Sphenomorphus maindroni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species:
S. maindroni
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus maindroni
(Sauvage, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma (Hinulia) maindroni
    Sauvage, 1879
  • Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) maindroni
    — M.A. Smith 1937[2]
  • Sphenomorphus maindroni
    — Greer, 1982[3]

Sphenomorphus maindroni [4] is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was originally described by Sauvage in 1879.[4] According to the Catalogue of Life, the species Sphenomorphus maindroni does not have known subspecies.[4]

The size of this specie is small, and the snout–vent length is between 24 and 59 mm; tail varies from nearly oval to square in cross-section.[5]

Etymology

The specific name, maindroni, is in honor of French naturalist Maurice Maindron.[6]

Geographic range

S. maindroni is found in the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, and New Guinea.[3]

Reproduction

S. maindroni is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tallowin, O.; Allison, A.; Shea, G. (2015). "Sphenomorphus maindroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42485347A42485354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485347A42485354.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Smith MA (1937). "A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234.
  3. 1 2 3 Species Sphenomorphus maindroni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 3 Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Sphenomorphus maindroni. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Shea, Glenn; Greer, Allen E. (March 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. doi:10.1670/78-03A. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 86647187.
  6. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus maindroni, p. 166).

Further reading

  • Sauvage HE (1879). "Notice sur quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus de la Nouvelle-Guinée ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 (3): 47–61. (Lygosoma maindroni, new species, pp. 55–56). (in French).


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