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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesSphenomorphus necopinatus necopinatus (BRONGERSMA 1942)
Sphenomorphus necopinatus garutensis (BRONGERSMA 1942) 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma (Sphenomorphus) necopinatum BRONGERSMA 1942: 135
Sphenomorphus necopinatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 282
Sphenomorphus necopinatus — GRISMER 2006

Sphenomorphus necopinatus garutensis (BRONGERSMA 1942)
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) necopinatum garutense BRONGERSMA 1942: 137 
DistributionIndonesia (Java)

Type locality: Buitenzorg

garutensis: Indonesia (Java): Type locality: Garut, W Java.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: RMNH 7960J, paratypes: RMNH RENA
Holotype: RMNH 7962CC [garutensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3976 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nec opinatus, not expected, as it was hardly to be expected to find an unknown species among collections from Buitenzorg, a region in which so much collecting has been done for over a hundred years.

The subspecies garutense was named after the type locality. 
References
  • Brongersma,L.D. 1942. Notes on scincid lizards. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 125-152 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee 2006. Two new species of skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843) from the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia. Herpetological Natural History 9 (2): 151-162.
  • Grismer, L. Lee. 2008. A new species of insular skink (Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, West Malaysia with the first report of the herpetofauna of Pulau Singa Besar and an updated checklist of the herpetofauna of Pulau Langkawi. Zootaxa 1691: 53-66 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 2007. A new species of small montane forest floor skink (genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843) form Southern peninsular Malaysia. Herpetologica 63 (4): 544-551 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; Ahmad, N. & Kin Onn, C. 2009. A new, diminutive, upland Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2312: 27–38 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; Wood Jr., P.L. & Grismer, J.L. 2009. A New Insular Species of Skink of the Genus Sphenomorphus Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Pulau Perhentian Besar, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Life Sciences Research, 20(1): 51–69 - get paper here
  • Iskandar D. 1994. New scincid lizard of the genus Sphenomorphus (Reptilia, Scincidae), from Java [S. puncticentralis]. Treubia 31 (1): 25-30. - get paper here
  • 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
 
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