Dasia vyneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Dasia
Species:
D. vyneri
Binomial name
Dasia vyneri
(Shelford, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma (Keneuxia) vyneri
    Shelford, 1905
  • Lamprolepis vyneri
    — Greer, 1970
  • Dasia vyneri
    — M.A. Smith, 1937

Dasia vyneri, also known commonly as Shelford's skink and Vyner's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, vyneri, is in honor of Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, who was to become the last White Raja of Sarawak.[3]

Geographic range

Dasia vyneri is known only from Sarawak, Malaysia.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. vyneri is forest.[1]

Description

Dasia vyneri may attain a snout-to-vent length of 6.6 cm (2.6 in).[5]

Behavior

Dasia vyneri is an arboreal species.[2]

Reproduction

Dasia vyneri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Iskandar D, McGuire J (2018). "Lamprolepis vyneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T101741020A101741023. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T101741020A101741023.en. Downloaded on 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Dasia vyneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lampropelis vyneri, p. 277).
  4. ^ Das, Indraneil (2004). "A new locality for the rare bornean Skink, Lamprolepis vyneri (Shelford, 1905) (Sauria: Scincidae)". Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 241-244.
  5. ^ Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books.144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Lamprolepis vyneri, p. 111).

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