Sphenomorphus longicaudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: Sphenomorphus longicaudatus

Name

Sphenomorphus longicaudatus (de Rooij, 1915)

• Holotype: ZMA.RENA 11033.
• Type locality: “S. New Guinea (Lorentz river)”.

Combinations

• Lygosoma (Lygosoma) longicaudatum de Rooij, 1915: 220 [original combination]
• Sphenomorphus longicaudatus — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• de Rooij, N. 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Volume I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. E.J. Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands. 384 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Sphenomorphus longicaudatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2020.
• Tallowin, O., Shea, G. & Allison, A. 2022. IUCN: Sphenomorphus longicaudatus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42485310A217799524. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T42485310A217799524.en. Accessed on 21 March 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Long-tailed Forest Skink