Sphenomorphus pratti (BOULENGER, 1903)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma pratti BOULENGER 1903 Sphenomorphus pratti — MYS 1988: 145 Sphenomorphus pratti — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 |
Distribution | Papua New Guinea, New Britain, New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago
Type locality: Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, 4000 feet (elevation)
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.18 (formerly 1903.3.10.12), Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, 4000', New Guinea, collected A.E. Pratt |
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Comment | Status unclear. Closely related to S. loriae and S. wollastoni. |
Etymology | named after the collector of the types, Mr. A. E. Pratt. |
References |
- Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. 1995. Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new reptiles from British New Guinea. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1: 125-129 - get paper here
- GOLDBERG, STEPHEN R. 2022. SPHENOMORPHUS PRATTI (Pratt’s Forest Skink). REPRODUCTION. Herpetological Review 53(3): 501–502.
- Mys, Benoit 1988. The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127-183
- Read, John L. 1998. Reptiles and amphibians of the Kau Wildlife Area near Madang: a valuable conservation resource. Science in New Guinea 23 (3): 145-152
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