Sphenomorphus schultzei

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Sphenomorphus schultzei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Sphenomorphidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species:
S. schultzei
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus schultzei
(T. Vogt, 1911)
Synonyms [2]
  • 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.

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Etymology

The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze-Jena. [3]

The specific name of the junior synonym, beauforti, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort. [3]

Geographic range

S. schultzei is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [2]

Habitat

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

Description

S. schultzei is dark brown dorsally, and light brown ventrally. [4]

Reproduction

S. schultzei is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Sphenomorphus schultzei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 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).

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