Sphenomorphus concinnatus (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Elegant Forest Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma concinnatum BOULENGER 1887: 335 Lygosoma (Otosaurus) wolfi STERNFELD 1918: 397 (fide BURT & BURT 1932) Otosaurus sternfeldi MERTENS 1924 (replacement name for L. wolfi) Sphenomorphus concinnatus — BURT & BURT 1932 Otosaurus concinnatum — SMITH 1937: 218 Sphenomorphus wolfi — GREER & PARKER 1967 Sphenomorphus concinnatus — GREER & PARKER 1967 Sphenomorphus concinnatus — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Sphenomorphus wolfi — LINKEM et al. 2010
Distribution	Solomon Islands (Bougainville) Type locality: Faro Island wolfi: Solomon Islands (Buka); Type locality: “Vorgelagertes Eiland von Buka, Salomonen”; Lectotype: SMF 14492.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.3.29-32 (formerly 87.1.24.14-17), collected C.M. Woodford
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Comment	Burt & Burt (1932) noted that the purported diagnostic character for wolfi (presence of supranasals) was variable within concinnatus and hence suggested to synonymize the two. Some recent authors have considered wolfi as a valid species though. Note that Lygosoma (Hinulia) maindroni wolfi STERNFELD 1918 and Lygosoma (Otosaurus) wolfi STERNFELD 1918 (occasionally considered as a synonym of Sphenomorphus concinnatus) are different taxa.
Etymology	Named after Latin concinna meaning skillfully joined, neatly arranged.
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 Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Second contribution to the herpetology of the Solomon islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1887: 333-340 - get paper here Burt, Charles E.; Burt, May Danheim 1932. Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VI. Pacific island amphibians and reptiles in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (5): 461-597 - get paper here Greer,A.E. & Parker,F. 1967. A new scincid lizard from the northern Solomon Islands. Breviora (275): 1-20 - get paper here Greer,A.E. & PARKER,F. 1967. A second skink with fragmented head scales from Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Breviora (279): 1-12 - get paper here McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp. McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here Mertens, Robert 1924. Herpetologische Mitteilungen. III. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Scinciden. Senckenbergiana 6: 180-181 Schmidt, KP 1932. Reptiles and Amphibians from the Solomon Islands. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. - 18 (9): 175-190 - get paper here Sternfeld, R. 1918. Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der pazifischen Inselwelt. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 36: 375-436 [missing from BHL in 2023] Tanner, V.M. 1951. Pacific islands herpetology, No. V. Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands: A checklist of species. Great Basin Naturalist 11: 53-86 - get paper here Whitaker, R.; Whitaker,Z. & Mills,D. 1982. Reptiles of Papua New Guinea. Wildlife in New Guinea (82/2): 1-53
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/natscidb2/?w=PBIF&id=-1112155044 Google images

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