Sphenomorphus schultzei is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Oceania.

Etymology

The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of German ethnographer Leonhard Schultze-Jena.

Sphenomorphus schultzei

The specific name of the junior synonym, beauforti, is in honor of Dutch zoologist Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort.

Sphenomorphus schultzei

Geographic range

S. schultzei is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Sphenomorphus schultzei

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. schultzei is forest, at altitudes of .

Description

S. schultzei is dark brown dorsally, and light brown ventrally.

Reproduction

S. schultzei is oviparous.

References

Further reading

de Jong (1927). "Reptiles from Dutch New Guinea". Nova Guinea 15 (3): 296–318. (Lygosoma beauforti, new species). Vogt T (1911). "Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 410–420. (Lygosoma schultzei, new species, pp. 416–417). (in German).

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Reptiles described in 1911

Taxa named by Theodor Vogt

Skinks of New Guinea