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Sphenomorphus consobrinus (PETERS & DORIA, 1878)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma (Hinulia) consobrinum PETERS & DORIA 1878: 342
Lygosoma (Hinulia) consobrinum — DE ROOIJ 1915: 176
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) consobrinum consobrinum — TANNER 1950
Sphenomorphus consobrinus — BAUER et al. 1995: 64
Sphenomorphus consobrinus — SHEA 2017 
DistributionIndonesia (Bacan Island)

Type locality: “Isola di Batcian” (or Batjan) [Bacan Island]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: MSNG 27875 (7 specimens) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A very small Sphenomorphus (maximum SVL 38 mm), with last two supralabials, primary and upper and lower secondary temporals undivided, postsupraocular absent, lamellae below fourth toe grooved, and second and third pair of chin shields separated from infralabials by an interposed row of oblique scales (Shea 2017). 
CommentAbundance: this is one of the species called “lost” and “rediscovered” by Lindken et al. 2024. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • 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
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig and G. Doria. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn. nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. ser. 1, 13: 323-450 - get paper here
  • SHEA, Glenn M. 2017. A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Doberai Peninsula of New Guinea, with a redescription of Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters et Doria, 1878). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 3: 35-48 - get paper here
  • Tanner, V.W. 1950. Pacific islands herpetology. No. III, Moroai Island. Great Basin Naturalist 10: 1-30 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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