Sphenomorphus schlegeli (DUNN, 1927)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Homolepida schlegeli DUNN 1927: 8 Omolepida schlegeli MERTENS 1930: 158, 272 Sphenomorphus schlegeli DAREVSKY 1964: 569 Sphenomorphus oxycephalus DAREVSKY 1964: 83 Sphenomorphus oxyrhopus — AUFFENBERG 1980: 93 (in error for oxycephalus) Sphenomorphus schlegeli — AUFFENBERG 1980: 92
Distribution	Indonesia (Komodo, Flores) Type locality: Komodo, 2000 feet elevation.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: AMNH 31994 Holotype: ZISP 17598, “Rintja Island in the Lesser Sundas Archipelago” [Indonesia]. Leg.: I.S. Darevsky, 13.VIII.1962 [Sphenomorphus oxycephalus]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “A Homolepida with 22 smooth scales, fourth toe longer than third and with 10 subdigital lamelae; preanals enlarged” (from DUNN 1927). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1280 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: Auffenberg 1980 synonymized oxycephalus with schlegeli. Etymology: Sphenomorphus oxycephalus was named after Greek “oxy”, sharp, peaked, cuspate and “cephal”, head, referring to the species head shape.
Etymology	Dunn 2917: 9 says “I thought it appropriate to associate the name of Schlegel with this species, since the name of Temminck is already associated with the Sudanese form.” Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) was a German herpetologist. Sphenomorphus oxycephalus was named after Greek “oxy”, sharp, peaked, cuspate and “cephal”, head, referring to the species head shape.
References	Auffenberg W 1980. The herpetofauna of Komodo, with notes on adjacent areas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 25 (2): 39-156 - 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 Darevsky, l. S. 1964. Two new species of gekkonid lizards from the Komodo island in Lesser Sundas Archipelago. Zool. Anz. 173:169—174. Darevsky, l. S. 1964. Die Reptilien der Inseln Komodo, Padar und Rintja im Kleinen Sunda-Archipel, Indonesien. Senckenbergiana biologica 43 (3/5): 563-576 Darevsky, l. S. 1964. New species of scincoid lizards from the islands of Lesser Sundas Archipelago, East Indonesia [in Russian]. [Translated from Russian for the National Science Foundation Office of Science Information Services, ed. James A. Peters]. Zool. J. (Moscow) 43 (1): 80-88 [available from Smithsonian Herp Inf Serv. (7)] - get paper here Dunn, E. R. 1927. Results of the Douglas Burden Expedition to the Island of Komodo. III.- Lizards from the East Indies. American Museum Novitates (288): 1-13 - get paper here Mertens, R. 1930. Die Amphibien und Reptilien der Inseln Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa und Flores. Senck. Naturf. Gesell., Frankfurt am Main, Abhandl. 42(3): 117-344. Peters, James A. (Editor) 1966. New species of scincid lizards from the Islands of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago (East Indonesia) by I. S. Darevskii. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (7): 1-8 - get paper here Zug, George R. and Hinrich Kaiser 2014. A new species of four-toed skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Carlia peronii species group) from Pulau Sukur, Indonesia, and biogeographic notes on the herpetofauna of Flores and Komodo. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (4): 379-392, doi: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.379 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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