Sphenomorphus capitolythos

Sphenomorphus capitolythos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species:
S. capitolythos
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus capitolythos
Shea & Michels, 2009
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma keiensis
    Kopstein, 1926
  • Sphenomorphus keiensis
    (Kopstein, 1926)

Sphenomorphus capitolythos is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, capitolythos, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Felix Kopstein through a trilingual play on words. Kopf + Stein in German, meaning "head + stone" in English, becomes capito + lythos in Greek.[3]

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, S. capitolythos may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 8 cm (3.1 in). It has four short legs.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. capitolythos is forest.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of S. capitolythos is unknown.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Shea G, Stubbs A, Iskandar D (2021). "Sphenomorphus capitolythos ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104770916A104853705.en. Accessed 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Sphenomorphus capitolythos 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 capitolythos, p. 145).

Further reading

  • Kopstein JF (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededelingen 1: 71–112. (Lygosoma keiensis, new species, p. 86). (in German).
  • Shea GM, Michels JP (2009). "A replacement name for Sphenomorphus keiensis (Kopstein, 1926) from the southeastern Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with a redescription of the species". Zoologische Mededelingen 82: 737–747. (Sphenomorphus capitolythos, new name).



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