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Species of lizard

Sphenomorphus helenae
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: S. helenae
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus helenae
Cochran, 1927
Synonyms
  • Sphenomorphus helenae
    Cochran, 1927
  • Lygosoma helenae
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) helenae
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Sphenomorphus helenae
    — Chen & Lue, 1987

Sphenomorphus helenae, also known commonly as the Notaburi forest skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology

The specific name, helenae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.

Geographic range

S. helenae is known only from the type locality, "Nontaburi" (= Nonthaburi), which is in central Thailand.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. helenae is unknown.

Description

S. helenae is known only from the holotype, which has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 2.8 cm (1.1 in), and a partially regenerated tail 3.0 cm (1.2 in) long. According to British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, the holotype is an immature specimen.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of S. helenae is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Cota, M.; Sumontha, M.; Panitvong, N.; Danaisawat, P.; Thaksintham, W. (2018). "Sphenomorphus helenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104771572A104853725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104771572A104853725.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sphenomorphus helenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 September 2020.
  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. (Sphenomorphus helenae, p. 119).
  4. Cochran DM (1927).
  5. Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Lygosoma helenae, p. 283).

Further reading

  • Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
  • Cochran DM (1927). "New Reptiles and Batrachians Collected by Dr. Hugh M. Smith in Siam". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 179–192. (Sphenomorphus helenae, new species, pp. 183–185).
  • Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234.


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Sphenomorphus helenae


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