No postnasal; second temporal wedge-shaped, wide posteriorly 
chinensis 
Postnasal present; outer edge of thigh with several large 
scales in a group 5 
Second temporal fan-shaped; 22-24 scales around midbody 
Maenel 
Second temporal with dorsal and ventral borders parallel; 28 
scales around midbody tunganus 
Leiolopisma 
Three supraoculars przewalski 
Four supraoculars 2 
A scaly projection at front border of tympanic recess 
himalayanus 
Without projection at front of tympanic recess 3 
A small tympanic opening, smaller than translucent window in 
lower eyelid sikkimense 
Tympanic opening larger than "window" in lower eyelid 4 
Dorsal scales almost equal to laterals; light lateral stripes 
separated by 8 full and 2 half rows of scales reevesi 
Dorsals obviously larger than laterals; fewer than 8 scale 
rows between light stripes 5 
Fore and hind limbs overlap, at least in males 6 
Limbs do not overlap 7 
Digits long; fourth toe with 16-18 ventral lamellae; dorsals 
less than twice size of laterals doriae 
Digits short; fourth toe with 10-16 lamellae; dorsals twice 
size of laterals modestum 
Fourth toe with 10-12 lamellae; 24-26 scales around body; 
belly blackish monticola 
Fourth toe with more than 12 lamellae 8 
Fourth toe with 17 lamellae; black dots under tail; belly 
pale potanini 
Fourth toe with 13-16 lamellae 9 
Seven upper labials; lateral stripes wavy on dorsal margins; 
4 full and 2 half scale rows between 
Eight upper labials; lateral stripes with straight edges; 6 
ve (OIE I and 2 half rows” of scales between stripes 
septentrionalis 
Lygosona 
A single prefrontal eae quadrupes 
Paired prefrontals 2 
A pair of large preanal scales 3 
Without enlarged preanals; one enlarged scute at heel 
smaragdinum 
Four supraoculars; tip of snout not concave 4 
Five supraoculars; tip of snout concave maculatum 
Limbs overlap; more than 30 scale rows around body; tympanum 
in a depression; 16-22 scales under fourth toe 
Limbs do not overlap, or just meet; less than 30. scales 
around body; tympanum superficial; 12-13 scales under fourth 
Oe courcyanum 
Outer surface of thigh with aspatch of large scales; gray- 
brown “con back; side of body blackish, but not in a regular 
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