Tytthoscincus hallieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tytthoscincus
Species:
T. hallieri
Binomial name
Tytthoscincus hallieri
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma hallieri Lidth de Jeude, 1905
  • Sphenomorphus hallieri (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)

Tytthoscincus hallieri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, hallieri, is in honor of German botanist Johann Gottfried "Hans" Hallier.[3]

Geographic range

T. hallieri is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. hallieri is forest, at altitudes of 50–850 m (160–2,790 ft).[1]

Reproduction

T. hallieri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J. (2019). "Tytthoscincus hallieri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T102349539A102349562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T102349539A102349562.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Tytthoscincus hallieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 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 hallieri, p. 114).

Further reading

  • Bacon JP (1967). "Systematic Status of Three Scincid Lizards (Genus Sphenomorphus) from Borneo". Fieldiana Zoology 51 (4): 63–76. (Sphenomorphus hallieri, new combination, pp. 72–75, Figure 3).
  • Lidth de Jeude, Th. W. van (1905). "Zoological Results of the Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central-Borneo. The Reptiles". Notes from the Leyden Museum 25 (4): 187–202. (Lygosoma hallieri, new species, pp. 197–198).
  • Linkem CW, Diesmos AC, Brown RM (2011). "Molecular systematics of the Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Sphenomorphus): testing morphological hypotheses of interspecific relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1217–1243. (Tytthoscincus hallieri, new combination).



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