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(Redirected from Tribolonotus schmidti) Species of lizard

Schmidt's helmet skink
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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
  • 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.

Etymology

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

Habitat

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

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.

Reproduction

T. schmidti is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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).


Taxon identifiers
Tribolonotus schmidti


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