Sphenomorphus indicus

Taxonavigation edit

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

Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853)

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.15.49 and 1946.8.19.27, collected by Joseph Hooker, date unknown.
Type locality: “Sikkim Himalaya”.

Lygosoma zebratum Boulenger, 1887: 478
- Syntypes: BMNH, MSNG and ZMUH, collected by L. Fea in 1887.
- Type locality: “Pla-poo; Mt Mooleyit”.

Gray, J.E. 1853. Descriptions of some undescribed species of reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 2 12(72): 386–392. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Tenasserim by M. L. Fea, of the Genoa Civic Museum. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Series 2ª 5(25): 474–486. BHL Reference page.

English: Himalayan Forest Skink