Eutropis macularius

Morphological characters (determination after Smith 1935, Taylor 1963). Males: SVL 55.6–61.7 mm (mean ± SD 58.3 ± 2.4 mm, n = 5), TaL 95.4 mm (n = 1); females: SVL 55.4–59.6 mm (mean ± SD 57.5 ± 1.7 mm, n = 4), TaL 80.5–85.7 mm (mean ± SD 83.6 ± 2.7 mm, n = 3). For further measurements and proportions see Table 1.

Head longer than wide; rostral wider than high; supranasals present, separated from each other; prefrontals separated by frontal; parietals separated by interparietal; enlarged nuchal scales in one pair; loreals 2; supraciliaries 5 or 6; supraoculars 4, followed by 2 postsupraoculars; primary temporals 3, secondary temporals 3, keeled; supralabials 7, the fifth below the eye; external ear openings with small projecting lobules anteriorly, tympanum deeply sunk; mental wider than long; infralabials 7; postmental undivided; midbody scales in 30 rows; dorsal scales with 5–7 obtuse keels, slightly larger than lateral scales; paravertebral scales 36–39; ventrals in 43–47 transverse rows, smooth; precloacals 2, enlarged; medial subcaudals not widened; limbs strong, pentadactyl; fingers and toes meeting when adpressed; subdigital lamellae smooth, 10 or 11 under fourth finger and 13–16 under fourth toe.

Coloration in alcohol. Dorsal surface brown, with or without small black spots; white stripe present on upper lip, extending backwards to shoulder; a dorsolateral light line extending from eye to midway on body; flank dark brown from behind the eye to hind limb, with white spots; neck and throat reddish in males and cream in females; venter and underside of tail cream. For coloration in life see Fig. 2.

Specimens of E. macularius were collected between 9:00 to 16:30 in the bamboo bush near the road. The surrounding habitat was disturbed secondary forest of small hardwood, bamboo and shrub.

In Vietnam, this is a widespread species, known from Lang Son Province in the North to Kien Giang Province in the South. Elsewhere, E. macularius has been recorded from Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia (Nguyen et al., 2009). This is a new record for Son La Province.