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Eugongylus mentovarius (BOETTGER, 1895)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma mentovarium BOETTGER 1895: 119
Lygosoma mentovarium — DE ROOIJ 1915: 265
Lygosoma (Riopa) [albofasciolatum] mentovarium — STERNFELD 1918: 418
Riopa mentovaria — MERTENS 1934
Eugongylus mentovaria — SMITH 1937
Riopa albofasciolata mentovaria — BRONGERSMA 1948: 491
Eugongylus mentovarius — MITTLEMAN 1952
Riopa mentovarium — TANNER 1950
Lygosoma (Riopa) mentovarius — MERTENS 1967
Eugongylus mentovarius — SHEA 2018 
DistributionIndonesia (Halmahera, Maluku Archipelago, Ternate, Morotai)

Type locality: Halmaheira, Indonesia  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: SMF 15420 (= 6302, 2a in Mertens, 1922), collected W. Kükenthal, 1895. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin words mentum, meaning "chin" and varius, meaning "different or changeable," in reference to the striped pattern of the chin region. 
References
  • Boettger, O. 1895. Liste der Amphibien und Batrachier des Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlungen Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal's. Zool. Anz. 18: 116-121, 129-138 - get paper here
  • Brongersma, L.D. 1948. Lizards from the island of Morotai (Moluccas). Proc. Koninkl. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C. 51: 486-495
  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
  • Dryden, G.L. & TAYLOR, E.H. 1969. Reptiles from the Mariana and Caroline Islands. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48 (8): 269-279 - get paper here
  • Glässer-Trobisch, Andrea & Dietmar Trobisch 2021. Begegnungen mit Hydrosaurus & Co. in der Wallacea. Teil 3: Drachen im Vogelparadies – Halmahera. Sauria 43 (3): 23-46
  • Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106 - get paper here
  • Mittleman, M.B. 1952. A generic synopsis of the Lizards of the Subfamily Lygosominae. Smithson. misc. Collns, 117: 1-35. - get paper here
  • Setiadi, M. I. & A. Hamidy, 2006. Jenis-Jenis Herpetofauna di Pulau Halmahera. Kerjasama antara Pusat Studi Biodiversitas dan Konservasi Universitas Indonesia dan Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Puslit Biologi Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia. - get paper here
  • Shea, Glenn M. 2018. A taxonomically and biogeographically important new record of Eugongylus Fitzinger, 1843 (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia, and the status of Lygosoma sulaense Kopstein, 1927. Hamadryad 38 (1 & 2): 1-11 - get paper here
  • Tanner, V.W. 1950. Pacific islands herpetology. No. III, Moroai Island. Great Basin Naturalist 10: 1-30 - get paper here
 
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