart B, Sumontha M, Phimmachak S (2018). "Lygosoma angeli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14665893A14665908. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14665893A14665908.en. Downloaded on 02 April 2020.
Lygosoma angeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygosoma angeli, p. 9).

Cota M, Geissler P, Chan-ard T, Makchai S (2011). "First Record of Lygosoma angeli (Smith, 1937) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in Thailand with Notes on Other Specimens from Laos". The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 5 (2): 125–132.
Geissler P, Nguyen TQ, Phung TM, Van Devender RW, Hartmann T, Farkas B, Ziegler T, Böhme W (2011). "A review of Indochinese skinks of the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Scincidae), with natural history notes and an identification key". Biologia 66 (6): 1159–1176.
Greer AE (1977). "The systematics and evolutionary relationships of the scincid lizard genus Lygosoma ". Journal of Natural History 11: 515–540. (Lygosoma angeli, new combination).
Neang T, Morawska D, Nut M (2015). "First record of Lygosoma angeli (Smith, 1937) (Squamata: Scincidae) from eastern Cambodia". Herpetology Notes 8: 321–322.
Smith MA (1937). "Un nouveau Lézard de Conchinchine ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 2° Série 9 (6): 366. (Riopa angeli, new species). (in French).

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[iucn-1] Cota M, Neang T, Panitvong N, Stuart B, Sumontha M, Phimmachak S (2018). "Lygosoma angeli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14665893A14665908. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14665893A14665908.en. Downloaded on 02 April 2020.

[RDB-2] Lygosoma angeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lygosoma angeli, p. 9).