Biology:Scincus hemprichii
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Short description: Species of reptile
| Scincus hemprichii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Scincus |
| Species: | S. hemprichii
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| Binomial name | |
| Scincus hemprichii Wiegmann, 1837
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Scincus hemprichii is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Arabian Peninsula.
Etymology
The specific name, hemprichii, is in honor of German naturalist Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich.[1]
Geographic range
S. hemprichii is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. hemprichii is sandy desert.[2]
Behavior
S. hemprichii is terrestrial and nocturnal.[2]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of S. helmichii is unknown.[3]
References
- ↑ 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. (Scincus hemprichii, p. 120).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scincus hemprichii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading
- Fritz, J. Peter; Schütte, Felix (1988). "Skinke aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen ". Salamandra 24 (1): 41–52. (Scincus hemprichii, pp. 49–50, Figures 5–6). (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Paray, Bilal A.; Al-Mfarij, Abdul Rahman; Al-Sadoon, Mohammad K. (2017). "Food habits of the Arabian skink, Scincus hemprichii Wiegmann, 1837, (Sauria: Scincidae), in the Southwest Saudi Arabia". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 25 (1): 90–93.
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- Wiegmann AFA (1837). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3 (1): 123–136. (Scincus hemprichii, new species, p. 128). (in German and Latin).
Wikidata ☰ Q5067628 entry
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