Sphenomorphus schultzei (VOGT, 1911)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma (Hinulia) schultzei VOGT 1911: 416 Lygosoma (Hinulia) schultzei — DE ROOIJ 1915: 184 Lygosoma beauforti DE JONG 1927 Lygosoma beauforti — DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 132 Sphenomorphus schultzei — GREER 1973 Sphenomorphus schultzei — GREER & SHEA 2004 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea (Sepik River, Sermowai River). See map in Greer 1973.
Type locality: unnamed mountain at an elevation of 1570 m in the region of the Sepik River below 5° latitude (fide Greer 1973).
beauforti: Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya); Type locality: Parana valley, NW New Guinea.
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Reproduction | Oviparous. |
Types | Syntypes: ZMA.RENA 22135, 22135A, Sepik River, German New Guinea, collected L. Schultze. Holotype: ZMA 12078 [beauforti] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: GREER & PARKER 1974 |
Etymology | Named after the collector, Leonard Schultze. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144
- De JONG,J.K. 1927. Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea. Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296-318
- de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
- Greer, A.E. & Shea, G. 2004. A new character within the taxonomically difficult Sphenomorphus group of Lygosomine skinks, with a description of a new species from New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 38 (1): 79-87 - get paper here
- Greer,A.E. 1973. Two new lygosomine skinks from New Guinea with comments on the loss of the external ear in lygosomines and observations on previously described species. Breviora (406): 1-25 - get paper here
- Vogt,T. 1911. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde 1911 (9): 410-420
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