Sphenomorphus cryptotis

Barabanov, Andrei V. & Doronin, Igor V., 2020, Annotated list of amphibian and reptile taxa described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky (1924 - 2009), Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 152-168 : 162

60. Sphenomorphus cryptotis DAREVSKY, ORLOV et HO (2004: 111)

Holotype: ZISP 22904 , adult female, “ Yen Tu mountain ridge, Uong Bi, Quang Ninh province, northeastern Vietnam; 250–300 m above sea level ”.

Etymology: The species name call attention to the absence of the external ear opening, from Greek “ cryptos ”, secretive, and “ otis ”, ear.