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Sphenomorphus nigrolabris (GÜNTHER, 1873)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHinulia nigrolabris GÜNTHER 1873: 166
Lygosoma amabile MÜLLER 1894
Lygosoma nigrilabre — MÜLLER 1895
Lygosoma nigrilabre — BOULENGER 1897: 209
Lygosoma nigrilabre — DE ROOIJ 1915: 192
Otosaurus nigrilabre — SMITH 1937: 218
Sphenomorphus nigrolabris — GREER & PARKER 1967
Sphenomorphus amabilis — MALKMUS 1993
Sphenomorphus amabilis — MALKMUS 2000
Sphenomorphus nigrolabris — ISKANDAR & ERDELEN 2006
Sphenomorphus amabilis — KOCH 2012: 232
Sphenomorphus nigrilabris — KARIN et al. 2023 (in error) 
DistributionIndonesia (Celebes = Sulawesi)

Type locality: N Celebes  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.69 (formerly 72.4.6.128), N Celebes, collected A.B. Meyer
Lectotype: NMBA = NHMB 4645 (= NMB), designated by Kramer 1979 [amabile] 
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CommentSynonymy: see discussion in Koch 2012: 232 regarding the synonymy of amibile with nigrolabris. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nigro, black, dark, and Latin labrum = lip, after the dark labial color in some specimens. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Celebes with special reference to the collections made by Drs P & F Sarasin in 1893-1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897: 193-237 [p228-237: batrachia] - get paper here
  • 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
  • Greer,A.E. & Parker,F. 1967. A new scincid lizard from the northern Solomon Islands. Breviora (275): 1-20 - get paper here
  • Günther,A. 1873. Notes on some reptiles and batrachians obtained by Dr. Bernhard Meyer in Celebes and the Philippine Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1873: 165-172 - get paper here
  • Iskandar, Djoko T. and Walter R. Erdelen 2006. Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Indonesia: issues and problems. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 4 (1): 60-87 - get paper here
  • Karin BR, Krone IW, Frederick J, Hamidy A, Laksono WT, Amini SS, Arida E, Arifin U, Bach BH, Bos C, Jennings CK, Riyanto A, Scarpetta SG, Stubbs AL, McGuire JA. 2023. Elevational surveys of Sulawesi herpetofauna 1: Gunung Galang, Gunung Dako Nature Reserve. PeerJ 11:e15766 - 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
  • Kramer, Eugen 1979. Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978. [type catalogue] Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159-166 - get paper here
  • Linkem, C.W.; Diesmos, A.C.; Brown, R.M. 2010. A NEW SPECIES OF SCINCID LIZARD (GENUS SPHENOMORPHUS) FROM PALAWAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. Herpetologica 66 (1): 67–79 - get paper here
  • Malkmus, R. 1993. Bemerkungen zu einer kleinen Sammlung von Amphibien und Reptilien aus Nordost-Sulawesi. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 69: 175-184 - get paper here
  • Malkmus, R. 2000. Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf Sulawesi. Sauria 22 (2): 11-17 - get paper here
  • Müller, F. 1895. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Celebes. (II. Bericht). Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 10: 862-869 - get paper here
  • Müller,F. 1894. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Celebes. Verh. Ges. Basel 10 (3): 825-843 [1895]
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Wanger, T. C., I. Motzke, S. Saleh & D. T. Iskandar 2011. The amphibians and reptiles of the Lore Lindu National Park area, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Salamandra 47 (1): 17-29 - get paper here
 
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