Sphenomorphus neuhaussi (VOGT, 1911)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lygosoma neuhaussi VOGT 1911: 422 Sphenomorphus neuhaussi — MYS 1988: 145 Sphenomorphus neuhaussi — GREER 1990
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (Chimbu Province, Maibang, Tauta), Bismarck Archipelago Type locality: Sattelberg on the Huon Peninsula
Reproduction
Types	Syntypes: ZMB 22167-69, collected R. Neuhauss.
Diagnosis
Comment	Status unclear. Closely related to S. pratti. Abundance: Rare.
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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Greer,A.E. 1990. Overlap pattern in the preanal scale row: an important systematic character in skinks. Journal of Herpetology 24 (3): 328-330 - get paper here 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 Vogt, T. 1911. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1911: 420-420 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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