Eugongylus mentovarius (BOETTGER, 1895)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma (Riopa) mentovarium BOETTGER 1895: 119 Lygosoma mentovarium — DE ROOIJ 1915: 265 Lygosoma (Riopa) [albofasciolatum] mentovarium — STERNFELD 1918: 418 Riopa mentovaria — MERTENS 1934 Eugongylus mentovaria — SMITH 1937 Riopa albofasciolata mentovaria — BRONGERSMA 1948: 491 Eugongylus mentovarius — MITTLEMAN 1952 Riopa mentovarium — TANNER 1950 Lygosoma (Riopa) mentovarius — MERTENS 1967 Eugongylus mentovarius — SHEA 2018 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Halmahera, Maluku Archipelago, Ternate, Morotai)
Type locality: Halmaheira, Indonesia
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: SMF 15420 (= 6302, 2a in Mertens, 1922), collected W. Kükenthal, 1895. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1565 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | Named after the Latin words mentum, meaning "chin" and varius, meaning "different or changeable," in reference to the striped pattern of the chin region. |
References |
- Boettger, O. 1895. Liste der Amphibien und Batrachier des Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlungen Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal's. Zool. Anz. 18: 116-121, 129-138 - get paper here
- Brongersma, L.D. 1948. Lizards from the island of Morotai (Moluccas). Proc. Koninkl. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C. 51: 486-495
- de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
- Dryden, G.L. & TAYLOR, E.H. 1969. Reptiles from the Mariana and Caroline Islands. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 48 (8): 269-279 - get paper here
- Glässer-Trobisch, Andrea & Dietmar Trobisch 2021. Begegnungen mit Hydrosaurus & Co. in der Wallacea. Teil 3: Drachen im Vogelparadies – Halmahera. Sauria 43 (3): 23-46
- Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106 - get paper here
- Mittleman, M.B. 1952. A generic synopsis of the Lizards of the Subfamily Lygosominae. Smithson. misc. Collns, 117: 1-35. - get paper here
- Setiadi, M. I. & A. Hamidy, 2006. Jenis-Jenis Herpetofauna di Pulau Halmahera. Kerjasama antara Pusat Studi Biodiversitas dan Konservasi Universitas Indonesia dan Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Puslit Biologi Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia. - get paper here
- Shea, Glenn M. 2018. A taxonomically and biogeographically important new record of Eugongylus Fitzinger, 1843 (Scincidae: Lygosominae) from the Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia, and the status of Lygosoma sulaense Kopstein, 1927. Hamadryad 38 (1 & 2): 1-11 - get paper here
- Tanner, V.W. 1950. Pacific islands herpetology. No. III, Moroai Island. Great Basin Naturalist 10: 1-30 - get paper here
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