Biology:Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii

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Short description: Species of lizard

Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lamprolepis
Species:
L. nieuwenhuisii
Binomial name
Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii
(Lidth de Jeude, 1905)
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Nieuwenhuis's skink (Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii) is a species of skink. It is found in Borneo.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, nieuwenhuisii, is in honor of Dutch explorer and ethnologist Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis.[2]

References

  1. Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  2. 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. (Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii, p. 190).

Wikidata ☰ Q3216836 entry