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Sphenomorphus derooyae

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Species of lizard

Sphenomorphus derooyae
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: S. derooyae
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus derooyae
(de Jong, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma derooyae
    de Jong, 1927
  • Sphenomorphus derooijae
    — Mys, 1988
  • Sphenomorphus derooyae
    — Pyron & Burbrink, 2013

Sphenomorphus derooyae is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Oceania.

Geographic range

S. derooyae is found in New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago, including Admiralty Islands, New Britain, and New Ireland.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. derooyae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).

Reproduction

S. derooyae is oviparous.

Taxonomy

S. derooyae may be a species complex, and the proper name for populations outside the New Guinean mainland is uncertain.

Etymology

The specific name, derooyae, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Nelly de Rooij (spelled "de Rooy" by de Jong).

References

  1. ^ Tallowin, O.; Shea, G.; Allison, A. (2015). "Sphenomorphus derooyae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42485229A42485236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485229A42485236.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sphenomorphus derooyae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 October 2020.
  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. (Sphenomorphus derooyae, p. 70).

Further reading

  • Daan S, Hillenius D (1966). "Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam". Beaufortia 13: 117–144. (Lygosoma derooyae, p. 132).
  • de Jong JK (1927). "Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea". Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296–318. (Lygosoma derooyae, new species).
  • Mys B (1988). "The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 58: 127–183. (Sphenomorphus derooijae, new combination, p. 142).
  • Pyron RA, Burbrink FT (2013). "Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles". Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21. (Spenomorphus derooyae).


Taxon identifiers
Sphenomorphus derooyae


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