Sphenomorphus rufocaudatus

Barabanov, Andrei & Milto, Konstantin, 2017, An annotated type catalogue of the anguid, dibamid, scincid and varanid lizards in the Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae, Dibamidae, Scincidae and Varanidae), Zootaxa 4244 (1), pp. 65-78 : 74

Sphenomorphus rufocaudatus DAREVSKY et NGUYEN V.S. (1983: 1832)

Holotype: ZISP 19797 , male, “ Buen-Loi on the Tai-Nguyen Plateau, 60 km N Ankhe town, Gilai-Contum Province , around 700 m a.s.l. ” [Buon Luoi, K’ Bang District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam]. Leg.: I.S. Darevsky, 18.VI.1982.

Paratypes: ZISP 19798.1–11 (11 specimens), “ Buen-Loi on the Tai-Nguyen Plateau, 60 km N Ankhe town, Gilai-Contum Province , around 700 m a.s.l. ” [Buon Luoi, K’ Bang District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam]. Leg.: I.S. Darevsky, 16-21.VI.1982. — ZISP 19799.1-14 , 14 specimens, “ Buen-Loi on the Tai-Nguyen Plateau, 60 km N Ankhe town, Gilai-Contum Province , around 700 m a.s.l. ” [Buon Luoi, K’ Bang District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam]. Leg.: I.S. Darevsky, 16-21.VI.1982.

Present name: Scincella rufocaudata ( Darevsky et Nguyen V.S., 1983) fide Nguyen Q.T. et al. (2011b).

Remarks: Additional paratypes from the same locality are ZFMK 44201 (B ӧhme 2010) and ZMMU Re-5097 (nine specimens) ( Borissenko et al. 2001).