Sphenomorphus pratti
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| Sphenomorphus pratti | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sphenomorphus |
| Species: | S. pratti
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenomorphus pratti (Boulenger, 1903)
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Sphenomorphus pratti is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]S. pratti is found throughout Papua New Guinea except in savanna areas in the south. It is also found on the islands of New Britain, New Hanover Island, and Manus Island. It is found at elevations up to 1,625 m (5,331 ft).[3]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred habitat of S. pratti is forest.[4]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, pratti, is in honor of British naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt who collected the type specimen.[2][5]
References
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- ^ a b c Sphenomorphus pratti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 May 2015.
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- ^ Tallowin O (2016). "Sphenomorphus pratti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Sphenomorphus pratti, p. 211).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Boulenger, G.A. (1903). "Description of new Reptiles from British New Guinea". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1903 (2): 125-129 + Plates XII-XIII. (Lygosoma pratti, new species, p. 128 + Plate XIII, figures 1-1a).
- Mys, Benoit (1988). "The zoogeography of the scincid lizards of North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species". Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127–183. (Sphenomorphus pratti, new combination, p. 145).
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