Sphenomorphus maindroni

Sphenomorphus maindroni [4] is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was originally described by Sauvage in 1879.[4] According to the Catalogue of Life, the species Sphenomorphus maindroni does not have known subspecies.[4]

Sphenomorphus maindroni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Sphenomorphus
Species:	S. maindroni
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus maindroni (Sauvage, 1879)
Synonyms
Lygosoma (Hinulia) maindroni Sauvage, 1879 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) maindroni — M.A. Smith 1937[2] Sphenomorphus maindroni — Greer, 1982[3]

The size of this specie is small, and the snout–vent length is between 24 and 59 mm; tail varies from nearly oval to square in cross-section.[5]

Etymology

The specific name, maindroni, is in honor of French naturalist Maurice Maindron.[6]

Geographic range

S. maindroni is found in the Admiralty Islands, New Britain, and New Guinea.[3]

Reproduction

S. maindroni is oviparous.[3]

References

1. Tallowin, O.; Shea, G. & Allison, A. (2015). "Sphenomorphus maindroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42485347A42485354. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
2. Smith MA (1937). "A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234.
3. Species Sphenomorphus maindroni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
4. Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Sphenomorphus maindroni. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
5. Shea, Glenn; Greer, Allen E. (March 2004). "A New Character within the Taxonomically Difficult Sphenomorphus Group of Lygosomine Skinks, with a Description of a New Species from New Guinea". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (1): 79–87. doi:10.1670/78-03A. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 86647187.
6. 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 maindroni, p. 166).

Further reading

• Sauvage HE (1879). "Notice sur quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus de la Nouvelle-Guinée ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 (3): 47–61. (Lygosoma maindroni, new species, pp. 55–56). (in French).