Sphenomorphus alfredi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia[2] near Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, and Borneo.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sphenomorphus |
| Species: | S. alfredi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenomorphus alfredi (Boulenger, 1898)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, alfredi, is in honour of British naturalist Alfred Hart Everett.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of S. alfredi is forest, generally in low hills.[1]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of S. alfredi is unknown.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J.; Ota, H. (2018). "Sphenomorphus alfredi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102347048A102347080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102347048A102347080.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Sphenomorphus alfredi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ^ 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 alfredi, p. 5).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1898). "Third Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the Natural-History Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 912–923. (Lygosoma alfredi, new species, p. 922 + Plate LV, figure 4).
- Mittleman MB (1952). "A Generic Synopsis of the Lizards of the Subfamily Lygosominae". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (17): 1–35. (Sphenomorphus alfredi, new combination, p. 21).