Sphenomorphus pratti

Sphenomorphus pratti is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1]

Sphenomorphus pratti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species:
S. pratti
Binomial name
Sphenomorphus pratti
(Boulenger, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lygosoma pratti
    Boulenger, 1903
  • Sphenomorphus pratti
    — Mys, 1988

Geographic range

S. pratti is found throughout Papua New Guinea except in savanna areas in the south. It is also found on the islands of New Britain, New Hanover Island, and Manus Island. It is found at elevations up to 1,625 m (5,331 ft).[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of S. pratti is forest.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, pratti, is in honor of British naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt who collected the type specimen.[1][4]

References
  1. Sphenomorphus pratti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 May 2015.
  2. Bursey, Charles R. (August 2011). "New species of Aplectana (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in Sphenomorphus pratti from Papua New Guinea". Journal of Parasitology. 94 (4): 654–660. doi:10.1645/ge-2720.1. JSTOR 23019183.
  3. Tallowin O (2016). "Sphenomorphus pratti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016.
  4. 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. (Sphenomorphus pratti, p. 211).

Further reading
  • Boulenger, G.A. (1903). "Description of new Reptiles from British New Guinea". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1903 (2): 125-129 + Plates XII-XIII. (Lygosoma pratti, new species, p. 128 + Plate XIII, figures 1-1a).
  • Mys, Benoit (1988). "The zoogeography of the scincid lizards of North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species". Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127–183. (Sphenomorphus pratti, new combination, p. 145).



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