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Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174010

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Common Skinks [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2022

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Autarchoglossa
	Family	Scincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks
	Subfamily	Sphenomorphinae Welch, 1982
	Genus	Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 – Common Skinks
		Direct Children:
	Species	Sphenomorphus acutus (Peters, 1864) – Pointed-headed Sphenomorphus
	Species	Sphenomorphus aignanus (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Sphenomorphus alfredi (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Sphenomorphus annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) – Perak Forest Skink, Starry Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus annectens (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Sphenomorphus anomalopus (Boulenger, 1890) – Long-toed Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus anotus Greer, 1973
	Species	Sphenomorphus apalpebratus Datta-Roy, Das, Bauer, Lyngdoh-Tron and Karanth, 2013
	Species	Sphenomorphus bacboensis (Eremchenko, 2003)
	Species	Sphenomorphus bignelli Schmidt, 1932
	Species	Sphenomorphus brunneus Greer and Parker, 1974
	Species	Sphenomorphus buenloicus Darevsky and Nguyen Van Sang, 1983
	Species	Sphenomorphus buettikoferi (Lidth de Jeude, 1905)
	Species	Sphenomorphus cameronicus Smith, 1924 – Cameron Highlands Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus capitolythos Shea and Michels, 2008
	Species	Sphenomorphus celebensis (Müller, 1894)
	Species	Sphenomorphus cinereus Greer and Parker, 1974
	Species	Sphenomorphus concinnatus (Boulenger, 1887) – Elegant Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters and Doria, 1878)
	Species	Sphenomorphus cophias Boulenger, 1908 – Tahan Mountain Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus courcyanus (Annandale, 1912) – Medog Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus cranei Schmidt, 1932 – Crane's Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus crassus Inger, Lian, Lakim and Yambun, 2001
	Species	Sphenomorphus cryptotis Darevsky, Orlov and Cuc, 2004
	Species	Sphenomorphus cyanolaemus Inger and Hosmer, 1965 – Blue-headed Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945)
	Species	Sphenomorphus dekkerae Shea, 2017
	Species	Sphenomorphus derooyae (De Jong, 1927)
	Species	Sphenomorphus diwata Brown and Rabor, 1967 – Diwata Sphenomorphus
	Species	Sphenomorphus dussumieri (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Dussumier's Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus fasciatus (Gray, 1845) – Banded Sphenomorphus
	Species	Sphenomorphus forbesi (Boulenger, 1888)
	Species	Sphenomorphus fragilis (Macleay, 1877)
	Species	Sphenomorphus fragosus Greer and Parker, 1967
	Species	Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus Greer and Shea, 2004
	Species	Sphenomorphus grandisonae Taylor, 1962 – Grandison's Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus granulatus (Boulenger, 1903)
	Species	Sphenomorphus haasi Inger and Hosmer, 1965
	Species	Sphenomorphus helenae Cochran, 1927 – Notaburi Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson, 1912)
	Species	Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853) – Indian Forest Skink, Himalayan Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Meyer, 1874)
	Species	Sphenomorphus kinabaluensis (Bartlett, 1895)
	Species	Sphenomorphus latifasciatus (Meyer, 1874)
	Species	Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus Greer and Parker, 1974
	Species	Sphenomorphus lineopunctulatus Taylor, 1962 – Line-spotted Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus longicaudatus (de Rooij, 1915)
	Species	Sphenomorphus loriae (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Sphenomorphus louisiadensis (Boulenger, 1903)
	Species	Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853) – Spotted Forest Skink, Maculated Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus maculicollus Bacon, 1967
	Species	Sphenomorphus maindroni (Sauvage, 1879)
	Species	Sphenomorphus malaisei (Rendahl, 1937)
	Species	Sphenomorphus malayanus (Doria, 1888) – Malayan Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus melanopogon (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839)
	Species	Sphenomorphus meyeri (Doria, 1875)
	Species	Sphenomorphus microtympanus Greer, 1973
	Species	Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 – Dwarf Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus mimikanus (Boulenger, 1914)
	Species	Sphenomorphus minutus (Meyer, 1874)
	Species	Sphenomorphus modiglianii (Boulenger, 1894)
	Species	Sphenomorphus muelleri (Schlegel, 1837)
	Species	Sphenomorphus multisquamatus Inger, 1958
	Species	Sphenomorphus murudensis Smith, 1925
	Species	Sphenomorphus necopinatus (Brongersma, 1942)
	Species	Sphenomorphus neuhaussi (Vogt, 1911)
	Species	Sphenomorphus nigriventris (de Rooij, 1915)
	Species	Sphenomorphus nigrolabris (Günther, 1873)
	Species	Sphenomorphus nigrolineatus (Boulenger, 1897)
	Species	Sphenomorphus oligolepis (Boulenger, 1914)
	Species	Sphenomorphus orientalis (Shreve, 1940)
	Species	Sphenomorphus papuae (Kinghorn, 1928)
	Species	Sphenomorphus phuquocensis Grismer, Nazarov, Bobrov and Poyarkov, 2020
	Species	Sphenomorphus praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) – Blotched Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus pratti (Boulenger, 1903)
	Species	Sphenomorphus preylangensis Grismer, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Poyarkov, Thy, Orlov, Thammachoti and Seiha, 2019 – Prey Lang Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus puncticentralis Iskandar, 1994
	Species	Sphenomorphus rarus Myers and Donnelly, 1991
	Species	Sphenomorphus rufus (Boulenger, 1887)
	Species	Sphenomorphus sabanus Inger, 1958 – Sabah Slender Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus sanana (Kopstein, 1926)
	Species	Sphenomorphus sanctus (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Java Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1897)
	Species	Sphenomorphus schlegeli (Dunn, 1927)
	Species	Sphenomorphus schultzei (Vogt, 1911)
	Species	Sphenomorphus scotophilus (Boulenger, 1900) – Selangor Forest Skink, Spotted Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus scutatus (Peters, 1867) – Palauan Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus senja Grismer and Quah, 2015
	Species	Sphenomorphus sheai Nguyen, Nguyen, Van Devender, Bonkowski and Ziegler, 2013 – Shea's Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus shelfordi (Boulenger, 1900)
	Species	Sphenomorphus simus (Sauvage, 1879)
	Species	Sphenomorphus solomonis (Boulenger, 1887)
	Species	Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) – Perak Forest Skink, Starry Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus striolatus (Weber, 1890)
	Species	Sphenomorphus sungaicolus Sumarli, Grismer, Wood, Ahmad, Rizal, Ismail, Izam, Ahmad and Linkem, 2016
	Species	Sphenomorphus taiwanensis Chen and Lue, 1987
	Species	Sphenomorphus tanahtinggi Inger, Lian, Lakim and Yambun, 2001
	Species	Sphenomorphus tanneri Greer and Parker, 1967 – Tanner's Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus taylori Burt, 1930 – Taylor's Solomon Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus tenuiculus (Mocquard, 1890)
	Species	Sphenomorphus tersus (Smith, 1916) – Nakhon Si-Thammarat forest Skink, Thai Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus tetradactylus (Darevsky and Orlov, 2005)
	Species	Sphenomorphus tonkinensis Nguyen, Schmitz, Nguyen, Orlov, Böhme and Ziegler, 2011 – Tonkin Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus transversus Greer and Parker, 1971
	Species	Sphenomorphus tridigitus (Bourret, 1939)
	Species	Sphenomorphus tritaeniatus (Bourret, 1937)
	Species	Sphenomorphus tropidonotus (Boulenger, 1897)
	Species	Sphenomorphus undulatus (Peters and Doria, 1878)
	Species	Sphenomorphus vanheurni (Brongersma, 1942)
	Species	Sphenomorphus variegatus (Peters, 1867)
	Species	Sphenomorphus wau Shea and Allison, 2021
	Species	Sphenomorphus wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914)
	Species	Sphenomorphus woodfordi (Boulenger, 1887)
	Species	Sphenomorphus yersini S. N. Nguyen, L. T. Nguyen, V. D. H. Nguyen, Orlov and Murphy, 2018 – Yersin's Forest Skink
	Species	Sphenomorphus zimmeri (Ahl, 1933)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

	Source:	Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)
	Acquired:	2002
	Notes:	Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Applegarth, J. S.
	Publication Date:	1983
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition
	Page(s):	54
	Publisher:
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Sphenomorphus

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