Scincus hemprichii WIEGMANN, 1837

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Scincus hemprichii WIEGMANN 1837: 128 Pedorychus (Scincus) Hemprichii — PETERS 1864: 44 Scincus hemprichi — BOETTGER 1892 Scincus hemprichii — LEVITON & ANDERSON 1967: 233 Scincus hemprichii — FRITZ & SCHÜTTE 1988 Scincus hemprichii — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000 Scincus hemprichii — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Distribution	Yemen, SW Saudi Arabia Type locality: Massaua, Abyssinien (probably in error fide ARNOLD 1986). Most likely “southern Tihama near jizan in Saudi Arabia or the vicinity of al-Luhayyah on the Yemen coast” (fide SCHÄTTI & GÜNTHER 2001).
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZMB 1179
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Head large and broad ; external ear orifice minute, placed well below the level of the line made by the lower edges of the upper labial scales, and completely hidden by a large, smooth-edged scale ; eye with large cornea and a pupil that is vertically slit-shaped when contracted. Rostral scale separated from frontonasal by internasals; frontoparietals in limited contact or separated; parietals large (usually about twice the length of adjoining nuchals, or more). Dorsal scales ridged in adults ; mid-dorsals often distinctly larger than mid-ventrals; 22 -24 scales around mid-body. Dorsal pattern of adults and young consists of narrow, pale transverse bands on brownish ground; no dark bars or spots present on flanks. Auditory meatus quite long with at most a few scale vestiges distally and, proximally, a short triangular cartilage in its lateral wall. Extrastapes large and ovoid. Premaxillary rostrum short. Otic capsule huge, squamosal sharply flexed, its upper border forming a distinct spur posteriorly. Distal section of supratemporal process of parietal narrowed, terminating well above level of ventral tip of squamosal. (Arnold & Leviton 1977)
Comment	Illustrated on Plate IV.1 in Tornier 1899. Distribution: see map in Seufer et al. 2022.
Etymology	Named after Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich (1796-1825), German naturalist.
References	Anderson, John 1901. A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained by Mr. A. Blayney Percival in southern Arabia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1901 (2): 137-152 - get paper here Arnold E N 1986. A key and annotated checklist to the lizards and amphisbaenians of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 385-435 Arnold, Edwin Nicholas & Leviton, Alan E. 1977. A revision of the lizard genus Scincus (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 31 (5): 187-248 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boettger, O. 1892. Mitteilung über eine Reptiliensendung von Aden in Süd-Arabien. Ber. Tät. Offenb. Ver. Nat., Offenbach, 29 - 32: 61-63 - get paper here Fritz,J.P. & Schütte,F. 1988. Skinke aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen. Salamandra 24 (1): 41-52 - get paper here Griffith, H., A. Ngo & R. W. Murphy 2000. A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1-16 - get paper here Khayrah, Y. & Fathy, Samah M. 2022. Biodiversity and Distribution of Lizards in Jazan area, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology 14(1): 249-259 - get paper here Paray, Bilal A.; Abdul Rahman Al-Mfarij, Mohammed K. Al-Sadoon 2017. Food Habits of the Arabian skink, Scincus hemprichii Wiegmann, 1837, (Sauria: Scincidae), in the Southwest Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences - get paper here Peters,W.C.H. 1864. Die Eidechsenfamilie der Scincoiden, insbesondere über die Schneider'schen, Wiegmann'schen und neue Arten des zoologischen Museums. Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864: 44-58 - get paper here Schätti, B. & Gasperetti, J. 1994. A contribution to the herpetofauna of Southwest Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 348-423 Schätti,B. & Günther, R. 2001. Type localities opf amphibian and reptile species collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in sothwestern Arabia and Eritrea. Mitt. Mus. Naturk. Berlin Zool. Reihe 77: 153-156 - get paper here Seufer, Hermann; Thomas Kowalski, Berd-Michael Zwanzig & Wolfgang Grossmann 2022. Ein bisher übersehener Fundort von Scincus conirostris Blanford, 1881 im Sultanat Oman. [A hitherto overlooked locality of Scincus conirostris Blanford, 1881 in the Sultanate of Oman] Sauria 44 (4): 43-48 Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here Sindaco, Roberto; Riccardo Nincheri, Benedetto Lanza 2014. Catalogue of Arabian reptiles in the collections of the “La Specola” Museum, Florence. Scripta Herpetologica. Studies on Amphibians and Reptiles in honour of Benedetto Lanza: pp. 137-164 - get paper here Steindachner, Franz 1903. Batrachier und Reptilien von Südarabien und Sokotra, gesammelt während der südarabischen Expedition der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-naturwiss. Kl., 112, Abt. 1: 7-14 - get paper here Tornier,G. 1899. Reptilia. In: Carlgren,O., Hilgendorf,F., Martens, E. von, Matschie, P., Tornier, G., & Weltner, W. (eds.). Symbolae physicae seu icones adhuc ineditae corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptum, Nubiam,k Dongalam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu F.G. Hemprich et C.G. Ehrenberg. Zoologica 1, Amphibia. G. Reimer, Berlin. - get paper here Wiegmann, A. F. A. 1837. Herpetologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 123-136 - get paper here
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