Sphenomorphus maindroni explained

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

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.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, maindroni, is in honor of French naturalist Maurice Maindron.^[2]

Geographic range

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

Reproduction

S. maindroni is oviparous.

References

1. 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. 10.1670/78-03A. 86647187. 0022-1511.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sphenomorphus maindroni, p. 166).

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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).