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Gyldenstolpe's worm skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Isopachys
Species:	I. gyldenstolpei
Binomial name
Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg, 1916
Synonyms
Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg, 1916 Ophioscincus gyldenstolpei — M.A. Smith, 1935 Rhodona gyldenstolpei — M.A. Smith, 1937 Isopachys gyldenstolpei — Taylor, 1963

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

Etymology

The specific name, gyldenstolpei, is in honor of Swedish ornithologist Nils Gyldenstolpe.

Geographic range

I. gyldenstolpei is found only in Thailand.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of I. gyldenstolpei is forest.

Description

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

Behavior

I. gyldenstolpei is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

I. gyldenstolpei is viviparous.

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Isopachys gyldenstolpei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2014.
3. 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).

Further reading

• Gumprecht A, Trautmann D (2006). "The Portrait: Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg". Sauria 28 (3): 1–2.
• Lönnberg E (1916). "Zoological Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Siam 1911-1912 and 1914: 2. Lizards". Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 55 (4): 1–12. (Isopachys gyldenstolpei, new species, pp. 10–12 + Figures 2–6).
• Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Ophioscincus gyldenstolpei, pp. 335–336, Figure 75).
• Taylor EH (1963). "The Lizards of Thailand". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44: 687–1077. (Isopachys gyldenstolpei, p. 1061).

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• Isopachys
• Reptiles of Thailand
• Endemic fauna of Thailand
• Reptiles described in 1916
• Taxa named by Einar Lönnberg
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