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).