Sphenomorphus maculatus

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Spotted Forest Skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: S. maculatus
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus maculatus
(Blyth, 1853)

Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus is a species of skink found in Southeast Asia.

[edit] Distribution

China (S Yunnan, SE Xizang = Tibet) Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, India (Darjeeling, Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Myanmar , Cambodia, N Thailand, Vietnam, Sunda region, New Guinea

[edit] References

  • Annandale,Nelson 1905 Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. Suppl. III. Notes on the Oriental lizards in the Indian Museum, with a list of the species recorded from British India and Ceylon. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 1: 139-151
  • Blyth,E. 1854 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655
  • Shea,G.M. & Greer,A.E. 1998 Sphenomorphus melanochlorus (Vogt, 1932), a Junior Synonym of Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth 1853). Journal of Herpetology 32 (2): 292-294
  • Yamasaki, T.; Hikida, T.; Nabhitabhata, J.; Panha, S. & Ota, H. 2001 Geographic variations in the common skink Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853) in Thailand, with re-validation of Lygosoma mitanense Annandale 1905 as its subspecies. Nat. Hist. J. Chulalongkorn Univ. 1 (1): 23-31

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