Sphenomorphus solomonis (BOULENGER, 1887)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma solomonis BOULENGER 1887: 334, 510 Lygosoma (Homolepida) brevipes BOETTGER 1895 (fide GREER & PARKER 1974) Lygosoma schoedei VOGT 1912 Lygosoma moszkowskii VOGT 1912: 357 Lygosoma (Homolepida) eremita WERNER 1913: 20 (?, HALLERMANN, pers. comm.) Lygosoma schoedei — DE ROOIJ 1915: 225 Lygosoma moszkowskii — DE ROOIJ 1915: 187 Lygosoma (Lygosoma) solomonis — STERNFELD 1918: 419 Sphenomorphus solomonis — BURT & BURT 1932 Lygosoma (Ictiscincus) solomonis — SMITH 1937: 222 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) brevipes — BRONGERSMA 1948: 490 Lygosoma (Lygosoma) solomonis brevipes — TANNER 1950 Lygosoma solomonis schodei — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 132 Sphenomorphus moszkowskii — GREER & PARKER 1967 Sphenomorphus solomonis — MYS 1988: 145 Sphenomorphus solomonis — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Sphenomorphus brevipes — SETIADI & HAMIDY 2006 Sphenomorphus moskowskii [sic] — WWW 2008 |
Distribution | Admirality Islands, northern Moluccas, Solomon Islands, New Guinea (fide SMITH 1937), Bismarck Archipelago schoedei: Type locality: Valise [Walis Island, Province East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. brevipes: Halmahera; Morotai; Type locality: Soa Konorra, Halmaheira, Molukken. |
Reproduction | Oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1948.8.3.35-37 (formerly 87.1.24.10-12), Faro I., Solomons, collected C.M. Woodford. Lectotypus: SMF 15473 [Lygosoma brevipes] Syntypes: MCZ R-37206, MWNH 3090, CAS 64260 [schoedei] Holotype: ZMB 22606 [moszkowskii] |
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Comment | Synonymy: mostly after GREER & PARKER 1974: 56 who also state that “the type of Lygosoma moszkowski Vogt 1912 is a small New Guinea solomonis with light snout coloration.” Types: The type of Lygosoma (Homolepida) eremita WERNER 1913 has been lost, hence it is impossible to determine its identity with certainty. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. Lygosoma moszkowskii was named after Dr. Moszkowski. |
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