Schmidt's helmet skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tribolonotus
Species:
T. schmidti
Binomial name
Tribolonotus schmidti
Burt, 1930
Synonyms[2]
  • Tribolonotus schmidti
    Burt, 1930
  • Pediporus schmidti
    — Roux, 1930
  • Tribolonotus schmidti
    — Burt, 1932

Schmidt's helmet skink (Tribolonotus schmidti), also known commonly as Schmidt's crocodile skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. schmidti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]

Description

The holotype of T. schmidti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.9 cm (1.5 in), and a total length (including tail) of 8.8 cm (3.5 in). It has two rows of enlarged plate-like dorsal scales running down the center of the back. Each row contains more than 20 scales from the back of the head to the beginning of the tail.[4]

Reproduction

T. schmidti is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Harlow, P. (2013). "Tribolonotus schmidti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196650A2470879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196650A2470879.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Tribolonotus schmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 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. (Tribolonotus schmidti, p. 236).
  4. ↑ Burt (1930).

Further reading

  • Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541.
  • Austin CC, Rittmeyer EN, Richards SJ, Zug GR (2010). "Phylogeny, historical biogeography and body size evolution in Pacific Island Crocodile skinks Tribolonotus (Squamata: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 227–236.
  • Burt CE (1930). "Herpetological Results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition IV. Descriptions of New Species of Lizards from the Pacific Islands (Scincidæ)". American Museum Novitates (427): 1–3. (Tribolonotus schmidti, new species, p. 3).
  • Roux J (1930). "Note sur un reptile scincidé des îles Salomon présentant des pres pédiaux ". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 41: 129–135. (Pediporus schmidti, new combination, p. 129). (in French).



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