Sphenomorphus wau

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Name

Sphenomorphus wau Shea & Allison, 2021

• Holotype: BPBM 14182, ♀, collected A. Allison on 11 May 1973.
• Type locality: “Mt. Kaindi, 1900m, 5km WNW Wau (7.337259°S 146.666090°E, AGD 66 datum), Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea”.

References

Primary references

• Shea, G.M. & Allison, A. 2021. A new species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Mount Kaindi, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. in: Telnov D., Barclay M. V. L. & Pauwels O. S. G. (eds) 2021. Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume IV. The Entomological Society of Latvia, Rīga, pp. 49–60.