Sphenomorphus derooyae (DE JONG, 1927)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	G: De Rooijs Waldskink E: De Rooij’s Forest Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma derooyae DE JONG 1927 Lygosoma derooyae — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 132 Sphenomorphus derooijae [sic] — MYS 1988: 142 Sphenomorphus derooijae — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Sphenomorphus derroyae — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013 Sphenomorphus derroyae — GOLDBERG 2023
Distribution	Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Admirality Islands, New Britain, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago Type locality: Doorman peak, West New Guinea, elevation 1450 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMA.RENA 11310
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	named after Nelly de Rooij (but spelled “de Rooy” by De Jong.
References	Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. 1995. Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541 - get paper here Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144 De JONG,J.K. 1927. Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea. Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296-318 Goldberg, Stephen R. 2023. Anmerkungen zur Fortpflanzung von De Rooijs Waldskink Sphenomorphus derooyae (Squamata: Scincidae) aus Papua-Neuguinea. Sauria 45 (4): 68-69 Mys, Benoit 1988. The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127-183 Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/natscidb2/?w=PBIF&id=-250217949 Google images

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