Biology:Sphenomorphus loriae
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sphenomorphus |
| Species: | S. loriae
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| Sphenomorphus loriae (Boulenger, 1897)
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Sphenomorphus loriae is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.[2]: 160
Description
Dorsally, S.loriae is blackish brown, flecked and vermiculated with lighter yellowish brown. Ventrally, it is yellowish. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 66 mm (2.6 in), and a regenerated tail 77 mm (3.0 in) long.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. loriae is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft).[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sphenomorphus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 October 2020.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ↑ de Rooij, N. (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp., 132 figures. (Lygosoma loriae, pp. 215–216).
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Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 18: 694–710. + Plates VI–VIII. (Lygosoma loriae, new species, p. 698 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
- Goldberg, S.R. (2023). "Anmerkungen zur Fortpflanzung von Sphenomorphus loriae (Squamata: Scincidae) aus Papua-Neuguinea [= Notes on reproduction of Sphenomorphus loriae (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea]". Sauria 45 (3): 61–62. (in German).
- Greer, A.E.; Shea, G. (2004). "A New Character within the Taxonomically Difficult Sphenomorphus Group of Lygosomine Skinks, with a Description of a New Species from New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology 38 (1): 79–87. (Sphenomorphus loriae, new combination).
- Kinghorn, J.R. (1928). "Notes on some Reptiles and Batrachians from the Northern Division of Papua, With Descriptions of New Species of Apisthocalamus and Lygosoma". Records of the Australian Museum 16: 289–293. (Lygosoma loriae, p. 292).
Wikidata ☰ Q3493280 entry
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