Biology:Sphenomorphus alfredi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Sphenomorphus alfredi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species:
S. alfredi
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus alfredi
(Boulenger, 1898)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma alfredi
    Boulenger, 1898
  • Sphenomorphus alfredi
    — Mittleman, 1952

Sphenomorphus alfredi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia[2] near Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, and Borneo.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, alfredi, is in honour of British naturalist Alfred Hart Everett.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. alfredi is forest, generally in low hills.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of S. alfredi is unknown.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J.; Ota, H. (2018). "Sphenomorphus alfredi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102347048A102347080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102347048A102347080.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/102347048/102347080. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sphenomorphus alfredi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. "Sphenomorphus alfredi". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sphenomorphus&species=alfredi. 
  4. 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 alfredi, p. 5).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1898). "Third Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the Natural-History Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 912–923. (Lygosoma alfredi, new species, p. 922 + Plate LV, figure 4).
  • Mittleman MB (1952). "A Generic Synopsis of the Lizards of the Subfamily Lygosominae". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (17): 1–35. (Sphenomorphus alfredi, new combination, p. 21).


Wikidata ☰ Q5125662 entry