Sphenomorphus grandisonae TAYLOR, 1962

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Grandison’s Forest Skink G: Grandisons Waldskink
Synonym	Sphenomorphus grandisonae TAYLOR 1962: 236 Sphenomorphus grandisonae — TAYLOR 1963: 1002 Sphenomorphus grandisonae — GREER 2001
Distribution	Thailand Type locality: Ban Tong Pheung, M. Siam
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1935.11.5.13, Ban Tong, Phaung, N Siam, presented M.A. Smith.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Small skink; 34 scalerows around body; six supralabials; five infralabials, median suboculars larger than pre- or postsuboculars, the whole series continuous; temporals, 2 + 3 + 4; no nuchals; dorsal scales smaller than ventrals; subcaudals smaller than lateral caudal scales; dorsolateral markings on side reduced; very slight suggestion of a brown stripe dorsolaterally on tail; digits fail to touch when limbs are adpressed; third finger distinctly longer than fourth, all fingers relatively short. Seventy-one scales in a line from parietals to above vent.” (Taylor 1962: 236) Additional details (2226 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after Miss Alice Geogie Cruickshank (Bunty) Grandison (March 25, 1927 – March 24, 2014), “Keeper of Reptiles and Amphibians, Department of Zoology, British Museum, who has kindlyloaned the specimens for study and description.”
References	Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here Greer, Allen E. 2001. Distribution of maximum snout-vent length among species of Scincid lizards. Journal of Herpetology 35 (3): 383-395 - get paper here 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 Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Taylor, E.H. 1962. New oriental reptiles. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209-263 - get paper here Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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