Sphenomorphus schultzei

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

Sphenomorphus schultzei
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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[2]
  • Lygosoma (Hinulia) schultzei
    T. Vogt, 1911
  • Lygosoma beauforti
    de Jong, 1927
  • Sphenomorphus schultzei
    Greer, 1973

Etymology

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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

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

Habitat

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

Description

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

Reproduction

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S. schultzei is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c Sphenomorphus schultzei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b 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

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  • 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).