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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sphenomorphus |
| Species: | S. loriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenomorphus loriae (Boulenger, 1897)
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Sphenomorphus loriae is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.2
Etymology
The specific name, loriae, is in honor of Italian ethnologist Lamberto Loria.3: 160
Description
Dorsally, S.loriae is blackish brown, flecked and vermiculated with lighter yellowish brown. Ventrally, it is yellowish. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 66 mm (2.6 in), and a regenerated tail 77 mm (3.0 in) long.4
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. loriae is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft).1
References
References
- Tallowin, O.; Allison, A.; Shea, G. (2015). "Sphenomorphus loriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T42485323A42485328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42485323A42485328.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Sphenomorphus loriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 October 2020.
- Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- de Rooij, N. (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp., 132 figures. (Lygosoma loriae, pp. 215–216).
Further reading
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1897). "An account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda. 18: 694–710. + Plates VI–VIII. (Lygosoma loriae, new species, p. 698 + Plate VII, figures 1, 1a).
- Goldberg, S.R. (2023). "Anmerkungen zur Fortpflanzung von Sphenomorphus loriae (Squamata: Scincidae) aus Papua-Neuguinea [= Notes on reproduction of Sphenomorphus loriae (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea]". Sauria. 45 (3): 61–62. (in German).
- Greer, A.E.; Shea, G. (2004). "A New Character within the Taxonomically Difficult Sphenomorphus Group of Lygosomine Skinks, with a Description of a New Species from New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (1): 79–87. (Sphenomorphus loriae, new combination).
- Kinghorn, J.R. (1928). "Notes on some Reptiles and Batrachians from the Northern Division of Papua, With Descriptions of New Species of Apisthocalamus and Lygosoma". Records of the Australian Museum. 16: 289–293. (Lygosoma loriae, p. 292).