Sphenomorphus apalpebratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: Sphenomorphus apalpebratus

Name

Sphenomorphus apalpebratus Datta-Roy, Das, Bauer, Lyngdoh Tron & Karanth, 2013: 259

• Holotype: CES 10/830, adult ♀, collected by Aniruddha Datta-Roy, Ishan Agarwal, Ronald K. Lyngdoh Tron, N.P.I. Das and Tarun Khichi on 17 October 2010.
• Type locality: “Mawphlang (25.44563329 °N, 91.7428503 °E, alt. 1,815 m asl; datum WGS 84), East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya State, north-east India”.

References

Primary references

• Datta-Roy, A., Das, I., Bauer, A.M., Lyngdoh Tron, R.K. & Karanth, P. 2013. Lizard wears shades. A spectacled Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae), from the Sacred Forests of Mawphlang, Meghalaya, North-east India. Zootaxa 3701(2): 257–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.2.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sphenomorphus apalpebratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2022.