Lygosoma schneideri, also known commonly as Schneider's writhing skink and the Sumatran supple skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
| Lygosoma schneideri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lygosoma |
| Species: | L. schneideri
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| Binomial name | |
| Lygosoma schneideri F. Werner, 1900
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Etymology
editThe specific name, schneideri, is in honor of Gustav Schneider, Jr., who collected the holotype.[1]
Geographic range
editL. schneideri is found on the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia.[2]
Description
editRelatively large and stout for its genus,[2] the holotype of L. schneideri has a snout-to-vent length of 12.6 cm (5.0 in) and a tail 9.6 cm (3.8 in) long.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Werner F (1900).
- ^ a b Lygosoma schneideri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
Further reading
edit- Grismer LL, Quah ESH, Duzulkafly Z, Yambun P (2018). "On the taxonomy of Lygosoma banfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900". Zootaxa 4438 (3): 528–550.
- Werner F (1900). "Reptilien und Batrachier aus Sumatra, gesammelt von Herrn Gustav Schneider jr. im Jahre 1897–98 ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 13 (6): 479–508 + Plates 31–35. (Lygosoma schneideri, new species, pp. 487–488 + Plate 31, figure 1). (in German).