Sphenomorphus buettikoferi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sphenomorphus |
| Species: | S. buettikoferi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenomorphus buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, buettikoferi, is in honor of Swiss zoologist Johann Büttikofer.[3]
Geographic range
editOn the island of Borneo, S. buettikoferi is found in Kalimantan and Sarawak.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of S. buettikoferi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of S. buettikoferi is unknown.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J. (2018). "Sphenomorphus buettikoferi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104770571A104853700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104770571A104853700.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Sphenomorphus buettikoferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ^ 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 buettikoferi, p. 44).
Further reading
edit- Das I (2004). Lizards of Borneo: A Pocket Guide. Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Natural History Publications. 89 pp. ISBN 978-9838120807. ("Sphenomorphus buettikoferi [sic]").
- Lidth de Jeude TW (1905). "Zoological results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central Borneo. — The Reptiles". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25: 187–202. ("Lygosoma Büttikoferi [sic]", new species, pp. 193–194).
- Mittleman MB (1952). "A generic synopsis of the lizards of the subfamily Lygosominae". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (17): 1–35. ("Sphenomorphus buttikoferi [sic]", new combination, p. 23).
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