Sphenomorphus sheai

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 sheai

Name

Sphenomorphus sheai Nguyen, Nguyen, Van Devender, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2013: 57

• Holotype: IEBR A. 2013.22 (Field number ASU 10715), adult ♀, collected by K.V. Nguyen and R.W. Van Devender on 4 June 2012.
• Type locality: “near Camp 1 (14°37.098’N, 108°30.177’E, elevation 1,025 m; datum WGS 84) from Kon Tum Plateau in the border area between Quang Ngai and Kon Tum provinces, southern Central Vietnam”.

References

Primary references

• Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, Q.V., Van Devender, R.W., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2013. A new species of Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 3734(1): 56–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.1.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sphenomorphus sheai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2022.
• Nguyen, T.Q. 2018. IUCN: Sphenomorphus sheai  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104776718A104853790. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104776718A104853790.en. Accessed on 29 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Shea’s Forest Skink