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Sphenomorphus maindroni

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Species of lizard

Sphenomorphus maindroni
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. maindroni
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus maindroni
(Sauvage, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma (Hinulia) maindroni
    Sauvage, 1879
  • Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) maindroni
    — M.A. Smith 1937
  • Sphenomorphus maindroni
    — Greer, 1982

Sphenomorphus maindroni is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was originally described by Sauvage in 1879. According to the Catalogue of Life, the species Sphenomorphus maindroni does not have known subspecies.

The size of this specie is small, and the snout–vent length is between 24 and 59 mm; tail varies from nearly oval to square in cross-section.

Etymology

The specific name, maindroni, is in honor of French naturalist Maurice Maindron.

Geographic range

S. maindroni is found in the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, and New Guinea.

Reproduction

S. maindroni is oviparous.

References

  1. Tallowin, O.; Allison, A.; Shea, G. (2015). "Sphenomorphus maindroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42485347A42485354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485347A42485354.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Smith MA (1937). "A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234.
  3. ^ Species Sphenomorphus maindroni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Sphenomorphus maindroni. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. Shea, Glenn; Greer, Allen E. (March 2004). "A New Character within the Taxonomically Difficult Sphenomorphus Group of Lygosomine Skinks, with a Description of a New Species from New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (1): 79–87. doi:10.1670/78-03A. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 86647187.
  6. 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 maindroni, p. 166).

Further reading

  • Sauvage HE (1879). "Notice sur quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus de la Nouvelle-Guinée ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 (3): 47–61. (Lygosoma maindroni, new species, pp. 55–56). (in French).
Taxon identifiers
Sphenomorphus maindroni


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