Sphenomorphus schultzei is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Oceania.
| Sphenomorphus schultzei | |
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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. schultzei
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenomorphus schultzei (T. Vogt, 1911)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze-Jena.[3]
The specific name of the junior synonym, beauforti, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort.[3]
Geographic range
editS. schultzei is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of S. schultzei is forest, at altitudes of 400–1,570 m (1,310–5,150 ft).[1]
Description
editS. schultzei is dark brown dorsally, and light brown ventrally.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Tallowin, O.; Allison, A.; Shea, G. (2015). "Sphenomorphus schultzei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42485630A42485637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485630A42485637.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Sphenomorphus schultzei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus schultzei, p. 238; S. beauforti, p. 20).
- ^ Vogt T (1911).
Further reading
edit- de Jong (1927). "Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea". Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296–318. (Lygosoma beauforti, new species).
- Vogt T (1911). "Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 410–420. (Lygosoma schultzei, new species, pp. 416–417). (in German).