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    Species Accepted

    Sphenomorphus taiwanensis Chen & Lue, 1987

    Taiwan Alpine Skink

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Taiwan Alpine Skink English
      Taiwanese Forest Skink English
      台湾蜓蜥 Chinese
      台灣蜓蜥 Chinese
      臺灣蜓蜥 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      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.
      Huang, W.-S. (1997). Reproductive Cycle of the Skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis, in Central Taiwan. Journal of Herpetology 31 (2): 287-290.
      Huang, SP., Kearley, R.E., Hung, KW. et al. (2020). Evaporative water loss simulation improves models’ prediction of habitat suitability for a high-elevation forest skink. Oecologia (2020).
      Chen, S.-H. & Lue, K.-Y. (1987) A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis, from Taiwan. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica 26: 115–121.
      Wang, Y. T., Lin, T. H., Tseng, H. Y., Poyarkov, N. A., & Lin, S. M. (2025). A New Skink of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 from Mid-Elevation Cloud Forests of Taiwan. Herpetologica 81 (2): 183-197.
      Chen, S. H., & Lue, K. Y. (1987). A new species of skink, Sphenomorphus taiwanensis, from Taiwan (Sauria, Scincidae). Bull. Inst. Zool. (Acad. Sinica) 26: 115-121.

      Citation

      Sphenomorphus taiwanensis Chen & Lue, 1987 in undefined