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Tytthoscincus hallieri

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Species of lizard

Tytthoscincus hallieri
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: Tytthoscincus
Species: T. hallieri
Binomial name
Tytthoscincus hallieri
(Lidth de Jeude, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma hallieri Lidth de Jeude, 1905
  • Sphenomorphus hallieri (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)

Tytthoscincus hallieri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, hallieri, is in honor of German botanist Johann Gottfried "Hans" Hallier.

Geographic range

T. hallieri is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. hallieri is forest, at altitudes of 50–850 m (160–2,790 ft).

Reproduction

T. hallieri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J. (2019). "Tytthoscincus hallieri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T102349539A102349562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102349539A102349562.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Tytthoscincus hallieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 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 hallieri, p. 114).

Further reading

  • Bacon JP (1967). "Systematic Status of Three Scincid Lizards (Genus Sphenomorphus) from Borneo". Fieldiana Zoology 51 (4): 63–76. (Sphenomorphus hallieri, new combination, pp. 72–75, Figure 3).
  • Lidth de Jeude, Th. W. van (1905). "Zoological Results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central-Borneo. The Reptiles". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25 (4): 187–202. (Lygosoma hallieri, new species, pp. 197–198).
  • Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1217–1243. (Tytthoscincus hallieri, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Tytthoscincus hallieri


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