Sphenomorphus schultzei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Sphenomorphus |
Species: | S. schultzei
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Binomial name | |
Sphenomorphus schultzei (T. Vogt, 1911)
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Sphenomorphus schultzei is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Oceania.
The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze-Jena.[3]
The specific name of the junior synonym, beauforti, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort.[3]
S. schultzei is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[2]
The preferred natural habitat of S. schultzei is forest, at altitudes of 400–1,570 m (1,310–5,150 ft).[1]
S. schultzei is dark brown dorsally, and light brown ventrally.[4]