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Sphenomorphus multisquamatus INGER, 1958

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymSphenomorphus multisquamatus INGER 1958
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus — INGER & HOSMER 1965
Lygosoma variegatum — BOULENGER 1887 (part., not L. v. PETERS 1867)
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus — BACON 1967: 75
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 279
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus — MALKMUS et al. 2002
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus — LINKEM et al. 2010 
DistributionIndonesia, Malaysia (Borneo, Sarawak, Sabah)

Type locality: Kiau (3000 feet), Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1929.12.22.99, paratypes: BMNH 93.3.6.42–43 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A slender Sphenomorphus with no auricular lobules; 6 or 7 supraoculars, usually 14 or 15 supraciliaries, 18-22 scales under fourth toe, 40-46 scale rows; no black cervical spot; with or without black lateral stripe. Males in life bluish on throat and sides of neck. (Inger 1958)


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CommentHabitat: terrestrial.

Inger & Hosmer 1965: 138 say that the original diagnosis should be modified to read "... 42-48 scale rows; no black cervical spot; without black lateral stripe".

Comparisons (cyanolaemus, haasi, multisquamatus, sabanus, kinabaluensis, murudensis): Inger & Hosmer 1965: 136, 139 (Tables I, II) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin multi- = many, and after the large number of scale rows (Latin “squama” = scale). 
References
  • Bacon, J. P. 1967. Systematic status of three scincid lizards (genus Sphenomorphus) from Borneo. Fieldiana: Zoology 51: 63-76. - get paper here
  • Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo
  • Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2007. Status of knowledge of the Malaysian herpetofauna. In Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. in: L. S. L. Chua, L. G. Kirton & L. G. Saw (eds.), Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, pp. 31-81
  • Goldberg, Stephen R. 2015. Sphenomorphus multisquamatus reproduction. Herpetological Review 46 (3): 438-439 - 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
  • Inger, R. F. 1958. Three new skinks related to Sphenomorphus variegatus (PETERS). Fieldiana: Zoology 39 (24): 257-268. - get paper here
  • Inger, R. F. & W. HOSMER 1965. New species of scincid lizard of the genus Sphenomorphus. Israel J. Zool., 14: 134-140.
  • Inger, R.F.; Lian, R.F.; Lakim, M. & Yambun, P. 2001. New species of the lizard genus Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae), with notes on ecological and geographic distribution of species in Sabah, Malaysia. Raffles Bull. Zool. 49 (2): 181-189 - 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.; Manthey, U.; Vogel, G. Hoffmann, P. & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Ganther Verlag, Rugell, 404 pp.
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here
 
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