Biology:Tytthoscincus butleri
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Tytthoscincus |
| Species: | T. butleri
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| Tytthoscincus butleri (Boulenger, 1912)
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Tytthoscincus butleri, also known commonly as Butler's forest skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Malaysia and Thailand.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, butleri, is in honor of British zoologist Arthur Lennox Butler.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. butleri is forest.[3]
Reproduction
T. butleri is oviparous. The eggs hatch in September.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tytthoscincus butleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 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 butleri, p. 44).
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1912). A Vertebrate Fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore including the Adjacent Islands. Reptilia and Batrachia. London, Kuala Lampur, and Singapore: Government of the Federated Malay States. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xiii + 294 pp. (Lygosoma butleri, new species, p. 91).
- Grismer LL, Muin MA, Wood PL Jr, Anuar S, Linkem CW (2016). "The transfer of two clades of Malaysian Sphenomorphus Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae) into the genus Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown and the description of a new Malaysian swamp-dwelling species". Zootaxa 4092 (2): 231–242. (Tytthoscincus butleri, new combination).
Wikidata ☰ Q5125595 entry
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