Sphenomorphus luelaiorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Name

Sphenomorphus luelaiorum Wang, Lin, Tseng, Poyarkov & Lin, 2025

• Holotype: NMNS 19592, adult ♀, collected by Y.T. Wang on 2 May 2018.
• Type locality: “Qilan, Yilan County, Taiwan (24.5904358N, 121.4120098E; datum = WGS84 in all cases) at an elevation of 1,713 m above sea level (a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Wang, Y.-T., Lin, T.-H., Tseng, H.-Y., Poyarkov, N.A. & Lin, S.-M. 2025. A New Skink of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 from Mid-Elevation Cloud Forests of Taiwan. Herpetologica 81(2): 183–197. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00006 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Lue and Lai’s Ground Skink