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    Species Accepted

    Sphenomorphus scutatus (Peters, 1867)

    Palau Ground Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Sphenomorphus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Palau Ground Skink English
      Palau Islands Forest Skink English
      Palauan Skink English
      Щитковый сфеноморфус Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
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      Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M.; [...] Uetz, P.; Wagner, P.; Roll, U. & Meiri, S. (2022). A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16.
      Greer A E. (1991). Limb reduction in Squamates: identification of the lineages and discussion of the trends. Journal of Herpetology 25 (2): 166-173.
      Crombie, Ronald I. and Gregory K. Pregill. (1999). A Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the Palau Islands (Republic of Belau), Oceania. Herpetological Monographs 13: 29-80.
      Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. (1995). The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 Pp.
      Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. (1867). Über Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla poylepis, Pseudechis scutellatus, Hoplobatrachus reinhardtii, Hyla coriacea). Monatsber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (November): 703-712.
      Greer, A. E. & F. Parker. (1974). The fasciatus group of Sphenomorphus (Lacertilia: Scincidae): notes on eight previously described species and description of three new species. Papua New Guin. Sci. Soc. Proc. [1973] 25: 31-61.
      ZUG, G. R. (2013). Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 Pp.

      Citation

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