Sphenomorphus pratti (BOULENGER, 1903)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lygosoma pratti BOULENGER 1903: 128 Sphenomorphus pratti — MYS 1988: 145 Sphenomorphus pratti — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995
Distribution	Papua New Guinea, New Britain, New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago Type locality: Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, 4000 feet (elevation)
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.18 (formerly 1903.3.10.12), Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, 4000', New Guinea, collected A.E. Pratt
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2239 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Status unclear. Closely related to S. loriae and S. wollastoni.
Etymology	named after the collector of the types, Mr. A. E. Pratt.
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 Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new reptiles from British New Guinea. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1: 125-129 - get paper here GOLDBERG, STEPHEN R. 2022. SPHENOMORPHUS PRATTI (Pratt’s Forest Skink). REPRODUCTION. Herpetological Review 53 (3): 501–502. 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 Read, John L. 1998. Reptiles and amphibians of the Kau Wildlife Area near Madang: a valuable conservation resource. Science in New Guinea 23 (3): 145-152 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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