Sphenomorphus alfredi

Sphenomorphus alfredi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Sphenomorphus
Species:	S. alfredi
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus alfredi (Boulenger, 1898)
Synonyms[2]
Lygosoma alfredi Boulenger, 1898 Sphenomorphus alfredi — Mittleman, 1952

Sphenomorphus alfredi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Malaysia[2] near Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, and Borneo.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alfredi, is in honour of British naturalist Alfred Hart Everett.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. alfredi is forest, generally in low hills.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of S. alfredi is unknown.[2]

References

1. Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J.; Ota, H. (2018). "Sphenomorphus alfredi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102347048A102347080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102347048A102347080.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Sphenomorphus alfredi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenomorphus alfredi, p. 5).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1898). "Third Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the Natural-History Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 912–923. (Lygosoma alfredi, new species, p. 922 + Plate LV, figure 4).
• Mittleman MB (1952). "A Generic Synopsis of the Lizards of the Subfamily Lygosominae". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (17): 1–35. (Sphenomorphus alfredi, new combination, p. 21).