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Sphenomorphus schultzei

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Species of lizard

Sphenomorphus schultzei
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. schultzei
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus schultzei
(T. Vogt, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma (Hinulia) schultzei
    T. Vogt, 1911
  • Lygosoma beauforti
    de Jong, 1927
  • Sphenomorphus schultzei
    — Greer, 1973

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

Etymology

The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze-Jena.

The specific name of the junior synonym, beauforti, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort.

Geographic range

S. schultzei is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. schultzei is forest, at altitudes of 400–1,570 m (1,310–5,150 ft).

Description

S. schultzei is dark brown dorsally, and light brown ventrally.

Reproduction

S. schultzei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Tallowin, O.; Allison, A.; Shea, G. (2015). "Sphenomorphus schultzei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42485630A42485637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485630A42485637.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sphenomorphus schultzei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus schultzei, p. 238; S. beauforti, p. 20).
  4. Vogt T (1911).

Further reading

  • de Jong (1927). "Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea". Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296–318. (Lygosoma beauforti, new species).
  • Vogt T (1911). "Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 410–420. (Lygosoma schultzei, new species, pp. 416–417). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Sphenomorphus schultzei


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