Sphenomorphus pratti (BOULENGER, 1903)

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search:

Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
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)
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.18 (formerly 1903.3.10.12), Dinawa, Owen Stanley Range, 4000', New Guinea, collected A.E. Pratt
Diagnosis
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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sphenomorphus&species=pratti

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.

Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator