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Sphenomorphus microtympanum  Greer, 1973
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1183648

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Valid Name: Sphenomorphus microtympanus Greer, 1973
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - unavailable, other   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Sphenomorphus microtympanum    
       
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  Source: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall   
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  Comment: Although there is a Latin noun tympanum, there is no Latin adjective 'tympanus' (the original spelling of this name, as Sphenomorphus microtympanus). If treated as a compound noun, there is no basis in the zoological 'Code' (ICZN, 1999) to emend it to S. microtympanum, even though that would arguably have been a better choice for a noun formulation. If treated as adjectival (although the argument for doing so seems deeply flawed, as there is no such adjective in Latin or Greek), it must agree with the (masculine) genus and retain the original form. In either case, the correct name in this genus must be Sphenomorphus microtympanus. After review of the original description and comments on this issue (ICZN Listserve, May 2022), this epithet appears to be a noun, and indeclinable, and it must retain its original spelling  
 

 

    

 
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