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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Thailand
Type locality: mountainridge to the coast at Koh Lak Paa, Siamese malacca, (Prachuap Kirikan = Prachuap Khiri Khan province), peninsular Siam (= Thailand)

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Gyldenstolpe's worm skink

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Gyldenstolpe's worm skink, Gyldenstolpe's isopachys, or Gyldenstolpe's snake skink (Isopachys gyldenstolpei) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology

The specific name, gyldenstolpei, is in honor of Swedish ornithologist Nils Gyldenstolpe.^[3]

Geographic range

I. gyldenstolpei is found only in Thailand.^[1]^[2]

Description

The maximum total length (including tail) of I. gyldenstolpei is 300 mm (12 in). The species is limbless.^[2]

Reproduction

I. gyldenstolpei is viviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Cota, M. (2018). "Isopachys gyldenstolpei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T10871A113752254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10871A113752254.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Isopachys gyldenstolpei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2014.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Isopachys gyldenstolpei, p. 112).

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Gyldenstolpe's worm skink: Brief Summary