Tytthoscincus textus (MÜLLER, 1894)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) textum MÜLLER 1894 Lygosoma textum — BOULENGER 1897: 213 Lygosoma textum — DE ROOIJ 1915: 234 Sphenomorphus textus — KRAMER 1979 Sphenomorphus textum — FELDMAN et al. 2015 Tytthoscincus textus — GRISMER et al. 2016 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Celebes = N Sulawesi)
Type locality: “Gipfel des Soudara” (”Soundara” fide KRAMER 1979)
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: NMBA = NHMB 4747 |
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Etymology | Named after Latin textus, meaning tissue, maybe after the color pattern (but not explained by Müller 1894). |
References |
- Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Celebes with special reference to the collections made by Drs P & F Sarasin in 1893-1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897: 193-237 [p228-237: batrachia] - get paper here
- 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
- Firmansyah, R., Riyanto, A., & Kurniawan, N. 2023. Morphological Variation of Asian Small Lizards genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos & Brown (Squamata: Scincidae) in Indonesia. The Journal of Experimental Life Science, 13 (2): 101-105 [corrigendum on p. 137 of same journal] - get paper here
- GRISMER, L. LEE; MOHD ABDUL MUIN, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., SHAHRUL ANUAR, & CHARLES W. LINKEM 2016. The transfer of two clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species. Zootaxa 4092 (2): 231–242 - get paper here
- Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here
- Kramer, Eugen 1979. Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978. [type catalogue] Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159-166 - get paper here
- Müller, F. 1895. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Celebes. (II. Bericht). Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 10: 862-869 - get paper here
- Müller,F. 1894. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Celebes. Verh. Ges. Basel 10 (3): 825-843 [1895]
- Shea, G. 2021. Tytthoscincus textus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T102660390A102660411
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