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Sphenomorphus courcyanus (ANNANDALE, 1912)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Medog Skink
G: Gefleckter Waldskink
Chinese: 墨脱蜓蜥 
SynonymLygosoma courcyanum ANNANDALE 1912: 43
Lygosoma courcyanum — SMITH 1935: 289
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) courcyanum — SMITH 1937: 221
Sphenomorphus courcyanus — MITTLEMAN 1952
Sphenomorphus courcyanus — DAS 1996: 48
Sphenomorphus courcyanus — NGUYEN et al. 2011
Sphenomorphus courcyanum — FELDMAN et al. 2015 
DistributionIndia (Assam, Mizoram), China (S Xizang = Tibet)

Type locality: Rotung, N. Assam  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 16900, collected Capt. M. de Courcy. Das et al. (1998) list three specimens, but Annandale specifically stated that 16900 was the type (=holotype), making the other two specimens paratypes. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: likely in Bhutan (Lenz 2012).

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Captain Michael William Robert de Courcy (26 September 1882, India – 21 October 1969), later 34th Baron Kingsale. A member of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers Regiment, who was on Abor Expedition of 1911-12 and collected the types. (Glenn Shea, pers. comm., 2 Feb 2024)
 
References
  • Annandale, NELSON 1912. Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912. Records of the Indian Museum 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37-59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914). - get paper here
  • Chen,S.H. & Lue,K.Y. 1987. A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis, from Taiwan (Sauria, Scincidae). Bull. Inst. Zool. (Acad. Sinica) 26: 115-121
  • Lalremsanga, H.T., L. Khawlhring & Lalrotluanga 2010. Three additional lizard (Squamata: Sauria) records for Mizoram, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(2): 718-720 - get paper here
  • Lenz, Norbert 2012. Von Schmetterlingen und Donnerdrachen - Natur und Kultur in Bhutan. Karlsruher Naturhefte 4, Naturkundemuseum Karlsruhe, 124 pp.
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, Truong Quang; Andreas Schmitz, Tao Thien Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Wolfgang Böhme, and Thomas Ziegler 2011. Review of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with Description of a New Species from Northern Vietnam and Southern China and the First Record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 45 (2): 145-154.
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
 
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