Gyldenstolpe's worm skink

Gyldenstolpe's worm skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae[2]
Genus: Isopachys
Species: I. gyldenstolpei
Binomial name
Isopachys gyldenstolpei
Lönnberg, 1916

Gyldenstolpe's worm skink (Isopachys gyldenstolpei ) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae.

Etymology

The specific name, gyldenstolpei, is in honor of Swedish ornithologist Nils Gyldenstolpe.[3]

Geographic range

I. gyldenstolpei is found only in Thailand.[1][2]

Description

The maximum length of I. gyldenstolpei is 300 mm (12 in).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Isopachys gyldenstolpei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Isopachys gyldenstolpei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2014.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Isopachys gyldenstolpei, p. 112).

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