Sphenomorphus courcyanus (ANNANDALE, 1912)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Medog Skink G: Gefleckter Waldskink Chinese: 墨脱蜓蜥
Synonym	Lygosoma courcyanum ANNANDALE 1912: 43 Lygosoma courcyanum — SMITH 1935: 289 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) courcyanum — SMITH 1937: 221 Sphenomorphus courcyanus — MITTLEMAN 1952 Sphenomorphus courcyanus — DAS 1996: 48 Sphenomorphus courcyanus — NGUYEN et al. 2011 Sphenomorphus courcyanum — FELDMAN et al. 2015
Distribution	India (Assam, Mizoram), China (S Xizang = Tibet) Type locality: Rotung, N. Assam
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZSI 16900, collected Capt. M. de Courcy. Das et al. (1998) list three specimens, but Annandale specifically stated that 16900 was the type (=holotype), making the other two specimens paratypes.
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: likely in Bhutan (Lenz 2012). Abundance: Rare.
References	Annandale, NELSON 1912. Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912. Records of the Indian Museum 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37-59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914). - get paper here Chen,S.H. & Lue,K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis, from Taiwan (Sauria, Scincidae). Bull. Inst. Zool. (Acad. Sinica) 26: 115-121 Lalremsanga, H.T., L. Khawlhring & Lalrotluanga 2010. Three additional lizard (Squamata: Sauria) records for Mizoram, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(2): 718-720 - get paper here Lenz, Norbert 2012. Von Schmetterlingen und Donnerdrachen - Natur und Kultur in Bhutan. Karlsruher Naturhefte 4, Naturkundemuseum Karlsruhe, 124 pp. Nguyen, Truong Quang; Andreas Schmitz, Tao Thien Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Wolfgang Böhme, and Thomas Ziegler 2011. Review of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with Description of a New Species from Northern Vietnam and Southern China and the First Record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 45 (2): 145-154. Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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