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Sphenomorphus orientalis (SHREVE, 1940)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma orientale SHREVE 1940
Sphenomorphus orientalis — DE LISLE 2013
Sphenomorphus orientale — FELDMAN et al. 2015 
DistributionMyanmar

Type locality: Mount victoria, 2600 m elevation, Pakokku-Chin, Hills, Burma.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 44742, Museum of Comparative Zoology 
Diagnosis 
CommentAbundance: this is one of the species called “lost” and “rediscovered” by Lindken et al. 2024. 
References
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Lisle, H.F. de; Nazarov, R.A.; Raw, L.R.G. & Grathwohl, J. 2013. Gekkota: a catalogue of recent species. [type catalogue] Privately published, 387 pp.
  • Shreve,B. 1940. Reptiles and amphibians from Burma with descriptions of three new skinks. Proc. New England zool. Club 18: 17-26
 
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