Sphenomorphus zimmeri (AHL, 1933)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lygosoma (Otosaurus) zimmeri AHL 1933: 577 Sphenomorphus variegatus BOULENGER 1897 (part) Sphenomorphus zimmeri — BAUER et al 2003: 293
Distribution	Indonesia (Celebes = SE Sulawesi) Type locality: Tanke Salokko, 1500 m elevation, Mengkoka Gebirge (Mekongga Mts), E Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: ZMB 34311 (formerly C1933/17), Tanke Salokko, 1500m, Mengkoka Mtns, SE Celebes, collected G. Heinrich, 15-31.i.1932.
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Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer (1873-1950), a zoologist who was Director of the Zoological Museum and Professor of Zoology, Universität Berlin (1926-1943). He was also the supervisor of Ahl.
References	Ahl, E. 1933. Ergebnisse der Celebes und Halmahera Expedition Heinrich 1930-32. Reptilien und Amphibien. Mit. zool. Mus. Berlin 19: 577-583 [1935] Bauer, A.M., Shea, G.M., and Günther, R. 2003. An annotated catalogue of the types of scincid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB). Zoologische Reihe. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin 79:253-321 - 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 Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here Krone IW, Karin BR, Frederick JH, Amini SS, Scarpetta SG, Hamidy A, Anita S, Riyanto A, Arida E, Laksono WT, Arifin U, Bach BH, Bos C, Jennings CK, Stubbs AL, Peterson K, Shi S, McGuire JA. 2025. Elevational surveys of Sulawesi herpetofauna 2: Mount Katopasa on the Eastern Peninsula of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. PeerJ 13:e20024 - 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 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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