Sphenomorphus yersini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

Sphenomorphus yersini Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Orlov & Murphy, 2018: 315

• Holotype: ITBCZ 5685, adult ♂, collected by L.T. Nguyen, V.D.H. Nguyen, and S.N. Nguyen on 16 October 2016.
• Type locality: “Hon Ba NR., Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam; coordinates 12°8’13”N, 108°57’39”E; elevation 1162 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, L.T., Nguyen, V.D.H., Orlov, N.L. & Murphy, R.W. 2018. A new skink of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hon Ba Nature Reserve, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4438(2): 313–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Sphenomorphus yersini. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Yersin’s Forest Skink