Sphenomorphus maindroni

Sphenomorphus maindroni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Sphenomorphus
Species:	S. maindroni
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus maindroni (Sauvage, 1879)
Synonyms
Lygosoma (Hinulia) maindroni Sauvage, 1879 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) maindroni — M.A. Smith, 1937 [2] Sphenomorphus maindroni — Greer, 1982 [3]

Sphenomorphus maindroni ^[4] is a species of skink. The species was originally described by Sauvage in 1879. ^[4] According to the Catalogue of Life, the species Sphenomorphus maindroni does not have known subspecies. ^[4]

Description

The snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 24–59 mm (0.94–2.32 in). The tail varies from nearly oval to square in cross-section. ^[5]

Etymology

The specific name, maindroni, is in honor of French naturalist Maurice Maindron. ^[6]

Geographic range

Sphenomorphus maindroni is found in the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, and New Guinea. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Sphenomorphus maindroni is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

Sphenomorphus maindroni is oviparous. ^[3]

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 Museum39 (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 Paris7 (3): 47–61. (Lygosoma maindroni, new species, pp. 55–56). (in French).