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Sphenomorphus dussumieri (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dussumier's Forest Skink 
SynonymLygosoma dussumieri DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 725
Eumeces dussumieri — BEDDOME 1870: 175
Hinulia dussumieri — STOLICZKA 1872: 124
Lygosoma dussumieri — BOULENGER 1887: 243
Lygosoma dussumieri var. concolor ANNANDALE 1905: 145
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) dussumieri — DERANIYAGALA 1931
Lygosoma dussumieri — SMITH 1935: 286
Lygosoma dussumieri — SMITH 1937
Sphenomorphus dussumieri — TAYLOR 1950: 497
Sphenomorphus dussumieri — TAYLOR 1953
Sphenomorphus dussumieri — GREER & PARKER 1967
Sphenomorphus dussumieri — DAS 1996: 48
Sphenomorphus dussumieri — LINKEM et al. 2010 
DistributionSW India (Kerala)

Type locality: Malabar  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 0216, MNHN-RA 0216A-E, MNHN-RA 7111, MNHN-RA 7111A; Smith (1935) reported the type as being in Calcutta (= IMMR, now ZSI). The ZSI has no specimens from ‘Canara’ (at present in Karnataka State, western India). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1661 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSMITH 1937: 219 gives “GRAY” as author for dussumieri.

Distribution: not in Sri Lanka, fide SOMAWEERA & SOMAWEERA 2009. 
EtymologyNamed after Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883), a trader-shipowner in the French mercantile marine, who collected specimens from many areas. 
References
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  • Annandale, Nelson 1905. Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. Suppl. III. Notes on the Oriental lizards in the Indian Museum, with a list of the species recorded from British India and Ceylon. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 1: 139-151 - get paper here
  • Beddome, R. H. 1870. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 2: 169-176 [Reprint.: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 327-334, 1940]
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126
  • Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp.
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S.R.; S. Bhupathy, P. Karthik, G. Babu Rao & S. Babu 2020. Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India. JoTT 12 (9): 16123–16135 - get paper here
  • Greer A E 1991. Lankascincus, a new genus of scincid lizards from Sri Lanka, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Herpetology 25 (1): 59-64 - get paper here
  • Inger, Robert F.;Shaffer, H. Bradley;Koshy, Mammen;Bakde, Ramesh 1984. A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81 (3): 551-570 - get paper here
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  • Linkem, C.W.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. 2010. A NEW SPECIES OF SCINCID LIZARD (GENUS SPHENOMORPHUS) FROM PALAWAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. Herpetologica 66 (1): 67–79 - get paper here
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  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Stoliczka, F. 1872. Notes on various new or little-known Indian lizards. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xli (2): 86-135 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1953. A review of the lizards of Ceylon. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 35 (12): 1525-1585 - get paper here
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