Sphenomorphus sungaicolus

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 sungaicolus

Name

Sphenomorphus sungaicolus Sumarli, Grismer, Wood Jr., Ahmad, Rizal, Ismail, Izam, Ahmad & Linkem, 2016: 35

• Holotype: LSUHC 11722, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “Hutan Lipur Sekayu, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia (4°59'N, 102°55'E)”.

References

Primary references

• Sumarli, A., Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Jr., Ahmad, A.B., Rizal, S.A., Ismail, L.H.B., Izam, N.A.M., Ahmad, N. & Linkem, C.W. 2016. The first riparian skink (Genus: Sphenomorphus Strauch, 1887) from Peninsular Malaysia and its relationship to other Indochinese and Sundaic species. Zootaxa 4173(1): 21–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sphenomorphus sungaicolus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Malaysian Riparian Skink